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    1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

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    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 →

    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.

    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'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 108,900
    Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
    South Korea 0–2 Scotland
    (Report) Dobbin 62', 78'
    Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
    Attendance: 26,191
    Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)
    South Korea 2–1 Mexico
    No In-woo 29'
    Shin Yon-ho 89'    		 (Report) Reyna 10'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 71,198
    Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
    Scotland 1–2 Australia
    McStay 61' (Report) Incantalupo 52'
    Patikas 87'
    Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
    Attendance: 22,111
    Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
    Australia 1–2 South Korea
    Brown 53' (Report) Kim Chong-kon 16'
    Kim Jong-boo 34'
    Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
    Attendance: 24,812
    Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
    Mexico 0–1 Scotland
    (Report) Clarke 45'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 86,582
    Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

    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'
    Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
    Attendance: 14,130
    Referee: Zhang Daqiao (China)
    Uruguay 3–2 United States
    Aguilera 2'
    Sosa 57', 64'    		 (Report) Hooker 60'
    Perez 67'
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 17,821
    Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)
    United States 1–0 Ivory Coast
    Gelnovatch 79' (Report)
    Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
    Attendance: 11,836
    Referee: César Pagano (Peru)
    Uruguay 3–1 Poland
    Zalazar 52'
    Aguilera 54', 66'    		 (Report) Klemenz 57'
    Estadio Nou Camp, León
    Attendance: 23,117
    Referee: Muhamed Larache (Morocco)
    Poland 2–0 United States
    Leśniak 76'
    Szczepański 85'    		 (Report)
    Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
    Attendance: 16,103
    Referee: Okubule Eestus (Nigeria)
    Ivory Coast 0–0 Uruguay
    (Report)
    Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
    Attendance: 15,317
    Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

    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'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 19,376
    Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)
    Czechoslovakia 4–0 Austria
    Kula 9', 71'
    Karoch 48'
    Hirko 89'    		 (Report)
    Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
    Attendance: 21,112
    Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) [1]
    Czechoslovakia 3–2 China
    Dostal 34', 89'
    Kula 75'    		 (Report) Mai Chao 49'
    Li Huayun 56'
    Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
    Attendance: 15,317
    Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)
    Austria 0–3 Argentina
    (Report) Gabrich 13', 28'
    Zárate 20'
    Estadio Nou Camp, León
    Attendance: 31,144
    Referee: Brian R. McGinley (Scotland)
    China 3–0 Austria
    Liu Haiguang 48'
    Guo Yijun 79'
    Duan Ju 88'    		 (Report)
    Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
    Attendance: 15,317
    Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)
    Argentina 2–0 Czechoslovakia
    Vanemerak 15'
    Gabrich 77'    		 (Report)
    Estadio Nou Camp, León
    Attendance: 14,143
    Referee: Bernard Grah (Côte d'Ivoire)

    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'
    Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
    Attendance: 37,837
    Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)
    Netherlands 1–1 Brazil
    Been 49' (Report) Geovani 77'
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 68,130
    Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)
    Brazil 3–0 Nigeria
    Gilmar Popoca 7'
    Ra 32'
    Geovani 43'    		 (Report)
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 41,182
    Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)
    Netherlands 3–2 Soviet Union
    Duut 12'
    Been 48'
    Van Basten 49'    		 (Report) Salimov 40'
    Protasov 46'
    Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
    Attendance: 27,136
    Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
    Soviet Union 1–2 Brazil
    Litovchenko 87' (Report) Agapov 47' (o.g.)
    Geovani 80'
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 31,380
    Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
    Nigeria 0–0 Netherlands
    (Report)
    Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
    Attendance: 41,283
    Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

    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'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 11,986
    Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
    Uruguay 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
    Martínez 71' (Report) Shin Yon-ho 54', 104'
    Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
    Attendance: 39,876
    Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)
    Argentina 2–1 Netherlands
    Borelli 65'
    Gaona 90'    		 (Report) Van Basten 4'
    Estadio Nou Camp, León
    Attendance: 24,830
    Referee: Keith Hackett (England)
    Brazil 4–1 Czechoslovakia
    Dunga 18'
    Bebeto 29'
    Geovani 40', 60'    		 (Report) Dostal 6'
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 36,183
    Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

    Semi-finals[edit]

    Poland 0–1 Argentina
    (Report) Zárate 59'
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 39,896
    Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
    South Korea 1–2 Brazil
    Kim Jong-Boo 14' (Report) Gilmar Popoca 22'
    Ra 81'
    Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza
    Attendance: 55,914
    Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

    Third place play-off[edit]

    Poland 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
    Krauze 77'
    Szczepański 103'    		 (Report) Lee Kee-keun 37'
    Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
    Attendance: 35,000
    Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

    Final[edit]

    Argentina 0–1 Brazil
    (Report) Geovani (pen) 39'[2]
    Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
    Attendance: 110,000
    Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

    Result[edit]

     FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 winners 

    Brazil
    First title

    Awards[edit]

    Golden Ball Golden Shoe Fair Play Award
    Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva  South Korea
    All-Star XI
    • Goalkeeper: Argentina Luis Islas
    • Sweeper: Scotland Neale Cooper
    • Left defender: South Korea Kim Pan-keun
    • Central defender: Scotland Paul McStay
    • Right defender: Argentina Fabián Basualdo
    • Left midfielder: Argentina Roberto Oscar Zárate
    • Central midfielder: Netherlands Gerald Vanenburg
    • Right midfielder: Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva
    • Left forward: Mexico Paul Moreno
    • Central forward: Brazil Bebeto
    • Right forward: Brazil Mauricinho[3]

    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
    • Brazil Geovani
    5 goals
    • Poland Joachim Klemenz
    4 goals
    • Argentina Jorge Luis Gabrich
    3 goals
    • Argentina Roberto Oscar Zárate
    • Czechoslovakia Stanislav Dostal
    • South Korea Shin Yon-ho
    • Uruguay Carlos Aguilera
    2 goals
    • Brazil Gilmar Popoca
    • Brazil Marinho Ra
    • Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Kula
    • Netherlands Marco van Basten
    • Netherlands Mario Been
    • Poland Adrian Szczepański
    • Poland Marek Leśniak
    • Scotland Jim Dobbin
    • South Korea Kim Jong-boo
    • Uruguay Rubén Sosa
    1 goal
    • Argentina Claudio García
    • Argentina Jorge Borelli
    • Argentina Julio César Gaona
    • Argentina Mario Vanemerak
    • Argentina Oscar Acosta
    • Argentina Oscar Dertycia
    • Australia Fabio Incantalupo
    • Australia Frank Farina
    • Australia Jim Patikas
    • Australia Rodney Brown
    • Brazil Bebeto
    • Brazil Dunga
    • China Duan Ju
    • China Guo Yijun
    • China Li Huayun
    • China Liu Haiguang
    • China Mai Chao
    • Czechoslovakia Karel Kula
    • Czechoslovakia Miroslav Hirko
    • Czechoslovakia Pavel Karoch
    • Ivory Coast Leopold Didi
    • Ivory Coast Lucien Kassy
    • Mexico Marcelino Bernal
    • Mexico Martin Reyna
    • Netherlands Henk Duut
    • Nigeria Tarila Okoronwanta
    • Poland Mirosław Myśliński
    • Poland Wiesław Krauze
    • Poland Wiesław Wraga
    • Poland Wojciech Gorgoń
    • Scotland Paul McStay
    • Scotland Steve Clarke
    • South Korea Kim Chong-kon
    • South Korea Lee Kee-keun
    • South Korea No In-woo
    • Soviet Union Fanas Salimov
    • Soviet Union Hennadiy Litovchenko
    • Soviet Union Oleh Protasov
    • United States George Gelnovatch
    • United States Hugo Pérez
    • United States Jeff Hooker
    • Uruguay Jorge Martínez
    • Uruguay José Zalazar
    Own goals
    • Soviet Union Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)

    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.

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