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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	October 3–October 18
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	87 (2.72 per match)
Attendance	443,094 (13,847 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ralf Loose; Roland Wohlfarth; Taher Amer; Mark Koussas; (4 goals)
Best player	Romulus Gabor

The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from October 3 to October 18, 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney—The winner was West Germany, who beat surprising Qatar by 4–0, in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground.

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uruguay	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5
Qatar	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Poland	2	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2
United States	1	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7

October 3, 1981 18:30	Poland	0–1	Qatar	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
		(Report)	Beleal 37'

October 3, 1981 20:30	United States	0–3	Uruguay	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
		(Report)	López Báez 5' Aguilera 60' Da Silva 67'

October 6, 1981 18:30	United States	1–1	Qatar	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 10,122 Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) ^[1]
	Devey 43'	(Report)	Beleal 56'

October 6, 1981 20:30	Uruguay	1–0	Poland	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 10,122 Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
	Da Silva 58'	(Report)

October 8, 1981 19:00	Qatar	0–1	Uruguay	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)
		(Report)	Villazán 52'

October 8, 1981 21:00	Poland	4–0	United States	Lang Park, Brisbane Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
	Rzepka 17' Kowalik 18' Dziekanowski 65', 67'	(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	5	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Romania	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Korea Republic	2	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
Italy	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

October 3, 1981 18:30	Italy	1–4	Korea Republic	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 13,538 Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)
	Mariani 83'	(Report)	Kwak Sung-Ho 7' Choi Soon-Ho 12', 29' Lee Kyung-Nam 88'

October 3, 1981 20:30	Romania	1–1	Brazil	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 13,538 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Zamfir 82'	(Report)	Leomir 67'

October 6, 1981 18:45	Romania	1–0	Korea Republic	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)
	Sertov 5'	(Report)

October 6, 1981 20:45	Brazil	1–0	Italy	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)
	Djalma Baia 56'	(Report)

October 8, 1981 18:45	Korea Republic	0–3	Brazil	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheig (Egypt)
		(Report)	Paulo Roberto 48' Ronaldão 61' Jun Jong-Son 79' (o.g.)

October 8, 1981 20:45	Italy	0–1	Romania	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
		(Report)	Gabor 56' (pen.)

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2
Egypt	4	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1
Mexico	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1
Spain	2	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2

October 3, 1981 19:00	Spain	2–2	Egypt	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Lee Woo Bong (South Korea)
	S. López 65' Nadal 74'	(Report)	Amer 6', 78'

October 3, 1981 21:00	West Germany	1–0	Mexico	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
	Loose 2'	(Report)

October 6, 1981 19:00	West Germany	1–2	Egypt	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 14,120 Referee: Rómulo Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
	Loose 35'	(Report)	Helmi 31' Amer 54' (pen.)

October 6, 1981 21:00	Mexico	1–1	Spain	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 14,120 Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
	Coss 75'	(Report)	S. López 45' (pen.)

October 8, 1981 18:30	Egypt	3–3	Mexico	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
	Guillén 33' (o.g.) Saleh 64', 71'	(Report)	Vaca 18' Farfán 28' Ríos 69'

October 8, 1981 20:30	Spain	2–4	West Germany	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 14,120 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
	F. López 72' Fabregat 78'	(Report)	Trieb 29' Wohlfarth 47', 85' Anthes 55'

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Australia	4	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Cameroon	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3

October 3, 1981 13:00	England	2–0	Cameroon	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 15,814 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
	Finnigan 57' Dey 78'	(Report)

October 3, 1981 15:00	Australia	2–1	Argentina	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 15,814 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
	Koussas 79' Hunter 89'	(Report)	Morresi 66'

October 5, 1981 15:00	Australia	3–3	Cameroon	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 13,797 Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)
	Mitchell 9' Koussas 53', 78' (pen.)	(Report)	Olle Olle 17' Djonkep 35', 52'

October 5, 1981 15:00	England	1–1	Argentina	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 16,674 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
	Small 79'	(Report)	Urruti 57'

October 8, 1981 19:00	Cameroon	0–1	Argentina	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 28,932 Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)
		(Report)	Cecchi 6'

October 8, 1981 21:00	England	1–1	Australia	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 28,932 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
	Small 82'	(Report)	Koussas 7'

[edit] Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

11 October - Melbourne

Uruguay

1

14 October - Melbourne

Romania

2

Romania

0

11 October - Canberra

West Germany (AET)

1

West Germany

1

18 October - Sydney

Australia

0

West Germany

4

11 October - Newcastle

Qatar

0

Brazil

2

14 October - Sydney

Qatar

3

Qatar

2

Third place

11 October - Sydney

England

1

England

4

Romania

1

Egypt

2

England

0

17 October - Adelaide

[edit] Quarter-finals

October 11, 1981 15:00	Uruguay	1–2	Romania	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
	Berruetta 60'	(Report)	Eduard 25' Fisic 84'

October 11, 1981 15:00	Brazil	2–3	Qatar	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle Attendance: 12,993 Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
	Ronaldão 27', 78'	(Report)	Almuhannadi 10', 54', 87'

October 11, 1981 15:00	West Germany	1–0	Australia	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
	Wohlfarth 69'	(Report)

October 11, 1981 15:00	England	4–2	Egypt	Sports Ground, Sydney Attendance: 8,293 Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
	Webb 41', 64', 82' Cooke 60'	(Report)	Amer 28' (pen.) Saleh 40'

[edit] Semi-finals

October 14, 1981 20:00	Qatar	2–1	England	Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 12,476 Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)
	Beleal 12' Alsada 62'	(Report)	Small 70'

October 14, 1981 20:30	Romania	0–1 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Olympic Park, Melbourne Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
		(Report)	Schoen 103'

[edit] Third place play-off

October 17, 1981 15:00	Romania	1–0	England	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Attendance: 10,492 Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
	Gabor 36'	(Report)

[edit] Final

October 18, 1981 15:00	West Germany	4–0	Qatar	Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 18,531 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
	Loose 28', 66' Wohlfarth 42' Anthes 86'	(Report)

[edit] Result

1981 World Youth Championship Winners
West Germany First title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Mark Koussas	Romulus Gabor	Australia

[edit] Notes

^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

[edit] External links

[Gebreyesus-0] Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

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