1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates June 2–June 19
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) Brazil Geovani (6 goals)
Best player Brazil Geovani

The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fourth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Mexico from June 2 to June 19, 1983. The tournament took place in seven venues — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. The winner was Brazil, who beat Argentina by 1–0, in a final held at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium.

This edition still holds the record for average (36,099) attendances of the tournament's history. For many this edition was a kind of proof to Mexico to test the capacity to hold a FIFA competition after the designation from FIFA in May for holding the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualification

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1982 AFC Youth Championship  China PR
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1983 African Youth Championship  Ivory Coast
 Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
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
 Czechoslovakia
 Netherlands
 Poland
 Scotland
 Soviet Union
Host nation  Mexico

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Scotland 4320142+2
 South Korea 43201440
 Australia 33111440
 Mexico 13012242

June 2, 1983
21:00
Mexico  11  Australia
Bernal 16' (Report) Farina 73'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 108,900
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

June 3, 1983
15:00
South Korea  02  Scotland
(Report) Dobbin 62', 78'
Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
Attendance: 26,191
Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)

June 5, 1983
12:00
South Korea  21  Mexico
No In-Woo 29'
Shin Yon-Ho 89'
(Report) Reyna 10'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 71,198
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

June 5, 1983
16:00
Scotland  12  Australia
McStay 61' (Report) Incantalupo 52'
Patikas 87'

June 8, 1983
16:00
Australia  12  South Korea
Brown 53' (Report) Kim Chong-Kon 16'
Kim Jong-Boo 34'

June 8, 1983
20:00
Mexico  01  Scotland
(Report) Clarke 45'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 86,582
Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uruguay 5321063+3
 Poland 43201105+5
 United States 23102352
 Ivory Coast 13012286

June 3, 1983
14:00
Poland  72  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: Daqiao Zhang (China)

June 3, 1983
19:00
Uruguay  32  United States
Aguilera 2'
Sosa 57', 64'
(Report) Hooker 60'
Perez 67'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 17,821
Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

June 5, 1983
14:00
United States  10  Ivory Coast
Gelnovatch 79' (Report)
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 11,836
Referee: César Pagano (Peru)

June 6, 1983
17:00
Uruguay  31  Poland
Zalazar 52'
Aguilera 54', 66'
(Report) Klemenz 57'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 23,117
Referee: Muhamed Larache (Morocco)

June 8, 1983
14:00
Poland  20  United States
Leśniak 76'
Szczepański 85'
(Report)
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 16,103
Referee: Okubule Eestus (Nigeria)

June 8, 1983
15:00
Ivory Coast  00  Uruguay
(Report)
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Argentina 63300100+10
 Czechoslovakia 4320174+3
 China PR 23102583
 Austria 0300301010

June 4, 1983
12:00
China PR  05  Argentina
(Report) Gabrich 16'
García 53'
Dertycia 70'
Zárate 81'
Acosta 89'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 19,376
Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

June 4, 1983
12:00
 Czechoslovakia 40  Austria
Kula 9', 71'
Karoch 48'
Hirko 89'
(Report)
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
Attendance: 21,112
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) [1]

June 7, 1983
15:00
 Czechoslovakia 32  China PR
Dostal 34', 89'
Kula 75'
(Report) Mai Chao 49'
Li Huayun 56'
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)

June 7, 1983
19:00
Austria  03  Argentina
(Report) Gabrich 13', 28'
Zárate 20'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 31,144
Referee: Brian R. McGinley (Scotland)

June 9, 1983
15:00
China PR  30  Austria
Liu Haiguang 48'
Guo Yijun 79'
Duan Ju 88'
(Report)

June 9, 1983
17:00
Argentina  20  Czechoslovakia
Vanemerak 15'
Gabrich 77'
(Report)
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: Bernard Grah (Côte d'Ivoire)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 5321062+4
 Netherlands 4312043+1
 Nigeria 33111132
 Soviet Union 03003363

June 3, 1983
14:00
Soviet Union  01  Nigeria
(Report) Okoronwanta 78'
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Attendance: 37,837
Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

June 4, 1983
19:00
Netherlands  11  Brazil
Been 49' (Report) Geovani 77'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 68,130
Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)

June 6, 1983
19:00
Brazil  30  Nigeria
Gilmar Popoca 7'
Santos 32'
Geovani 43'
(Report)
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 41,182
Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

June 6, 1983
21:00
Netherlands  32  Soviet Union
Duut 12'
Been 48'
Van Basten 49'
(Report) Salimov 40'
Protasov 46'

June 9, 1983
19:00
Soviet Union  12  Brazil
Litovchenko 87' (Report) Agapov 47' (o.g.)
Geovani 80'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 31,380
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

June 9, 1983
21:00
Nigeria  00  Netherlands
(Report)
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Attendance: 41,283
Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
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 - Monterrey
    Brazil  1
  Uruguay  1
15 June - Monterrey
  South Korea (aet)  2  
  South Korea  1 Third place
12 June - Guadalajara
    Brazil  2  
  Brazil  4   Poland (aet)  2
  Czechoslovakia  1     South Korea  1
18 June - Guadalajara

Quarter-finals

June 11, 1983
12:00
Scotland  01  Poland
(Report) Klemenz 5'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 11,986
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

June 11, 1983
17:00
Uruguay  12 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Martínez 71' (Report) Shin Yon-Ho 54', 104'
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Attendance: 39,876
Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

June 12, 1983
12:00
Argentina  21  Netherlands
Borelli 65'
Gaona 90'
(Report) Van Basten 4'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 24,830
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

June 12, 1983
12:00
Brazil  41  Czechoslovakia
Dunga 18'
Bebeto 29'
Geovani 40', 60'
(Report) Dostal 6'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 36,183
Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

Semi-finals

June 15, 1983
17:00
Poland  01  Argentina
(Report) Zárate 59'

June 15, 1983
17:00
South Korea  12  Brazil
Kim Jong-Boo 14' (Report) Gilmar Popoca 22'
Santos 81'

Third place play-off

June 18, 1983
17:00
Poland  21 (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

June 19, 1983
12:00
Argentina  01  Brazil
(Report) Geovani 39' [2]
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Result

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 Winners 

Brazil
First title

Awards

Golden Ball Golden Shoe Fair Play Award
Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva  South Korea
All-Star XI

Goalscorers

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

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 6510134+911
2  Argentina 6501132+1110
3  Poland 6402137+68
4  South Korea 630389–16
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Uruguay 421174+35
6  Scotland 420243+14
7  Czechoslovakia 42028804
8  Netherlands 41215504
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Australia 31114403
10  Nigeria 311113–23
11  United States 310235–22
12  China PR 310258–32
13  Mexico 301224–21
14  Ivory Coast 301228–61
15  Soviet Union 300336–30
16  Austria 3003010–100

Notes

  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 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wyc83.html.
  3. "Technical Report" (pdf). FIFA.com. 1983. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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