1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	June 2–June 19
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	Geovani

The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fourth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Mexico from June 2 to June 19, 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.

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

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1982 AFC Youth Championship	China PR  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	1983 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1983 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1982 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Austria  Czechoslovakia  Netherlands  Poland  Scotland  Soviet Union
Host nation		Mexico

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	Advanced to the quarter finals
South Korea	4	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Australia	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	Eliminated
Mexico	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Uruguay	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	Advanced to the quarter finals
Poland	4	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5
United States	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	Eliminated
Ivory Coast	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Argentina	6	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	Advanced to the quarter finals
Czechoslovakia	4	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
China PR	2	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	Eliminated
Austria	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	5	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	Advanced to the quarter finals
Netherlands	4	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Nigeria	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	Eliminated
Soviet Union	0	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3

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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 - Monterrey
									Brazil	1
	Uruguay	1
					15 June - Monterrey
	South Korea (aet)	2
					South Korea	1			Third place
	12 June - Guadalajara
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	4							Poland (aet)	2
	Czechoslovakia	1							South Korea	1
									18 June - Guadalajara

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 Winners
Brazil First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe	Fair Play Award
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: Maurício Poggi Villela^[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

• Geovani

5 goals

• Joachim Klemenz

4 goals

• Jorge Luis Gabrich

3 goals

• Roberto Zarate
• Stanislav Dostal
• Shin Yon-Ho
• Carlos Aguilera

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	11
2	Argentina	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	10
3	Poland	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	8
4	South Korea	6	3	0	3	8	9	–1	6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	5
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
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
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	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

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1983
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)