1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	August 25 – September 7
Teams	16 (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 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 Maradona

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.

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1978 AFC Youth Championship	Indonesia  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	1979 African Youth Championship	Algeria  Guinea
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	1979 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Paraguay  Uruguay
UEFA (Europe)	1978 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Hungary  Poland  Portugal  Soviet Union  Spain  Yugoslavia
Host nation		Japan

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	4	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	Advanced to the quarter finals
Algeria	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Mexico	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	Eliminated
Japan	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1

Mexico  v  Algeria

August 25, 1979 16:20

Mexico	1–1	Algeria
Hernández 24'	(Report)	Yahi 67'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Anatoly Milchenko (Soviet Union)

Japan  v  Spain

August 25, 1979 19:00

Japan	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	Zúñiga 51'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marjan Raus (Yugoslavia)

Spain  v  Mexico

August 27, 1979 16:20

Spain	2–1	Mexico
Joaquín 8' Gail 74'	(Report)	Diaz 56'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 28,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Algeria  v  Japan

August 27, 1979 19:05

Algeria	0–0	Japan
	(Report)

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Héctor Ortíz Ramírez (Paraguay)

Spain  v  Algeria

August 29, 1979 16:20

Spain	0–1	Algeria
	(Report)	Bendjaballah 15'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredia (Indonesia)

Japan  v  Mexico

August 29, 1979 19:00

Japan	1–1	Mexico
Mizunuma 58'	(Report)	Romero 69'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Argentina	6	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	Advanced to the quarter finals
Poland	4	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Yugoslavia	2	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	Eliminated
Indonesia	0	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16

Poland  v  Yugoslavia

August 26, 1979 16:20

Poland	2–0	Yugoslavia
Pałasz 49' Frankowski 76'	(Report)

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Argentina  v  Indonesia

August 26, 1979 19:00

Argentina	5–0	Indonesia
Díaz 10', 23', 25' Maradona 19', 39'	(Report)

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Rolando Fusco (Canada)

Yugoslavia  v  Argentina

August 28, 1979 16:20

Yugoslavia	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	Escudero 55'

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Andre Daina (Switzerland)

Indonesia  v  Poland

August 28, 1979 19:00

Indonesia	0–6	Poland
	(Report)	Pałasz 11', 37' Janiec 12' Baran 22', 31' Buda 73'

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)

Poland  v  Argentina

August 30, 1979 16:20

Poland	1–4	Argentina
Pałasz 27'	(Report)	Maradona 7' Calderón 23', 70' Simón 35'

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

Yugoslavia  v  Indonesia

August 30, 1979 19:00

Yugoslavia	5–0	Indonesia
Smajić 5', 77' Milosavljević 19', 63' Mlinarić 73'	(Report)

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Paraguay	4	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	Advanced to the quarter finals
Portugal	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
South Korea	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	Eliminated
Canada	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2

Canada  v  Portugal

August 25, 1979 16:20

Canada	3–1	Portugal
Segota 7', 66' Nagy 79'	(Report)	Grilo 46'

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Paraguay  v  South Korea

August 25, 1979 19:00

Paraguay	3–0	South Korea
Romero 5' Cabañas 70' 74'	(Report)

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

Portugal  v  Paraguay

August 27, 1979 16:20

Portugal	1–0	Paraguay
Ferreira 23'	(Report)

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

South Korea  v  Canada

August 27, 1979 19:00

South Korea	1–0	Canada
Lee Tae-Ho 63'	(Report)

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)

Canada  v  Paraguay

August 29, 1979 16:20

Canada	0–3	Paraguay
	(Report)	Romero 37', 58' Isasi 40'

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)

Portugal  v  South Korea

August 29, 1979 19:00

Portugal	0–0	South Korea
	(Report)

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Uruguay	6	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	Advanced to the quarter finals
Soviet Union	4	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6
Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	Eliminated
Guinea	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

Soviet Union  v  Hungary

August 26, 1979 16:20

Soviet Union	5–1	Hungary
Ponomaryov 24' Stukashov 41' Zavarov 57' Taran 71', 78'	(Report)	Kardos 9'

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)

Uruguay  v  Guinea

August 26, 1979 19:00

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

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

Hungary  v  Uruguay

August 28, 1979 16:20

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

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

Guinea  v  Soviet Union

August 28, 1979 19:00

Guinea	0–3	Soviet Union
	(Report)	Olefirenko 6' Mikhalevsky 59' Radenko 80'

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Suk Han-Kyu (South Korea)

Soviet Union  v  Uruguay

August 30, 1979 16:20

Soviet Union	0–1	Uruguay
	(Report)	Martínez 66'

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal)

Hungary  v  Guinea

August 30, 1979 19:00

Hungary	2–0	Guinea
Segesvári 17' Kerepeczky 80'	(Report)

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)

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

Quarter-finals

Spain  v  Poland

September 2, 1979 19:00

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen.)	Poland
	(Report)

Omiya Stadium, Omiya Attendance: 10,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Argentina  v  Algeria

September 2, 1979 19:00

Argentina	5–0	Algeria
Maradona 25' Calderón 34' Díaz 39', 51', 66'	(Report)

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)

Paraguay  v  Soviet Union

September 2, 1979 19:00

Paraguay	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 pen.)	Soviet Union
Romero 7' Achucarro 22'	(Report)	Dumansky 3' Ponomaryov 70'

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 8,500 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Uruguay  v  Portugal

September 2, 1979 19:00

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

Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

Semi-finals

Argentina  v  Uruguay

September 4, 1979 19:00

Argentina	2–0	Uruguay
Díaz 52' Maradona 74'	(Report)

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

Poland  v  Soviet Union

September 4, 1979 19:00

Poland	0–1	Soviet Union
	(Report)	Ponomaryov 50'

Chuo Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)

Third place play-off

Uruguay  v  Poland

September 6, 1979 19:00

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

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thomson Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)

Final

Argentina  v  Soviet Union

September 7, 1979 19:00

Argentina	3–1	Soviet Union
Alves 68' Díaz 71' Maradona 76'	(Report)	Ponomaryov 52'

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 52,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners
Argentina First title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Ramón Díaz	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.

8 goals

• Ramón Díaz

6 goals

• Diego Maradona

5 goals

• Andrzej Pałasz

4 goals

• Julio César Romero
• Igor Ponomaryov
• Rubén Paz

3 goals

• Gabriel Calderón

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	6	6	0	0	20	2	+18	12
2	Soviet Union	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	7
3	Uruguay	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	9
4	Poland	6	2	2	2	10	6	+4	6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Paraguay	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	5
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
Eliminated at the group stage
9	South Korea	3	1	1	1	1	3	–2	3
10	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	2
11	Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	–1	2
12	Japan	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

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979
• FIFA Technical Report

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