1979_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship
1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| 1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Japan |
| Dates | 25 August – 7 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Soviet Union |
| Third place |  Uruguay |
| Fourth place |  Poland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 83 (2.59 per match) |
| Attendance | 454,500 (14,203 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ramón Díaz (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Diego Maradona |
| Fair play award | Poland |
← 1977 1981 → | |
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Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Argentina fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz, who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of Argentina's 20 goals (70%).
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
More information Tokyo, Omiya ...
| Tokyo | Omiya | |
|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Omiya Stadium | |
| Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 15,500 | |
| Kobe | Yokohama | |
| Chuo Stadium | Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium | |
| Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Algeria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Japan (H) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
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More information Argentina, 5–0 ...
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More information Indonesia, 0–6 ...
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More information Poland, 1–4 ...
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More information Yugoslavia, 5–0 ...
| Yugoslavia | 5–0 | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
Smajić  5', 77' Milosavljević 19', 63' Mlinarić 73' |
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Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Portugal |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  South Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Canada |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
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Group D
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Guinea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
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More information Soviet Union, 5–1 ...
| Soviet Union | 5–1 | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Ponomaryov 24' Stukashov 41' Zavarov 57' Taran 71', 78' |
Report | Kardos 9' |
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
More information Guinea, 0–3 ...
| Guinea | 0–3 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Olefirenko 6' Mikhalevsky 59' Radenko 80' |
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Yokohama | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Uruguay (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Omiya | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| 4 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
| Poland (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 6 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Uruguay (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Poland | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information Spain, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Spain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Pichardo  Gail  Manolo Zúñiga Tendillo |
3–4 | Chojnacki Buncol Jarosz Pałasz Skrobowski |
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More information Paraguay, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
| Paraguay | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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| Romero 7' Achucarro 22' |
Report | Dumansky 3' Ponomaryov 70' |
| Penalties | ||
| Miño Valinotti Romero Giménez Vera Olmedo Mora Garcia Isasi |
5–6 | Ponomaryov Polukarov Ovchinnikov Stukashov Hurynovich Mikhalevsky Khachatryan Dumanskyi Chanov |
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Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
More information Uruguay, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Final
Main article: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship Final
More information Argentina, 3–1 ...
| Argentina | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Alves 68' Díaz 71'Maradona 76' |
Report | Ponomaryov 52' |
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More information FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners ...
| FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners |
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 Argentina First title |
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More information Golden Shoe, Golden Ball ...
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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| Ramón Díaz |
Diego Maradona |
Poland |
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Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Shoe award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Derradji Bendjaballah- Hocine Yahi
Hugo Alves- Juan Simón
- Osvaldo Escudero
Louis Nagy
György Kerepeczky- József Kardos
- Sándor Segesvári
Takashi Mizunuma
Lee Tae-Ho
Armando Romero Manríquez- Enrique Hernández Velázquez
- Mario Diaz
Julio Achucarro- Ramon Isasi
Jan Janiec- Kazimierz Buda
- Krzysztof Frankowski
Joao Grilo- Rui Ferreira
Aleksandr Zavarov- Anatoli Radenko
- Mikhail Olefirenko
- Sergei Stukashov
- Vladimir Mikhalevsky
- Yaroslav Dumansky
Joaquín Pichardo- Luis Miguel Gail
- Manuel Zúñiga
Daniel Martínez- Hector Molina
Marko Mlinarić
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Argentina |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | Champions |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Uruguay |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Poland |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Paraguay |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Spain |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Algeria |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Portugal |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 9 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Yugoslavia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
| 11 | Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Japan (H) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Canada |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Hungary |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 15 | Guinea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
| 16 | Indonesia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
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- FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979 Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979
- FIFA Technical Report
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