1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship and was held in Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977. The tournament took place in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax — where a total of 28 matches were played, the smallest number in its history. The winner was the USSR, who beat Mexico in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.
| بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tunisia |
| Dates | 27 June – 10 July |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 70 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player(s) | |
| Fair play award | |
The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.
Qualification
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 1977 AFC Youth Championship | .svg.png){kind=small} %3B_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%E2%80%931972).svg.png){kind=small} |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1977 African Youth Qualifying for World Cup |   | |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1977 South American Youth Championship | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1976 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship |     .svg.png){kind=small} |
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Venues
| Tunis | Tunis | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade El Menzah | Stade Chedly Zouiten | |
 |  | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| Sousse | Sfax | |
| Stade Olympique de Sousse | Stade Ameur El-Gargouri | |
 |  | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |
Group stage
The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | Advanced to the semifinals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| Mexico | 6 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
Manzo  Placencia Garduno |
(Report) |
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | Advanced to the semifinals |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
| Morocco | 0 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Norales |
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Gerard Racine (Switzerland)
| Hungary | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kerekes Nagy |
(Report) |
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | Advanced to the semifinals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| Italy | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Capuzzo |
(Report) | Kouassi |
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
| Brazil | 5 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Guina Paulo Roberto Júnior Brasília |
(Report) | Rajabi |
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Ivory Coast | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ya Semon |
(Report) | Cléber |
Referee: Mohamed Kadri (Tunisia)
| Iran | 3 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Asheri Barzegar |
(Report) |
Referee: Salem Mahmud Adal (Syria)
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | Advanced to the semifinals |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
|
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | |
|
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Petrakov Bal |
(Report) | Luaibi |
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
| Paraguay | 1 – 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Battaglia |
(Report) | Khidiyatullin Bessonov |
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Paraguay | 4 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Salmaniego López Giménez |
(Report) |
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
| Austria | 0 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 July - Tunis | ||||||
| 1 (5) | |||||
| 10 July - Tunis | ||||||
| 1 (3) | |||||
| 2 (8) | |||||
| 6 July - Tunis | ||||||
| 2 (9) | |||||
| 0 (3) | |||||
| 0 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 July - Tunis | ||||||
| 4 | |||||
| 0 | |||||
Semifinals
| Mexico | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Rergis |
(Report) | Jorge Luís |
| Penalties | ||
| 5–3 | ||
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Third place play-off
| Brazil | 4 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cléber Paulo Roberto Paulinho Tião |
(Report) |
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Final
| Mexico | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (8-9 pen.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Garduno Manzo |
(Report)[5] | Bessonov |
Goalscorers
Guina of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 70 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
| 2 | |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 8 | |
| 4 | |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 5 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
| 6 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 | |
| 10 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | |
| 11 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 2 | |
| 12 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 2 | |
| 13 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 | |
| 14 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 2 | |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 | |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
Notes
- The official FIFA match report indicates that the first half finished 1:0 for France, but this contradicts the data on the scoring.
- The FIFA match report states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- The official FIFA report accounts no minute for this goal.
- The FIFA match report anachronistically states Eritrea.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaN93fo8VU This video in 43:21 gives a view of the scoreboard at the end of regulation, different of what appears at FIFA report of the match in its website. Also, playing time in this tournament were 2 periods of 40 minutes
gollark: So it's really more like four.
gollark: Also the third, silent one.
gollark: There are two of them, see.
gollark: No.
gollark: It's very exciting.
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