1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates August 26 – September 7
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance 454,500 (14,203 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player Diego Armando Maradona[1]
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The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage. The winner was Argentina, who beat holders Soviet Union by 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium.

Contents

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Algeria 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 Mexico 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1
 Japan 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1
August 25, 1979
16:20
 Mexico  1–1  Algeria National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anatoly Milchenko (Soviet Union)
Hernández 24' (Report) Yahi 67'
August 25, 1979
19:00
 Japan  0–1  Spain National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marjan Raus (Yugoslavia)
(Report) Zúñiga 51'
August 27, 1979
16:20
 Spain  2–1  Mexico National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Joaquín 8'
Gail 74'		 (Report) Díaz 56'
August 27, 1979
19:05
 Algeria  0–0  Japan National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Héctor Ortíz Ramírez (Paraguay)
(Report)
August 29, 1979
16:20
 Spain  0–1  Algeria National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredia (Indonesia)
(Report) Bendjaballah 15'
August 29, 1979
19:00
 Japan  1–1  Mexico National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)
Mizunuma 58' (Report) Romero 69'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 6 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9
 Poland 4 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5
 Yugoslavia 2 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2
 Indonesia 0 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16
August 26, 1979
16:20
 Poland  2–0  Yugoslavia Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Pałasz 49'
Frankowski 76'		 (Report)
August 26, 1979
19:00
 Argentina  5–0  Indonesia Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Rolando Fusco (Canada)
Díaz 10', 23', 25'
Maradona 19', 39'		 (Report)
August 28, 1979
16:20
 Yugoslavia  0–1  Argentina Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Andre Daina (Switzerland)
(Report) Escudero 55'
August 28, 1979
19:00
 Indonesia  0–6  Poland Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)
(Report) Pałasz 11', 37'
Janiec 12'
Baran 22', 31'
Buda 73'
August 30, 1979
16:20
 Poland  1–4  Argentina Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
Pałasz 27' (Report) Maradona 7'
Calderón 23', 70'
Simón 35'
August 30, 1979
19:00
 Yugoslavia  5–0  Indonesia Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)
Smajić 5', 77'
Milosavljević 19', 63'
Mlinarić 73'		 (Report)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Paraguay 4 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
 Portugal 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1
 South Korea 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2
 Canada 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2
August 25, 1979
16:20
 Canada  3–1  Portugal Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
Segota 7', 66'
Nagy 79'		 (Report) Grilo 46'
August 25, 1979
19:00
 Paraguay  3–0  South Korea Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Romero 5'
Cabañas 70' 74'		 (Report)
August 27, 1979
16:20
 Portugal  1–0  Paraguay Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
Ferreira 23' (Report)
August 27, 1979
19:00
 South Korea  1–0  Canada Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
Lee Tae-Ho 63' (Report)
August 29, 1979
16:20
 Canada  0–3  Paraguay Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)
(Report) Romero 37', 58'
Isasi 40'
August 29, 1979
19:00
 Portugal  0–0  South Korea Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)
(Report)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uruguay 6 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8
 Soviet Union 4 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6
 Hungary 2 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4
 Guinea 0 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10
August 26, 1979
16:20
 Soviet Union  5–1  Hungary Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
Ponomaryov 24'
Stukashov 41'
Zavarov 57'
Taran 71', 78'		 (Report) Kardos 9'
August 26, 1979
19:00
 Uruguay  5–0  Guinea Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)
Molina 7'
Revelez 22', 74'
Paz 53'
Vargas 76'		 (Report)
August 28, 1979
16:20
 Hungary  0–2  Uruguay Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
(Report) Vargas 23'
Paz 35'
August 28, 1979
19:00
 Guinea  0–3  Soviet Union Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suk Han-Kyu (South Korea)
(Report) Olefirenko 6'
Mikhalevsky 59'
Radenko 80'
August 30, 1979
16:20
 Soviet Union  0–1  Uruguay Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal)
(Report) Martínez 66'
August 30, 1979
19:00
 Hungary  2–0  Guinea Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
Segesvári 17'
Kerepeczky 80'		 (Report)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
2 September - Tokyo        
  Argentina  5
September 4 - Tokyo
  Algeria  0  
  Argentina  2
2 September - Yokohama
    Uruguay  0  
  Uruguay (AET)  1
September 7 - Tokyo
  Portugal  0  
  Argentina  3
2 September - Omiya
    Soviet Union  1
  Spain  0 (3)
September 4 - Kobe
  Poland (PSO)  0 (4)  
  Poland  0 Third place
2 September - Kobe
    Soviet Union  1  
  Paraguay  2 (5)   Uruguay (PSO)  1 (5)
  Soviet Union (PSO)  2 (6)     Poland  1 (3)
September 6 - Tokyo

Quarter-finals

September 2, 1979
19:00
 Spain  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 pen.)		  Poland Omiya Stadium, Omiya
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
(Report)
September 2, 1979
19:00
 Argentina  5–0  Algeria National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
Maradona 25'
Calderón 34'
Díaz 39', 51', 66'		 (Report)
September 2, 1979
19:00
 Paraguay  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 pen.)		  Soviet Union Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
Romero 7'
Achucarro 22'		 (Report) Dumansky 3'
Ponomaryov 70'
September 2, 1979
19:00
 Uruguay  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Portugal Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
Paz 94' (Report)

Semi-finals

September 4, 1979
19:00
 Argentina  2–0  Uruguay National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Díaz 52'
Maradona 74'		 (Report)
September 4, 1979
19:00
 Poland  0–1  Soviet Union Chuo Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
(Report) Ponomaryov 50'

Third place play-off

September 6, 1979
19:00
 Uruguay  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 pen.)		  Poland National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
Paz 9' (Report) Pałasz 26'

Final

September 7, 1979
19:00
 Argentina  3–1  Soviet Union National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Alves 68'
Díaz 71'
Maradona 76'		 (Report) Ponomaryov 52'

Result

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners 

Argentina
First title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Ramón Díaz Diego Maradona [1]  Poland

Notes

  1. ^ a b Jonathan Stevenson and Chris Bevan claim in http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7352959.stm that the Tournament’s Golden Ball was given to Juan Carlos Pérez Rojo. However, that’s not what the FIFA officially reports in his site, where Diego Maradona is awarded instead. See http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191081/awards/index.html.

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