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1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fourth edition FIFA World Youth Championship tournament, hosted from 2 June to 19 June 1983 in seven venues in Mexico — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. Brazil U20 defeated Argentina, 1–0, at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium to claim its inaugural tournament title of five.

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates2–19 June
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Poland
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance1,155,160 (36,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Geovani (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Geovani
Fair play award South Korea
← 1981
1985 →

This edition still retains the record average daily attendance of 36,099 in the tournament's history. This test of Mexico's capacity and capability to host a major FIFA tournament was recognized in May to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualification edit

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1982 AFC Youth Championship   China1
  South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1983 African Youth Championship   Ivory Coast
  Nigeria1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		Host nation   Mexico
1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1983 South American Youth Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1982 OFC U-20 Championship   Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship   Austria
  Czechoslovakia1
  Netherlands1
  Poland
  Scotland1
  Soviet Union
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads edit

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Scotland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Korea 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 4
3   Australia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
4   Mexico (H) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Mexico  1–1  Australia
Bernal   16' (Report) Farina   73'
Attendance: 108,900
South Korea  0–2  Scotland
(Report) Dobbin   62', 78'
Attendance: 26,191
South Korea  2–1  Mexico
No In-woo   29'
Shin Yon-ho   89'		 (Report) Reyna   10'
Attendance: 71,198
Scotland  1–2  Australia
McStay   61' (Report) Incantalupo   52'
Patikas   87'
Attendance: 22,111
Australia  1–2  South Korea
Brown   53' (Report) Kim Chong-kon   16'
Kim Jong-boo   34'
Attendance: 24,812
Mexico  0–1  Scotland
(Report) Clarke   45'
Attendance: 86,582

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Poland 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 4
3   United States 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Poland  7–2  Ivory Coast
Klemenz   4', 21', 51'
Gorgoń   22'
Wraga   48'
Myśliński   59'
Leśniak   85'		 (Report) Didi   67'
Kassy   80'
Attendance: 14,130
Referee: Zhang Daqiao (China)
Uruguay  3–2  United States
Aguilera   2'
Sosa   57', 64'		 (Report) Hooker   60'
Perez   67'
Attendance: 17,821
United States  1–0  Ivory Coast
Gelnovatch   79' (Report)
Attendance: 11,836
Referee: César Pagano (Peru)
Uruguay  3–1  Poland
Zalazar   52'
Aguilera   54', 66'		 (Report) Klemenz   57'
Attendance: 23,117
Poland  2–0  United States
Leśniak   76'
Szczepański   85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,103
Ivory Coast  0–0  Uruguay
(Report)
Attendance: 15,317

Group C edit

 
Claudio García (left) with the ball in the Argentina v China match
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
3   China 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2
4   Austria 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
China  0–5  Argentina
(Report) Gabrich   16'
García   53'
Dertycia   70'
Zárate   81'
Acosta   89'
Attendance: 19,376
Czechoslovakia  4–0  Austria
Kula   9', 71'
Karoch   48'
Hirko   89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,112
Czechoslovakia  3–2  China
Dostal   34', 89'
Kula   75'		 (Report) Mai Chao   49'
Li Huayun   56'
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)
Austria  0–3  Argentina
(Report) Gabrich   13', 28'
Zárate   20'
Attendance: 31,144
China  3–0  Austria
Liu Haiguang   48'
Guo Yijun   79'
Duan Ju   88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,317
Argentina  2–0  Czechoslovakia
Vanemerak   15'
Gabrich   77'		 (Report)
Attendance: 14,143

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Netherlands 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
4   Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Soviet Union  0–1  Nigeria
(Report) Okoronwanta   78'
Attendance: 37,837
Netherlands  1–1  Brazil
Been   49' (Report) Geovani   77'
Attendance: 68,130
Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)
Brazil  3–0  Nigeria
Gilmar Popoca   7'
Ra   32'
Geovani   43'		 (Report)
Attendance: 41,182
Netherlands  3–2  Soviet Union
Duut   12'
Been   48'
Van Basten   49'		 (Report) Salimov   40'
Protasov   46'
Attendance: 27,136
Soviet Union  1–2  Brazil
Litovchenko   87' (Report) Agapov   47' (o.g.)
Geovani   80'
Attendance: 31,380
Nigeria  0–0  Netherlands
(Report)
Attendance: 41,283

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 June - Mexico City
 
 
  Scotland 0
 
15 June - Mexico City
 
  Poland 1
 
  Poland 0
 
12 June - León
 
  Argentina 1
 
  Argentina 2
 
19 June - Mexico City
 
  Netherlands 1
 
  Argentina 0
 
11 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
 
  Brazil 1
 
  Uruguay 1
 
15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
 
  South Korea (a.e.t.) 2
 
  South Korea 1
 
12 June - Guadalajara
 
  Brazil 2 Third place
 
  Brazil 4
 
18 June - Guadalajara
 
  Czechoslovakia 1
 
  Poland (a.e.t.) 2
 
 
  South Korea 1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Scotland  0–1  Poland
(Report) Klemenz   5'
Attendance: 11,986
Uruguay  1–2 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Martínez   71' (Report) Shin Yon-ho   54', 104'
Attendance: 39,876
Argentina  2–1  Netherlands
Borelli   65'
Gaona   90'		 (Report) Van Basten   4'
Attendance: 24,830
Brazil  4–1  Czechoslovakia
Dunga   18'
Bebeto   29'
Geovani   40', 60'		 (Report) Dostal   6'
Attendance: 36,183

Semi-finals edit

Poland  0–1  Argentina
(Report) Zárate   59'
Attendance: 39,896
South Korea  1–2  Brazil
Kim Jong-Boo   14' (Report) Gilmar Popoca   22'
Ra   81'
Attendance: 55,914

Third place play-off edit

Poland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Krauze   77'
Szczepański   103'		 (Report) Lee Kee-keun   37'
Attendance: 35,000

Final edit

Argentina  0–1  Brazil
(Report) Geovani (pen)   39'[2]
Attendance: 110,000

Result edit

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 winners 
 
Brazil
First title

Awards edit

Golden Ball Golden Shoe Fair Play Award
  Geovani Faria da Silva   Geovani Faria da Silva   South Korea
All-Star XI

Goalscorers edit

Geovani of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 61 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Brazil 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 11 Champions
2   Argentina 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 10 Runners-up
3   Poland 6 4 0 2 13 7 +6 8 Third place
4   South Korea 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6 Fourth place
5   Uruguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Scotland 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 4
7   Czechoslovakia 4 2 0 2 8 8 0 4
8   Netherlands 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
9   Australia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
11   United States 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
12   China 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2
13   Mexico (H) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
14   Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
15   Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
16   Austria 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes edit

  1. ^ The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  2. ^ RSSSF indicates the goal as a penalty, and scored at 31' instead of 39'. See https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc83.html.
  3. ^ "Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1983. p. 31. Archived from the original (pdf) on December 20, 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

External links edit

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