1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates3–18 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Qatar
Third place Romania
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored87 (2.72 per match)
Attendance443,094 (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 Australia
← Japan 1979
Mexico 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 six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney—The winner was West Germany, who beat surprising Qatar by 4–0, in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Qualification

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1980 AFC Youth Championship  Qatar1
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1981 African Youth Championship  Cameroon1
 Egypt1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Mexico
 United States1
CONMEBOL (South America) 1981 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  England1
 Italy
 Poland
 Romania1
 Spain
 West Germany1
Host nation  Australia1
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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 Uruguay 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Qatar 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Poland 2 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2
 United States 1 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7
Poland 0 – 1 Qatar
(Report) Bilal 37'
Attendance: 17,200
United States 0 – 3 Uruguay
(Report) López Báez 5'
Aguilera 60'
Da Silva 67'
Attendance: 17,200
United States 1 – 1 Qatar
Devey 43' (Report) Bilal 56'
Attendance: 10,122
Uruguay 1 – 0 Poland
Da Silva 58' (Report)
Attendance: 10,122
Qatar 0 – 1 Uruguay
(Report) Villazán 52'
Attendance: 8,264
Poland 4 – 0 United States
Rzepka 17'
Kowalik 18'
Dziekanowski 65', 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,264

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 Brazil 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Romania 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 South Korea 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
 Italy 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5
Italy 1–4 South Korea
Mariani 83' (Report) Kwak 7'
Choi S.H. 12', 29'
Lee K.N. 88'
Attendance: 13,538
Romania 1–1 Brazil
Zamfir 82' (Report) Leomir 67'
Attendance: 13,538
Romania 1–0 South Korea
Sertov 5' (Report)
Attendance: 17,500
Brazil 1–0 Italy
Djalma Baia 56' (Report)
Attendance: 17,500
South Korea 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Paulo Roberto 48'
Ronaldão 61'
Jun J.S. 79' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,000
Italy 0–1 Romania
(Report) Gabor 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,000

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 West Germany 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Egypt 4 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1
 Mexico 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1
 Spain 2 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2
Spain 2–2 Egypt
Chano 65'
Nadal 74'		 (Report) Abouzaid 6', 78'
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–0 Mexico
Loose 2' (Report)
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–2 Egypt
Loose 35' (Report) Helmi 31'
Abouzaid 54'
Attendance: 14,120
Mexico 1–1 Spain
Coss 75' (Report) Chano 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,120
Egypt 3–3 Mexico
Guillén 33' (o.g.)
Saleh 64', 71'		 (Report) Vaca 18'
Farfán 28'
Ríos 69'
Attendance: 8,150
Spain 2–4 West Germany
F. López 72'
Fabregat 78'		 (Report) Trieb 29'
Wohlfarth 47', 85'
Anthes 55'
Attendance: 14,120

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 England 4 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Australia 4 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1
 Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Cameroon 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3
England 2–0 Cameroon
Finnigan 57'
Dey 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,814
Australia 2–1 Argentina
Koussas 79'
Hunter 89'		 (Report) Morresi 66'
Attendance: 15,814
Australia 3–3 Cameroon
Mitchell 9'
Koussas 53', 78' (pen.)		 (Report) Olle Olle 17'
Djonkep 35', 52'
Attendance: 13,797
England 1–1 Argentina
Small 79' (Report) Urruti 57'
Attendance: 16,674
Cameroon 0–1 Argentina
(Report) Cecchi 6'
Attendance: 28,932
England 1–1 Australia
Small 82' (Report) Koussas 7'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 October - Melbourne
 
 
 Uruguay 1
 
14 October - Melbourne
 
 Romania 2
 
 Romania 0
 
11 October - Canberra
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.) 1
 
 West Germany 1
 
18 October - Sydney
 
 Australia 0
 
 West Germany 4
 
11 October - Newcastle
 
 Qatar 0
 
 Brazil 2
 
14 October - Sydney
 
 Qatar 3
 
 Qatar 2
 
11 October - Sydney
 
 England 1 Third place
 
 England 4
 
17 October - Adelaide
 
 Egypt 2
 
 Romania 1
 
 
 England 0
 

Quarter-finals

Uruguay 1–2 Romania
Berruetta 60' (Report) Eduard 25'
Fisic 84'
Attendance: 14,800
Brazil 2–3 Qatar
Ronaldão 27', 78' (Report) Al-Muhannadi 10', 54', 87'
Attendance: 12,993
West Germany 1–0 Australia
Wohlfarth 69' (Report)
Attendance: 13,780
England 4–2 Egypt
Webb 41', 64', 82'
Cooke 60'		 (Report) Abouzaid 28' (pen.)
Saleh 40'
Attendance: 8,293

Semi-finals

Qatar 2–1 England
Bilal 12'
Alsada 62'		 (Report) Small 70'
Attendance: 12,476
Romania 0–1 (a.e.t.) West Germany
(Report) Schön 103'
Attendance: 15,000

Third place play-off

Romania 1–0 England
Gabor 36' (Report)
Attendance: 10,492

Final

West Germany 4–0 Qatar
Loose 28', 66'
Wohlfarth 42'
Anthes 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,531

Result

 1981 World Youth Championship Winners 

West Germany
First title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Australia Mark Koussas Romania Romulus Gabor  Australia

Goalscorers

Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Shoe 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

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  West Germany 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10
2  Qatar 6 3 1 2 7 9 –2 7
3  Romania 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 9
4  England 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Uruguay 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 6
6  Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
7  Australia 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 4
8  Egypt 4 1 2 1 9 10 –1 4
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
10  Poland 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 2
11  South Korea 3 1 0 2 4 5 –1 2
12  Mexico 3 0 2 1 4 5 –1 2
13  Spain 3 0 2 1 5 7 –2 2
14  Cameroon 3 0 1 2 3 6 –3 1
15  United States 3 0 1 2 1 8 –7 1
16  Italy 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0

Notes

  1. ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

External links

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