1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates25 August – 7 September
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance454,500 (14,203 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player(s)Argentina Diego Maradona
Fair play award Poland
1977
1981

The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — 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.

Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Argentina fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz, who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of Argentina's 20 goals (70%).

Qualification

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation  Japan1
1978 AFC Youth Championship  Indonesia1
 South Korea1
CAF (Africa) 1979 African Youth Championship  Algeria1
 Guinea1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada1
 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1979 South American Youth Championship  Argentina1
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Hungary
 Poland1
 Portugal1
 Soviet Union
 Spain
 Yugoslavia1
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

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

Venues

Tokyo Omiya
National Stadium Omiya Stadium
Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 15,500
Kobe Yokohama
Chuo Stadium Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Japan (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
(H) Hosts
Mexico 1–1 Algeria
Hernández 24' Report Yahi 67'

Japan 0–1 Spain
Report Zúñiga 51'
Attendance: 30,000

Spain 2–1 Mexico
Joaquín 8'
Gail 74'
Report Díaz 56'
Attendance: 28,000

Algeria 0–0 Japan
Report

Spain 0–1 Algeria
Report Bendjaballah 15'

Japan 1–1 Mexico
Mizunuma 58' Report Romero 69'
Attendance: 38,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 4
3  Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 2
4  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Poland 2–0 Yugoslavia
Pałasz 49'
Frankowski 76'
Report
Attendance: 14,000

Argentina 5–0 Indonesia
Díaz 10', 23', 25'
Maradona 19', 39'
Report
Attendance: 15,500

Yugoslavia 0–1 Argentina
Report Escudero 55'
Attendance: 9,500

Indonesia 0–6 Poland
Report Pałasz 11', 37'
Janiec 12'
Baran 22', 31'
Buda 73'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)

Poland 1–4 Argentina
Pałasz 27' Report Maradona 7'
Calderón 23', 70'
Simón 35'
Attendance: 12,500

Yugoslavia 5–0 Indonesia
Smajić 5', 77'
Milosavljević 19', 63'
Mlinarić 73'
Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
3  South Korea 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
4  Canada 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
Canada 3–1 Portugal
Segota 7', 66'
Nagy 79'
Report Grilo 46'
Attendance: 10,000

Paraguay 3–0 South Korea
Romero 5'
Cabañas 70', 74'
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Portugal 1–0 Paraguay
Ferreira 23' Report
Attendance: 5,000

South Korea 1–0 Canada
Lee Tae-ho 63' Report
Attendance: 5,000

Canada 0–3 Paraguay
Report Romero 37', 58'
Isasi 40'
Attendance: 7,500

Portugal 0–0 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 7,500

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2
4  Guinea 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0

Uruguay 5–0 Guinea
Molina 7'
Revelez 22', 74'
Paz 53'
Vargas 76'
Report

Hungary 0–2 Uruguay
Report Vargas 23'
Paz 35'



Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 September – National Stadium
 
 
 Argentina 5
 
4 September – National Stadium
 
 Algeria 0
 
 Argentina 2
 
2 September – Yokohama
 
 Uruguay 0
 
 Uruguay (a.e.t.)1
 
7 September – National Stadium
 
 Portugal 0
 
 Argentina 3
 
2 September – Omiya
 
 Soviet Union 1
 
 Spain 0 (3)
 
4 September – Kobe
 
 Poland (p)0 (4)
 
 Poland 0
 
2 September – Kobe
 
 Soviet Union 1 Third place
 
 Paraguay 2 (5)
 
6 September – National Stadium
 
 Soviet Union (p)2 (6)
 
 Uruguay (p)1 (5)
 
 
 Poland 1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals


Argentina 5–0 Algeria
Maradona 25'
Calderón 34'
Díaz 39', 51', 66'
Report
Attendance: 20,000


Uruguay 1–0 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Paz 94' Report

Semi-finals

Argentina 2–0 Uruguay
Díaz 52'
Maradona 74'
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Poland 0–1 Soviet Union
Report Ponomaryov 50'
Attendance: 5,000

Third place play-off

Uruguay 1–1 (a.e.t.) Poland
Paz 9' Report Pałasz 26'
Penalties
5–3

Final

Argentina 3–1 Soviet Union
Alves 68'
Díaz 71'
Maradona 76'
Report Ponomaryov 52'
Attendance: 52,000

Result

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners 

Argentina
First title

Awards

Diego Maradona was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament
Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Argentina Ramón Díaz Argentina Diego Maradona  Poland

Goalscorers

Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Shoe award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

Ramón Díaz, top scorer of the tournament
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Argentina 6 6 0 0 20 2 +18 12 Champions
2  Soviet Union 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 7 Runners-up
3  Uruguay 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 9 Third place
4  Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 Fourth place
5  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Spain 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
7  Algeria 4 1 2 1 2 6 −4 4
8  Portugal 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
9  South Korea 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 2
11  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
12  Japan (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
13  Canada 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
14  Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2
15  Guinea 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
16  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

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