The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played.

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, Canberra,

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and Sydney—The winner was

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, who beat surprise package

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4–0 in a final held at

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Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see ''

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Group stage

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

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. 4 goals * Mark Koussas * Taher Abouzaid * Ralf Loose * Roland Wohlfarth 3 goals * Ronaldão *

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* Michael Small *

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* Khalid Salman 2 goals * Bonaventure Djonkep *

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* Choi Soon-Ho * Chano *

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* Jorge da Silva 1 goal *

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* Jorge Cecchi * Juan Jose Urruti * David Mitchell * Ian Hunter *

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* Bertin Olle Olle * Mohamed Helmi *

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* John Cooke *

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* Agustín Coss *

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* Ildefonso Ríos * José Enrique Vaca * Piotr Rzepka * Jerzy Kowalik * Ali Alsada *

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* Cornel Fisic *

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* Stere Sertov *

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* Francisco López *

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* Carlos Aguilera *

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* Alfred Schön * Martin Trieb Own goals * Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt) * Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Notes

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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