1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
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.
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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 83 (2.59 per match) |
Attendance | 454,500 (14,203 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Fair play award | |
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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to the knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | Advanced to the knockout stage | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | ||
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 |
Poland | 2–0 | |
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Pałasz Frankowski |
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Yugoslavia | 0–1 | |
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Report | Escudero |
Yugoslavia | 5–0 | |
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Smajić Milosavljević Mlinarić |
Report |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Advanced to the knockout stage | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
Paraguay | 3–0 | |
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Romero Cabañas |
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South Korea | 1–0 | |
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Lee Tae-Ho |
Report |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | Advanced to the knockout stage | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | ||
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 |
Soviet Union | 5–1 | |
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Ponomaryov Stukashov Zavarov Taran |
Report | Kardos |
Hungary | 0–2 | |
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Report | Vargas Paz |
Guinea | 0–3 | |
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Report | Olefirenko Mikhalevsky Radenko |
Soviet Union | 0–1 | |
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Report | Martínez |
Hungary | 2–0 | |
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Segesvári Kerepeczky |
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 September - Tokyo | ||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||
4 September - Tokyo | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
2 September - Yokohama | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
7 September - Tokyo | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
2 September - Omiya | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
0 (3) | ||||||||||
4 September - Kobe | ||||||||||
0 (4) | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
2 September - Kobe | ||||||||||
1 | Third place | |||||||||
2 (5) | ||||||||||
6 September - Tokyo | ||||||||||
2 (6) | ||||||||||
1 (5) | ||||||||||
1 (3) | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Spain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Pichardo Gail Manolo Zúñiga Tendillo |
3–4 |
Paraguay | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | |
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Romero Achucarro |
Report | Dumansky Ponomaryov |
Penalties | ||
Miño Valinotti Romero Giménez Vera Olmedo Mora García Isasi |
5–6 |
Semi-finals
Poland | 0–1 | |
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Report | Ponomaryov |
Third place play-off
Final
Argentina | 3–1 | |
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Alves Díaz Maradona |
Report | Ponomaryov |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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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
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | ||
3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | ||
4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | ||
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | ||
6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | ||
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 4 | ||
8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | ||
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | ||
10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | ||
11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | ||
12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 | ||
13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | ||
14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 2 | ||
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0 | ||
16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | –16 | 0 |