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1980 World Champions' Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay 1980
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates30 December 1980 –
10 January 1981
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance255,000 (36,429 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Waldemar Victorino
(3 goals)
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The 1980 Mundialito (Spanish for "little World Cup"), or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ("World Champions' Gold Cup"), was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. It was organised by FIFA.[1] The national teams invited were Uruguay (hosts), Italy, West Germany, Brazil, England, and Argentina, at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations. The Mundialito was held in the middle of the European football season (December/January) and the English league (as well as its clubs) were reluctant to release their players for a long journey to another continent.

Participating teams

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Uruguayan goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez raising the Mundialito trophy
Team Notes
  Uruguay Hosts, 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cup Champions
  Italy 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup Champions
  West Germany 1954 and 1974 FIFA World Cup Champions
  Brazil 1958, 1962 and 1970 FIFA World Cup Champions
  England 1966 FIFA World Cup Champions
  Argentina 1978 FIFA World Cup Champions

Format

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The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group "A" was composed of England, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B, of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.

Squads

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Further information: 1980 Mundialito squads

Each team had a squad of 18 players (two of which had to be goalkeepers).

Outcome

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Uruguay and Brazil won their respective groups and played the final, with Uruguay defeating Brazil 2–1 with a late goal, the same result that had occurred 30 years earlier between the two teams in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup. Uruguay's coach during the Mundialito, Roque Máspoli, had also been Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1950 match.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4 Final
2   Italy 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
3   England 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: [2]
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Uruguay  2–0  Italy
Julio Morales   67' (pen.)
Victorino   81'
Attendance: 55,000
Uruguay  2–0  England
Venancio Ramos   31'
Victorino   45'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Enrique Labo (Peru)
Italy  1–1  England
Ancelotti   7' Peters   15'
Attendance: 15,000

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3 Final
2   Argentina 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
3   West Germany 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: [2]
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Argentina  2–1  West Germany
Kaltz   84' (o.g.)
Ramón Díaz   88'		 Hrubesch   41'
Attendance: 60,000
Brazil  1–1  Argentina
Edevaldo   47' Maradona   30'
Attendance: 60,000
Brazil  4–1  West Germany
Júnior   56'
Toninho Cerezo   61'
Serginho   76'
Zé Sérgio   82'		 Allofs   54'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Juan Silvagno (Chile)

Final

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Uruguay  2–1  Brazil
Barrios   50'
Victorino   80'		 Sócrates   62' (pen.)
Attendance: 71,250

Scorers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "El mundialito que sonrojó a la dictadura uruguaya".
  2. ^ a b "Mundialito 1980". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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