1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権 | |
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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 |
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.
Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Qualification
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Venues
Tokyo | Omiya | |
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National Stadium | Omiya Stadium | |
Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 15,500 | |
Kobe | Yokohama | |
Chuo Stadium | Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium | |
Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to the 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 |
Spain | 0–1 | Algeria |
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Report | Bendjaballah 15' |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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Argentina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
Poland | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | |
Yugoslavia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
Indonesia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 |
Poland | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |
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Pałasz 49' Frankowski 76' |
Report |
Yugoslavia | 0–1 | Argentina |
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Report | Escudero 55' |
Yugoslavia | 5–0 | Indonesia |
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Smajić 5', 77' Milosavljević 19', 63' Mlinarić 73' |
Report |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
Portugal | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | |
South Korea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | |
Canada | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
Paraguay | 3–0 | South Korea |
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Romero 5' Cabañas 70', 74' |
Report |
South Korea | 1–0 | Canada |
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Lee Tae-Ho 63' | Report |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
Hungary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | |
Guinea | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 |
Soviet Union | 5–1 | Hungary |
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Ponomaryov 24' Stukashov 41' Zavarov 57' Taran 71', 78' |
Report | Kardos 9' |
Hungary | 0–2 | Uruguay |
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Report | Vargas 23' Paz 35' |
Guinea | 0–3 | Soviet Union |
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Report | Olefirenko 6' Mikhalevsky 59' Radenko 80' |
Soviet Union | 0–1 | Uruguay |
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Report | Martínez 66' |
Hungary | 2–0 | Guinea |
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Segesvári 17' Kerepeczky 80' |
Report |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
4 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
2 September – Yokohama | ||||||||||
Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
Uruguay (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
7 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
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 – Tokyo | ||||||||||
Soviet Union (p) | 2 (6) | |||||||||
Uruguay (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
Poland | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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 |
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 García Isasi |
5–6 | Ponomaryov Polukarov Ovchinnikov Stukashov Hurynovich Mikhalevsky Khachatryan Dumanskyi Chanov |
Uruguay | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
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Paz 90+4' | Report |
Semi-finals
Poland | 0–1 | Soviet Union |
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Report | Ponomaryov 50' |
Third place play-off
Final
Argentina | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
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Alves 68' Díaz 71' Maradona 76' |
Report | Ponomaryov 52' |
Result
FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners |
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Argentina First title |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Ramón Díaz | Diego Maradona | Poland |
Goalscorers
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
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- 1 goal
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | |
2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | |
4 | Poland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
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 | |
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | |
10 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
11 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | |
12 | Japan | 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 |