1977_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship
1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in tournament history. The USSR U20, defeated Mexico U20 in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tunisia |
| Dates | 27 June – 10 July |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Mexico |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Uruguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 70 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Guina (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Vladimir Bessonov |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
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The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.
More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
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For a list of all squads that began play in the group stage of the tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
More information Tunis, Sousse ...
| Tunis | Tunis | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade El Menzah | Stade Chedly Zouiten | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| Sousse | Sfax | |
| Stade Olympique de Sousse | Stade Ameur El-Gargouri | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |
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The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 |  Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Tunisia (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 |
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More information France, 1–2 ...
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Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
More information Mexico, 6–0 ...
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Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Referee: Franz Woehrer (Austria)
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 |  Honduras |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Morocco |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
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Referee: Gerard Racine (Switzerland)
More information Uruguay, 2–1 ...
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Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Referee: Birame N'Diaye (Senegal)
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Referee: Sahar El Hawary (Egypt)
More information Uruguay, 3–0 ...
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Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 |  Iran |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Italy |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ivory Coast |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
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Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
More information Brazil, 5–1 ...
| Brazil | 5–1 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
Guina  22', 29', 39' Paulo Roberto 37' Júnior Brasília 52' |
(Report) | Rajabi 55' |
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Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary)
Referee: Mohamed Kadri (Tunisia)
Referee: Salem Mahmud Adal (Syria)
Referee: Dusan Maksimovic (Yugoslavia)
Group D
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 |  Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Iraq |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Austria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
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More information Soviet Union, 3–1 ...
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Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Referee: Zoubir Benganif (Algeria)
More information Iraq, 5–1 ...
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More information Paraguay, 1–2 ...
| Paraguay | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Battaglia 38' |
(Report) | Khidiyatullin 29' Bessonov 59' |
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Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
More information Paraguay, 4–0 ...
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Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 10 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||
| Mexico | 2 (8) | |||||
| 7 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 2 (9) | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 (3) | |||||
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
More information Mexico, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
More information Uruguay, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Uruguay | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 | ||
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Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Third place play-off
More information Brazil, 4–0 ...
| Brazil | 4–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Cléber 13' Paulo Roberto 30' Paulinho 53' Tião 69' |
(Report) |
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Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Final
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More information FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners ...
| FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners |
|---|
 Soviet Union First title |
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More information Golden Shoe, Golden Ball ...
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Guina |
Vladimir Bessonov |
Brazil |
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Guina of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 70 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Hussein Saeed
Agustin Manzo- Luis Placencia
Vladimir Bessonov
- 2 goals
Cléber- Paulinho
- Paulo Roberto
Moharam Asheri- Hussein Luaibi
- Fernando Garduno
Pedro López- Valeri Petrakov
José Ricardo Escobar
Amaro Nadal
- 1 goal
Heinz Weiss
Jorge Luís- Júnior Brasília
- Tião
Andre Wiss- Gerard Bacconnier
- Thierry Meyer
Gilberto Yearwood- José Enrique Duarte
- Prudencio Norales
Imre Nagy- János Kerekes
- Zoltán Péter
- Reza Rajabi
- Abdolreza Barzegar
- Haddi Hammadi
Luigi Capuzzo
Honore Ya Semon- Lucien Kouassi
- Eduardo Moses
- Eduardo Rergis
- Hugo Rodríguez
- Eugenio Giménez
- Domingo Salmaniego
- Juan Battaglia
- Víctor Morel
- Andrei Bal
- Vagiz Khidiyatullin
- José Casas
Ali Ben Fattoum- Alberto Bica
- Daniel Enrique
- Venancio Ramos
- Víctor Diogo
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Champions |
| 2 | Mexico |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Brazil |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | Uruguay |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Honduras |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 |  France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Iran |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Iraq |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
| 12 | Italy |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Ivory Coast |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 14 | Tunisia (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 | |
| 15 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
| 16 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
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- The official FIFA match report indicates that the first half finished 1:0 for France, but this contradicts the data on the scoring.
- The FIFA match report states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- The official FIFA report accounts no minute for this goal.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaN93fo8VU This video in 43:21 gives a view of the scoreboard at the end of regulation, different of what appears at FIFA report of the match in its website. Also, playing time in this tournament were 2 periods of 40 minutes