1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fourth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Mexico from 2 June to 19 June 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.
Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Mexico |
Dates | 2-19 June |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 91 (2.84 per match) |
Attendance | 1,155,160 (36,099 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Fair play award | |
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) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1982 AFC Youth Championship | |
CAF (Africa) | 1983 African Youth Championship | |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
Host nation | |
1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ||
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1983 South American Youth Championship | |
OFC (Oceania) | 1982 OFC U-20 Championship | |
UEFA (Europe) | 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
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 | Status |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Advanced to the quarter-finals | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
South Korea | 0–2 | |
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(Report) | Dobbin 62', 78' |
South Korea | 2–1 | |
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No In-Woo 29' Shin Yon-Ho 89' |
(Report) | Reyna 10' |
Australia | 1–2 | |
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Brown 53' | (Report) | Kim Chong-Kon 16' Kim Jong-Boo 34' |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | Advanced to the quarter-finals | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | ||
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
Poland | 7–2 | |
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Klemenz 4', 21', 51' Gorgoń 22' Wraga 48' Myśliński 59' Leśniak 85' |
(Report) | Didi 67' Kassy 80' |
United States | 1–0 | |
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Gelnovatch 79' | (Report) |
Poland | 2–0 | |
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Leśniak 76' Szczepański 85' |
(Report) |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | Advanced to the quarter-finals | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | ||
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 |
China PR | 3–0 | |
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Liu Haiguang 48' Guo Yijun 79' Duan Ju 88' |
(Report) |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | ||
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
Soviet Union | 0–1 | |
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(Report) | Okoronwanta 78' |
Brazil | 3–0 | |
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Gilmar Popoca 7' Santos 32' Geovani 43' |
(Report) |
Netherlands | 3–2 | |
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Duut 12' Been 48' Van Basten 49' |
(Report) | Salimov 40' Protasov 46' |
Soviet Union | 1–2 | |
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Litovchenko 87' | (Report) | Agapov 47' (o.g.) Geovani 80' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
11 June - Mexico City | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
15 June - Mexico City | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
12 June - León | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
19 June - Mexico City | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
11 June - San Nicolás de los Garza | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
12 June - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
2 | Third place | |||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
18 June - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Uruguay | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
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Martínez 71' | (Report) | Shin Yon-Ho 54', 104' |
Argentina | 2–1 | |
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Borelli 65' Gaona 90' |
(Report) | Van Basten 4' |
Semi-finals
South Korea | 1–2 | |
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Kim Jong-Boo 14' | (Report) | Gilmar Popoca 22' Santos 81' |
Third place play-off
Poland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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Krauze 77' Szczepański 103' |
(Report) | Lee Kee-Keun 37' |
Awards
Golden Ball | Golden Shoe | Fair Play Award |
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- 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 Zárate - Central midfielder:
Gerald Vanenburg - Right midfielder:
Geovani Faria da Silva - Left forward:
Paul Moreno - Central forward:
Bebeto - Right forward:
Mauricinho[3]
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
Roberto Zarate Stanislav Dostal Shin Yon-Ho Carlos Aguilera
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goals
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 11 | ||
2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | ||
3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | ||
4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 6 | ||
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | ||
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | ||
7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | ||
11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | ||
12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 2 | ||
13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 1 | ||
14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 | ||
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 0 | ||
16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0 |
Notes
- The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- RSSSF indicates the goal as a penalty, and scored at 31' instead of 39'. See http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wyc83.html.
- "Technical Report" (pdf). FIFA.com. 1983. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2015.