1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

1983 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipCopa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83

Tournament details
Host country| Mexico
Dates| 2–19 June
Teams| 16 (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 played| 32
Goals scored| 91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance| 1,155,160 (36,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Geovani (6 goals)
Best player(s)|  Geovani
Fair play award|  South Korea

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International football competition

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)

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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

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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

2 June 1983
21:00

Mexico | 1–1|  Australia

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Bernal 16' | (Report) | Farina 73'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 108,900

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

3 June 1983
15:00

South Korea | 0–2|  Scotland

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| (Report) | Dobbin 62', 78'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 26,191

Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)

* * *

5 June 1983
12:00

South Korea | 2–1|  Mexico

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No In-woo 29'
Shin Yon-ho 89' | (Report) | Reyna 10'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 71,198

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

5 June 1983
16:00

Scotland | 1–2|  Australia

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McStay 61' | (Report) | Incantalupo 52'
Patikas 87'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 22,111

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

* * *

8 June 1983
16:00

Australia | 1–2|  South Korea

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Brown 53' | (Report) | Kim Chong-kon 16'
Kim Jong-boo 34'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 24,812

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

8 June 1983
20:00

Mexico | 0–1|  Scotland

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| (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

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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]

3 June 1983
14:00

Poland | 7–2|  Ivory Coast

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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)

3 June 1983
19:00

Uruguay | 3–2|  United States

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Aguilera 2'
Sosa 57', 64' | (Report) | Hooker 60'
Perez 67'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 17,821

Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

* * *

5 June 1983
14:00

United States | 1–0|  Ivory Coast

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Gelnovatch 79' | (Report) |

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 11,836

Referee: César Pagano (Peru)

6 June 1983
17:00

Uruguay | 3–1|  Poland

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Zalazar 52'
Aguilera 54', 66' | (Report) | Klemenz 57'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Attendance: 23,117

Referee: Muhamed Larache (Morocco)

* * *

8 June 1983
14:00

Poland | 2–0|  United States

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Leśniak 76'
Szczepański 85' | (Report) |

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 16,103

Referee: Okubule Eestus (Nigeria)

8 June 1983
15:00

Ivory Coast | 0–0|  Uruguay

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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

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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]

4 June 1983
12:00

China | 0–5|  Argentina

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| (Report) | Gabrich 16'
García 53'
Dertycia 70'
Zárate 81'
Acosta 89'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 19,376

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

4 June 1983
12:00

Czechoslovakia | 4–0|  Austria

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Kula 9', 71'
Karoch 48'
Hirko 89' | (Report) |

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 21,112

Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) [1]

* * *

7 June 1983
15:00

Czechoslovakia | 3–2|  China

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Dostal 34', 89'
Kula 75' | (Report) | Mai Chao 49'
Li Huayun 56'

Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato

Attendance: 15,317

Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)

7 June 1983
19:00

Austria | 0–3|  Argentina

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| (Report) | Gabrich 13', 28'
Zárate 20'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Attendance: 31,144

Referee: Brian R. McGinley (Scotland)

* * *

9 June 1983
15:00

China | 3–0|  Austria

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Liu Haiguang 48'
Guo Yijun 79'
Duan Ju 88' | (Report) |

Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato

Attendance: 15,317

Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)

9 June 1983
17:00

Argentina | 2–0|  Czechoslovakia

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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

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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]

4 June 1983
14:00

Soviet Union | 0–1|  Nigeria

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| (Report) | Okoronwanta 78'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 37,837

Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

4 June 1983
19:00

Netherlands | 1–1|  Brazil

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Been 49' | (Report) | Geovani 77'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 68,130

Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)

* * *

6 June 1983
19:00

Brazil | 3–0|  Nigeria

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Gilmar Popoca 7'
Ra 32'
Geovani 43' | (Report) |

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 41,182

Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

6 June 1983
21:00

Netherlands | 3–2|  Soviet Union

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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)

* * *

9 June 1983
19:00

Soviet Union | 1–2|  Brazil

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Litovchenko 87' | (Report) | Agapov 47' (o.g.)
Geovani 80'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 31,380

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

9 June 1983
21:00

Nigeria | 0–0|  Netherlands

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Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,283

Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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]

11 June 1983
12:00

Scotland | 0–1|  Poland

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| (Report) | Klemenz 5'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 11,986

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

* * *

11 June 1983
17:00

Uruguay | 1–2 (a.e.t.)|  South Korea

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Martínez 71' | (Report) | Shin Yon-ho 54', 104'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 39,876

Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

* * *

12 June 1983
12:00

Argentina | 2–1|  Netherlands

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Borelli 65'
Gaona 90' | (Report) | Van Basten 4'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Attendance: 24,830

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

* * *

12 June 1983
12:00

Brazil | 4–1|  Czechoslovakia

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Dunga 18'
Bebeto 29'
Geovani 40', 60' | (Report) | Dostal 6'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 36,183

Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

* * *

### Semi-finals[edit]

15 June 1983
17:00

Poland | 0–1|  Argentina

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| (Report) | Zárate 59'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 39,896

Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

* * *

15 June 1983
17:00

South Korea | 1–2|  Brazil

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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]

18 June 1983
17:00

Poland | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  South Korea

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Krauze 77'
Szczepański 103' | (Report) | Lee Kee-keun 37'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

* * *

### Final[edit]

19 June 1983
12:00

Argentina | 0–1|  Brazil

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| (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

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Geovani Faria da Silva |  Geovani Faria da Silva |  South Korea

All-Star XI

* Goalkeeper:  Luis Islas
* Sweeper:  Neale Cooper
* Left defender:  Kim Pan-keun
* Central defender:  Paul McStay
* Right defender:  Fabián Basualdo
* Left midfielder:  Roberto Oscar Zárate
* Central midfielder:  Gerald Vanenburg
* Right midfielder:  Geovani Faria da Silva
* Left forward:  Paul Moreno
* Central forward:  Bebeto
* Right forward:  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

* Geovani

5 goals

* Joachim Klemenz

4 goals

* Jorge Luis Gabrich

3 goals

* Roberto Oscar Zárate
* Stanislav Dostal
* Shin Yon-ho
* Carlos Aguilera

2 goals

* Gilmar Popoca
* Marinho Ra
* Vlastimil Kula
* Marco van Basten
* Mario Been
* Adrian Szczepański
* Marek Leśniak
* Jim Dobbin
* Kim Jong-boo
* Rubén Sosa

1 goal

* Claudio García
* Jorge Borelli
* Julio César Gaona
* Mario Vanemerak
* Oscar Acosta
* Oscar Dertycia
* Fabio Incantalupo
* Frank Farina
* Jim Patikas
* Rodney Brown
* Bebeto
* Dunga
* Duan Ju
* Guo Yijun
* Li Huayun
* Liu Haiguang
* Mai Chao
* Karel Kula
* Miroslav Hirko
* Pavel Karoch
* Leopold Didi
* Lucien Kassy
* Marcelino Bernal
* Martin Reyna
* Henk Duut
* Tarila Okoronwanta
* Mirosław Myśliński
* Wiesław Krauze
* Wiesław Wraga
* Wojciech Gorgoń
* Paul McStay
* Steve Clarke
* Kim Chong-kon
* Lee Kee-keun
* No In-woo
* Fanas Salimov
* Hennadiy Litovchenko
* Oleh Protasov
* George Gelnovatch
* Hugo Pérez
* Jeff Hooker
* Jorge Martínez
* José Zalazar

Own goals

* Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)

## Final ranking[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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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
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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]

* FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
* RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1983
* FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
* All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team
* Todos os Jogos da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol

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