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

Qualification

Squads

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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 * Vladimir Bessonov ;2 goals * Cléber * Paulinho * 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 * Imre Nagy * János Kerekes * Zoltán Péter * Reza Rajabi *

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* Haddi Hammadi * Luigi Capuzzo * Honore Ya Semon * Lucien Kouassi * Eduardo Moses * Eduardo Rergis * Hugo Rodríguez * Eugenio Giménez * Domingo Salmaniego * Juan Battaglia * Víctor Morel * Andrei Bal * Vagiz Khidiyatullin * José Casas * Ali Ben Fattoum * Alberto Bica * Daniel Enrique * Venancio Ramos * 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

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