The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the

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, hosted by

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from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues —

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and

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. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in tournament history. The USSR U20, defeated Mexico U20 in a

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, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah. The Tournament Committee was chaired by

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Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.

Qualification

Squads

For a list of all squads that began play in the group stage of the tournament, see '' 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads''

Venues

Group stage

The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

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* Agustin Manzo * Luis Placencia *

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* Paulo Roberto * Moharam Asheri * Hussain Munshid * Fernando Garduno * Pedro López *

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* José Ricardo Escobar * Amaro Nadal ;1 goal *

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* Jorge Luís * Júnior Brasília * Tião * Andre Wiss * Gerard Bacconnier *

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* José Enrique Duarte * Prudencio Norales *

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* János Kerekes * Zoltán Péter * Reza Rajabi *

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* Haddi Hammadi * Luigi Capuzzo * Honore Ya Semon * Lucien Kouassi * Eduardo Moses *

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* Hugo Rodríguez * Eugenio Giménez * Domingo Salmaniego * Juan Battaglia * Víctor Morel * Andrei Bal * Vagiz Khidiyatullin * José Casas * Ali Ben Fattoum * Alberto Bica * Daniel Enrique *

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* Víctor Diogo

Final ranking

Notes

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977
, FIFA.com

FIFA Technical Report

All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team

Todos os Jogos da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol
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