1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
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Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	3–18 October
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Third place	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Fourth place	File:Flag of England.svg England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	87 (2.72 per match)
Attendance	443,094 (13,847 per match)
Top scorer(s)	West Germany Ralf Loose; West Germany Roland Wohlfarth; Egypt Taher Abouzaid; Australia Mark Koussas; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Romania Romulus Gabor
Fair play award	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
	← 1979 1983 →

The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in across venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney where a total of 32 matches were played. The championship winner was West Germany, who defeated Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. The official mascot was the kookaburra 'Kickaburra'.

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1980 AFC Youth Championship	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar¹ File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
CAF (Africa)	1981 African Youth Championship	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon¹ File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt¹
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of the United States.svg United States¹
CONMEBOL (South America)	1981 South American Youth Championship	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	Host nation	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia¹
UEFA (Europe)	1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	File:Flag of England.svg England¹ File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania¹ File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany¹

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	2
4	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October 1981
18:30

Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
	(Report)	Bilal File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 17,200

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

3 October 1981
20:30

United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	0–3	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
	(Report)	López Báez File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Aguilera File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Da Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 17,200

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

6 October 1981
18:30

United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Devey File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	(Report)	Bilal File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 10,122

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)^[1]

6 October 1981
20:30

Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Da Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	(Report)

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 10,122

Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)

8 October 1981
19:00

Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
	(Report)	Villazán File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 8,264

Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)

8 October 1981
21:00

Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg	4–0	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Rzepka File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Kowalik File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Dziekanowski File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 67'	(Report)

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 8,264

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October 1981
18:30

Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg	1–4	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Mariani File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	(Report)	Kwak Sung-ho File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Choi Soon-ho File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 29' Lee Kyung-nam File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 13,538

Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)

3 October 1981
20:30

Romania File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil
Zamfir File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	(Report)	Leomir File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 13,538

Referee: George Courtney (England)

6 October 1981
18:45

Romania File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg	1–0	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Sertov File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	(Report)

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)

6 October 1981
20:45

Brazil File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg	1–0	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Djalma Baia File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	(Report)

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

8 October 1981
18:45

South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg	0–3	File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil
	(Report)	Paulo Roberto File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Ronaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Jun J.S. File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' (o.g.)

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheig (Egypt)

8 October 1981
20:45

Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
	(Report)	Gabor File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (pen.)

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 October 1981
19:00

Spain File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg	2–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Chano File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Nadal File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	(Report)	Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 78'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 7,504

Referee: Lee Woo Bong (South Korea)

3 October 1981
21:00

West Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Loose File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'	(Report)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 7,504

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

6 October 1981
19:00

West Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Loose File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	(Report)	Helmy File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 14,120

Referee: Rómulo Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

6 October 1981
21:00

Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain
Coss File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	(Report)	Chano File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (pen.)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 14,120

Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

8 October 1981
18:30

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	3–3	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Guillén File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (o.g.) Saleh File:Soccerball shade.svg 64', 71'	(Report)	Vaca File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Farfán File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ríos File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 8,150

Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)

8 October 1981
20:30

Spain File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg	2–4	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
F. López File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Fabregat File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	(Report)	Trieb File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Wohlfarth File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 85' Anthes File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 14,120

Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	File:Flag of England.svg England	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (H)	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

3 October 1981
13:00

England File:Flag of England.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Finnigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Dey File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	(Report)

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 15,814

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

3 October 1981
15:00

Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	2–1	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Koussas File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Hunter File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	(Report)	Morresi File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 15,814

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

5 October 1981
15:00

Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	3–3	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Koussas File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 78' (pen.)	(Report)	Olle Olle File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Djonkep File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 52'

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 13,797

Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)

5 October 1981
15:00

England File:Flag of England.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Small File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	(Report)	Urruti File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 16,674

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

8 October 1981
19:00

Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
	(Report)	Cecchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 28,932

Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)

8 October 1981
21:00

England File:Flag of England.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Small File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	(Report)	Koussas File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 28,932

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

11 October - Melbourne

File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	1
		14 October - Melbourne
File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	2
		File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	0
11 October - Canberra
		File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (a.e.t.)	1
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	1
				18 October - Sydney
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	0
				File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	4
11 October - Newcastle
				File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	0
File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil	2
		14 October - Sydney
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	3
		File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	2
11 October - Sydney
		File:Flag of England.svg England	1	Third place
File:Flag of England.svg England	4
				17 October - Adelaide
File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	2
				File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	1

				File:Flag of England.svg England	0

Quarter-finals

11 October 1981
15:00

Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Berruetta File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	(Report)	Eduard File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Fisic File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 14,800

Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)

11 October 1981
15:00

Brazil File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg	2–3	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Ronaldo File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 78'	(Report)	Al-Muhannadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 54', 87'

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 12,993

Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)

11 October 1981
15:00

West Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Wohlfarth File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	(Report)

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 13,780

Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)

11 October 1981
15:00

England File:Flag of England.svg	4–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Webb File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 64', 82' Cooke File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	(Report)	Abouzaid File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.) Helmy File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

Sports Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 8,293

Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

Semi-finals

14 October 1981
20:00

Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg	2–1	File:Flag of England.svg England
Bilal File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Alsada File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	(Report)	Small File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Cricket Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 12,476

Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)

14 October 1981
20:30

Romania File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg	0–1 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
	(Report)	Schön File:Soccerball shade.svg 103'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

Third place play-off

17 October 1981
15:00

Romania File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg	1–0	File:Flag of England.svg England
Gabor File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	(Report)

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,492

Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)

Final

18 October 1981
15:00

West Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	4–0	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Loose File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 66' Wohlfarth File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Anthes File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	(Report)

Cricket Ground, Sydney

Attendance: 18,531

Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)

Result

1981 World Youth Championship winners
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany First title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Australia Mark Koussas	Romania Romulus Gabor	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Goalscorers

Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Boot award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. 4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Mexico Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt)
South Korea Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	10	Champions
2	File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	7	Runners-up
3	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania	6	4	1	1	6	3	+3	9	Third place
4	File:Flag of England.svg England	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	6	Fourth place

5	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
7	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (H)	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	4
8	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	4	1	2	1	9	10	−1	4

9	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	2
11	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
12	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
13	File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	2
14	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
15	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1
16	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes

↑ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 Archived 4 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1981
FIFA Technical Report

[Gebreyesus-1] Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

Contents

Qualification

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

Final ranking

Notes

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