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 | 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) | Geovani (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Geovani |
Fair play award | South Korea |
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
- 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
(H) Host.
South Korea | 0–2 | Scotland |
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(Report) | Dobbin 62', 78' |
South Korea | 2–1 | Mexico |
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No In-Woo 29' Shin Yon-Ho 89' |
(Report) | Reyna 10' |
Australia | 1–2 | South Korea |
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Brown 53' | (Report) | Kim Chong-Kon 16' Kim Jong-Boo 34' |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 4 | |
3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Poland | 7–2 | Ivory Coast |
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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 | Ivory Coast |
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Gelnovatch 79' | (Report) |
Poland | 2–0 | United States |
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Leśniak 76' Szczepański 85' |
(Report) |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | China PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
Soviet Union | 0–1 | Nigeria |
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(Report) | Okoronwanta 78' |
Netherlands | 1–1 | Brazil |
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Been 49' | (Report) | Geovani 77' |
Brazil | 3–0 | Nigeria |
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Gilmar Popoca 7' Santos 32' Geovani 43' |
(Report) |
Netherlands | 3–2 | Soviet Union |
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Duut 12' Been 48' Van Basten 49' |
(Report) | Salimov 40' Protasov 46' |
Soviet Union | 1–2 | Brazil |
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Litovchenko 87' | (Report) | Agapov 47' (o.g.) Geovani 80' |
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 - San Nicolás de los Garza | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||
15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza | ||||||||||
South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
12 June - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
18 June - Guadalajara | ||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 1 | |||||||||
Poland (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Uruguay | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Martínez 71' | (Report) | Shin Yon-Ho 54', 104' |
Argentina | 2–1 | Netherlands |
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Borelli 65' Gaona 90' |
(Report) | Van Basten 4' |
Semi-finals
South Korea | 1–2 | Brazil |
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Kim Jong-Boo 14' | (Report) | Gilmar Popoca 22' Santos 81' |
Third place play-off
Poland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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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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Geovani Faria da Silva | Geovani Faria da Silva | South Korea |
- 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
- Gilmar Popoca
- Santos
- Vlastimil Kula
- Marco van Basten
- Mario Been
- Adrian Szczepański
- Marek Leśniak
- Jim Dobbin
- Kim Jong-Boo
- Rubén Sosa
- 1 goal
- Claudio García
- Jorge Borelli
- Julio César Gaona
- Mario Vanemerak
- Oscar Acosta
- Oscar Dertycia
- Fabio Incantalupo
- Frank Farina
- Jim Patikas
- Rodney Brown
- Bebeto
- Dunga
- Duan Ju
- Guo Yijun
- Li Huayun
- Liu Haiguang
- Mai Chao
- Karel Kula
- Miroslav Hirko
- Pavel Karoch
- Leopold Didi
- Lucien Kassy
- Marcelino Bernal
- Martin Reyna
- Henk Duut
- Tarila Okoronwanta
- Mirosław Myśliński
- Wiesław Krauze
- Wiesław Wraga
- Wojciech Gorgoń
- Paul McStay
- Steve Clarke
- Kim Chong-Kon
- Lee Kee-Keun
- No In-Woo
- Fanas Salimov
- Hennadiy Litovchenko
- Oleh Protasov
- George Gelnovatch
- Hugo Pérez
- Jeff Hooker
- Jorge Martínez
- José Zalazar
- Own goals
Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 11 | Champions |
2 | Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | Runners-up |
3 | Poland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | Third place |
4 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
7 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
11 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
12 | China PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
13 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
14 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
15 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |
16 | Austria | 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.