1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	August 26 – September 7
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance	454,500 (14,203 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player	Diego Armando Maradona[1]

The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — 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. The winner was Argentina, who beat holders Soviet Union by 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium.

Contents 1 Squads 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 2.4 Group D 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Quarter-finals 3.2 Semi-finals 3.3 Third place play-off 3.4 Final 4 Result 5 Awards 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	4	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Algeria	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Mexico	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Japan	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1

August 25, 1979 16:20	Mexico	1–1	Algeria	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Anatoly Milchenko (Soviet Union)
	Hernández 24'	(Report)	Yahi 67'

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August 25, 1979 19:00	Japan	0–1	Spain	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marjan Raus (Yugoslavia)
		(Report)	Zúñiga 51'

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August 27, 1979 16:20	Spain	2–1	Mexico	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 28,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
	Paichardo 8' Gail Martín 74'	(Report)	Díaz 56'

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August 27, 1979 19:05	Algeria	0–0	Japan	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Héctor Ortíz Ramírez (Paraguay)
		(Report)

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August 29, 1979 16:20	Spain	0–1	Algeria	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredia (Indonesia)
		(Report)	Bendjaballah 15'

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August 29, 1979 19:00	Japan	1–1	Mexico	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)
	Mizunuma 58'	(Report)	Romero 69'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	6	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9
Poland	4	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Yugoslavia	2	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2
Indonesia	0	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16

August 26, 1979 16:20	Poland	2–0	Yugoslavia	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
	Pałasz 49' Frankowski 76'	(Report)

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August 26, 1979 19:00	Argentina	5–0	Indonesia	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Rolando Fusco (Canada)
	Díaz 10', 23', 25' Maradona 19', 39'	(Report)

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August 28, 1979 16:20	Yugoslavia	0–1	Argentina	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Andre Daina (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Escudero 55'

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August 28, 1979 19:00	Indonesia	0–6	Poland	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)
		(Report)	Pałasz 11', 37' Janiec 12' Baran 22', 31' Buda 73'

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August 30, 1979 16:20	Poland	1–4	Argentina	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
	Pałasz 27'	(Report)	Maradona 7' Calderón 23', 70' Simón 35'

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August 30, 1979 19:00	Yugoslavia	5–0	Indonesia	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)
	Smajić 5', 77' Milosavljević 19', 63' Mlinarić 73'	(Report)

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Paraguay	4	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
Portugal	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Korea Republic	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2
Canada	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2

August 25, 1979 16:20	Canada	3–1	Portugal	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Segota 7', 66' Nagy 79'	(Report)	Grilo 46'

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August 25, 1979 19:00	Paraguay	3–0	Korea Republic	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
	Romero 5' Cabañas 70'	(Report)

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August 27, 1979 16:20	Portugal	1–0	Paraguay	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
	Ferreira 23'	(Report)

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August 27, 1979 19:00	Korea Republic	1–0	Canada	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
	Lee Tae-Ho 63'	(Report)

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August 29, 1979 16:20	Canada	0–3	Paraguay	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)
		(Report)	Romero 37', 58' Isasi 40'

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August 29, 1979 19:00	Portugal	0–0	Korea Republic	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)
		(Report)

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uruguay	6	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Soviet Union	4	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6
Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
Guinea	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

August 26, 1979 16:20	Soviet Union	5–1	Hungary	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
	Ponomarev 24' Stukashov 41' Zavarov 57' Taran 71', 78'	(Report)	Kardos 9'

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August 26, 1979 19:00	Uruguay	5–0	Guinea	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)
	Molina 7' Revelez 22', 74' Paz 53' Vargas 76'	(Report)

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August 28, 1979 16:20	Hungary	0–2	Uruguay	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
		(Report)	Vargas 23' Paz 35'

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August 28, 1979 19:00	Guinea	0–3	Soviet Union	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Suk Han-Kyu (South Korea)
		(Report)	Olefirenko 6' Mikhalevsky 59' Radenko 80'

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August 30, 1979 16:20	Soviet Union	0–1	Uruguay	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal)
		(Report)	Martínez 66'

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August 30, 1979 19:00	Hungary	2–0	Guinea	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
	Segesvári 17' Kerepeczky 80'	(Report)

[edit] Knockout stage

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	2 September - Tokyo
	Argentina	5
					September 4 - Tokyo
	Algeria	0
					Argentina	2
	2 September - Yokohama
					Uruguay	0
	Uruguay (AET)	1
									September 7 - Tokyo
	Portugal	0
									Argentina	3
	2 September - Omiya
									Soviet Union	1
	Spain	0 (3)
					September 4 - Kobe
	Poland (PSO)	0 (4)
					Poland	0			Third place
	2 September - Kobe
					Soviet Union	1
	Paraguay	2 (5)							Uruguay (PSO)	1 (5)
	Soviet Union (PSO)	2 (6)							Poland	1 (3)
									September 6 - Tokyo

[edit] Quarter-finals

September 2, 1979 19:00	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen.)	Poland	Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
		(Report)

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September 2, 1979 19:00	Argentina	5–0	Algeria	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
	Maradona 25' Calderón 34' Díaz 39', 51', 66'	(Report)

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September 2, 1979 19:00	Paraguay	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 pen.)	Soviet Union	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 8,500 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
	Romero 7' Achucarro 22'	(Report)	Dumansky 3' Ponomarev 70'

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September 2, 1979 19:00	Uruguay	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Portugal	Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
	Paz 94'	(Report)

[edit] Semi-finals

September 4, 1979 19:00	Argentina	2–0	Uruguay	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
	Díaz 52' Maradona 74'	(Report)

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September 4, 1979 19:00	Poland	0–1	Soviet Union	Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
		(Report)	Ponomarev 50'

[edit] Third place play-off

September 6, 1979 19:00	Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 pen.)	Poland	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
	Paz 9'	(Report)	Pałasz 26'

[edit] Final

September 7, 1979 19:00	Argentina	3–1	Soviet Union	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 52,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
	Alves 68' Díaz 71' Maradona 76'	(Report)	Ponomarev 52'

[edit] Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners
Argentina First title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Ramón Díaz	Diego Maradona [1]	Poland

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship 1979
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979

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