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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
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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'
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
Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva Brazil 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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