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) Argentina Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player Argentina Diego Maradona
Fair play award  Poland

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  Indonesia1
 South Korea1
CAF (Africa) 1979 African Youth Championship  Algeria1
 Guinea1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada1
 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1979 South American Youth Championship  Argentina1
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Hungary
 Poland1
 Portugal1
 Soviet Union
 Spain
 Yugoslavia1
Host nation  Japan1

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

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 4320132+1Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Algeria 4312021+1
 Mexico 23021341
 Japan 23021121
Mexico  11  Algeria
Hernández  24' (Report) Yahi  67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anatoly Milchenko (Soviet Union)

Japan  01  Spain
(Report) Zúñiga  51'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marjan Raus (Yugoslavia)

Spain  21  Mexico
Joaquín  8'
Gail  74'
(Report) Díaz  56'

Algeria  00  Japan
(Report)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Héctor Ortíz Ramírez (Paraguay)

Spain  01  Algeria
(Report) Bendjaballah  15'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredia (Indonesia)

Japan  11  Mexico
Mizunuma  58' (Report) Romero  69'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 Argentina 63300101+9Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Poland 4320194+5
 Yugoslavia 2310253+2
 Indonesia 0300301616
Poland  20  Yugoslavia
Pałasz  49'
Frankowski  76'
(Report)
Attendance: 14,000

Argentina  50  Indonesia
Díaz  10', 23', 25'
Maradona  19', 39'
(Report)
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Rolando Fusco (Canada)

Yugoslavia  01  Argentina
(Report) Escudero  55'
Attendance: 9,500

Indonesia  06  Poland
(Report) Pałasz  11', 37'
Janiec  12'
Baran  22', 31'
Buda  73'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)

Poland  14  Argentina
Pałasz  27' (Report) Maradona  7'
Calderón  23', 70'
Simón  35'
Attendance: 12,500

Yugoslavia  50  Indonesia
Smajić  5', 77'
Milosavljević  19', 63'
Mlinarić  73'
(Report)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 Paraguay 4320161+5Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Portugal 33111231
 South Korea 33111132
 Canada 23102352
Canada  31  Portugal
Segota  7', 66'
Nagy  79'
(Report) Grilo  46'
Attendance: 10,000

Paraguay  30  South Korea
Romero  5'
Cabañas  70', 74'
(Report)
Attendance: 13,000

Portugal  10  Paraguay
Ferreira  23' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

South Korea  10  Canada
Lee Tae-Ho  63' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)

Canada  03  Paraguay
(Report) Romero  37', 58'
Isasi  40'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)

Portugal  00  South Korea
(Report)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status
 Uruguay 6330080+8Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Soviet Union 4320182+6
 Hungary 23102374
 Guinea 0300301010
Soviet Union  51  Hungary
Ponomaryov  24'
Stukashov  41'
Zavarov  57'
Taran  71', 78'
(Report) Kardos  9'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)

Uruguay  50  Guinea
Molina  7'
Revelez  22', 74'
Paz  53'
Vargas  76'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

Hungary  02  Uruguay
(Report) Vargas  23'
Paz  35'

Guinea  03  Soviet Union
(Report) Olefirenko  6'
Mikhalevsky  59'
Radenko  80'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suk Han-Kyu (South Korea)

Soviet Union  01  Uruguay
(Report) Martínez  66'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal)

Hungary  20  Guinea
Segesvári  17'
Kerepeczky  80'
(Report)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 September - Tokyo
 
 
 Argentina 5
 
September 4 - Tokyo
 
 Algeria 0
 
 Argentina 2
 
2 September - Yokohama
 
 Uruguay 0
 
 Uruguay (a.e.t.)1
 
September 7 - Tokyo
 
 Portugal 0
 
 Argentina 3
 
2 September - Omiya
 
 Soviet Union 1
 
 Spain 0 (3)
 
September 4 - Kobe
 
 Poland (pen.)0 (4)
 
 Poland 0
 
2 September - Kobe
 
 Soviet Union 1 Third place
 
 Paraguay 2 (5)
 
September 6 - Tokyo
 
 Soviet Union (pen.)2 (6)
 
 Uruguay (pen.)1 (5)
 
 
 Poland 1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

Spain  00 (a.e.t.)  Poland
(Report)
Penalties
Pichardo
Gail
Manolo
Zúñiga
Tendillo
34 Chojnacki
Buncol
Jarosz
Pałasz
Skrobowski
Attendance: 10,000

Argentina  50  Algeria
Maradona  25'
Calderón  34'
Díaz  39', 51', 66'
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)

Paraguay  22 (a.e.t.)  Soviet Union
Romero  7'
Achucarro  22'
(Report) Dumansky  3'
Ponomaryov  70'
Penalties
Miño
Valinotti
Romero
Giménez
Vera
Olmedo
Mora
García
Isasi
56 Ponomaryov
Polukarov
Ovchinnikov
Stukashov
Hurynovich
Mikhalevsky
Khachatryan
Dumanskyi
Chanov
Attendance: 8,500

Uruguay  10 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Paz  90+4' (Report)

Semi-finals

Argentina  20  Uruguay
Díaz  52'
Maradona  74'
(Report)

Poland  01  Soviet Union
(Report) Ponomaryov  50'
Attendance: 5,000

Third place play-off

Uruguay  11 (a.e.t.)
(53 pen.)
 Poland
Paz  9' (Report) Pałasz  26'

Final

Argentina  31  Soviet Union
Alves  68'
Díaz  71'
Maradona  76'
(Report) Ponomaryov  52'

Result

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners 

Argentina
First title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Argentina Ramón Díaz Argentina 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
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Argentina 6600202+1812
2  Soviet Union 6312127+57
3  Uruguay 6411103+79
4  Poland 6222106+46
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Paraguay 421183+55
6  Spain 421132+15
7  Algeria 412126–44
8  Portugal 411224–23
Eliminated at the group stage
9  South Korea 311113–23
10  Yugoslavia 310253+22
11  Mexico 302134–12
12  Japan 302112–12
13  Canada 310235–22
14  Hungary 310237–42
15  Guinea 3003010–100
16  Indonesia 3003016–160
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