The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

, was held in

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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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and

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—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 '' 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads''.

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 *

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Taher Abouzaid Amer Taher Abou Zeid Alsayed, publicly known as Taher Abou Zeid, or Taher Abouzaid ( both are correct translations from the original alphabet in ar, عامر طاهر أبو زيد السيد) is the Egyptian Minister of State for Sports and a ...

Ralf Loose Ralf Loose (; born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player who last managed Swiss club Winterthur. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team. Playing career Loose played as a sweeper betwe ...

Roland Wohlfarth Roland Wohlfarth (born 11 January 1963) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Wohlfarth was born in Bocholt. He was active in the Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first W ...

3 goals * Ronaldão * Hisham Saleh *

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* Khalid Salman 2 goals *

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Dariusz Dziekanowski Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski (born 30 September 1962) is a Polish football player, coach and commentator. He was known as Jacki Dziekanowski during his time playing in the Scottish and English leagues. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, bet ...

* Romulus Gabor *

Choi Soon-Ho Choi Soon-ho (Hangul: 최순호; Hanja: 崔淳鎬; born 10 January 1962) is a former South Korean football manager and player. International career Choi was named in the South Korean squad for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup. He scored seven goals ...

* Chano * Holger Anthes *

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1 goal *

Claudio Morresi Claudio Alberto Morresi (born 30 April 1962 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer and politician. He has served as Sports Secretary of Argentina, and currently serves as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. He is a member o ...

* Jorge Cecchi *

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* David Mitchell * Ian Hunter * Djalma Baia * Leomir * Paulo Roberto * Bertin Olle Olle *

Mohamed Helmi Mohamed Helmi (born 28 October 1962) is an Egyptian former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

* Anthony Finnigan * Geoffrey Dey * John Cooke * Pietro Mariani * Agustín Coss * González Farfán * Ildefonso Ríos *

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Piotr Rzepka Piotr Adam Rzepka (born 13 September 1961) is a Polish football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case kno ...

Jerzy Kowalik Jerzy Kowalik (born 15 October 1961) is a retired Polish football midfielder and later manager. He was a squad member for the 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1981 FIFA World Youth Champi ...

* Ali Alsada * Augustin Eduard * Cornel Fisic * Dorel Zamfir *

Stere Sertov Stere Sertov (5 February 1963 – 3 May 2022) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward. Club career Stere Sertov was born on 5 February 1963 in Mihail Kogălniceanu, Constanța. He made his Divizia A debut at age 18, playing for Steau ...

* Kwak Sung-Ho *

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* Francisco López * Jorge Fabregat * Sebastián Nadal * Mark Devey * Carlos Berruetta * Javier López Báez * Carlos Aguilera * Jorge Villazán *

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* 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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