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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

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 across venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney where a total of 32 matches were played. The championship winner was West Germany, who defeated Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. The official mascot was the kookaburra 'Kickaburra'.

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates3–18 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Qatar
Third place Romania
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored87 (2.72 per match)
Attendance443,094 (13,847 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Ralf Loose
West Germany Roland Wohlfarth
Egypt Taher Abouzaid
Australia Mark Koussas
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Romania Romulus Gabor
Fair play award Australia
← 1979
1983 →

Qualification

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Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1980 AFC Youth Championship   Qatar1
  South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1981 African Youth Championship   Cameroon1
  Egypt1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Mexico
  United States1
CONMEBOL (South America) 1981 South American Youth Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) Host nation   Australia1
UEFA (Europe) 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship   England1
  Italy
  Poland
  Romania1
  Spain
  West Germany1
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Uruguay 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
3   Poland 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 2
4   United States 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
Poland  0–1  Qatar
(Report) Bilal   37'
Attendance: 17,200
United States  0–3  Uruguay
(Report) López Báez   5'
Aguilera   60'
Da Silva   67'
Attendance: 17,200
United States  1–1  Qatar
Devey   43' (Report) Bilal   56'
Attendance: 10,122
Uruguay  1–0  Poland
Da Silva   58' (Report)
Attendance: 10,122
Qatar  0–1  Uruguay
(Report) Villazán   52'
Attendance: 8,264
Poland  4–0  United States
Rzepka   17'
Kowalik   18'
Dziekanowski   65', 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,264

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Romania 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
3   South Korea 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
4   Italy 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Italy  1–4  South Korea
Mariani   83' (Report) Kwak Sung-ho   7'
Choi Soon-ho   12', 29'
Lee Kyung-nam   88'
Attendance: 13,538
Romania  1–1  Brazil
Zamfir   82' (Report) Leomir   67'
Attendance: 13,538
Romania  1–0  South Korea
Sertov   5' (Report)
Attendance: 17,500
Brazil  1–0  Italy
Djalma Baia   56' (Report)
Attendance: 17,500
South Korea  0–3  Brazil
(Report) Paulo Roberto   48'
Ronaldo   61'
Jun J.S.   79' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,000
Italy  0–1  Romania
(Report) Gabor   56' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,000

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   West Germany 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Egypt 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 4
3   Mexico 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4   Spain 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Spain  2–2  Egypt
Chano   65'
Nadal   74'		 (Report) Abouzaid   6', 78'
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany  1–0  Mexico
Loose   2' (Report)
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany  1–2  Egypt
Loose   35' (Report) Helmy   31'
Abouzaid   54'
Attendance: 14,120
Mexico  1–1  Spain
Coss   75' (Report) Chano   45' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,120
Egypt  3–3  Mexico
Guillén   33' (o.g.)
Saleh   64', 71'		 (Report) Vaca   18'
Farfán   28'
Ríos   69'
Attendance: 8,150
Spain  2–4  West Germany
F. López   72'
Fabregat   78'		 (Report) Trieb   29'
Wohlfarth   47', 85'
Anthes   55'
Attendance: 14,120

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   England 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Australia (H) 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 4
3   Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4   Cameroon 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
England  2–0  Cameroon
Finnigan   57'
Dey   78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,814
Australia  2–1  Argentina
Koussas   79'
Hunter   89'		 (Report) Morresi   66'
Attendance: 15,814
Australia  3–3  Cameroon
Mitchell   9'
Koussas   53', 78' (pen.)		 (Report) Olle Olle   17'
Djonkep   35', 52'
Attendance: 13,797
England  1–1  Argentina
Small   79' (Report) Urruti   57'
Attendance: 16,674
Cameroon  0–1  Argentina
(Report) Cecchi   6'
Attendance: 28,932
England  1–1  Australia
Small   82' (Report) Koussas   7'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 October - Melbourne
 
 
  Uruguay 1
 
14 October - Melbourne
 
  Romania 2
 
  Romania 0
 
11 October - Canberra
 
  West Germany (a.e.t.) 1
 
  West Germany 1
 
18 October - Sydney
 
  Australia 0
 
  West Germany 4
 
11 October - Newcastle
 
  Qatar 0
 
  Brazil 2
 
14 October - Sydney
 
  Qatar 3
 
  Qatar 2
 
11 October - Sydney
 
  England 1 Third place
 
  England 4
 
17 October - Adelaide
 
  Egypt 2
 
  Romania 1
 
 
  England 0
 

Quarter-finals

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Uruguay  1–2  Romania
Berruetta   60' (Report) Eduard   25'
Fisic   84'
Attendance: 14,800
Brazil  2–3  Qatar
Ronaldo   27', 78' (Report) Al-Muhannadi   10', 54', 87'
Attendance: 12,993
West Germany  1–0  Australia
Wohlfarth   69' (Report)
Attendance: 13,780
England  4–2  Egypt
Webb   41', 64', 82'
Cooke   60'		 (Report) Abouzaid   28' (pen.)
Helmy   40'
Attendance: 8,293

Semi-finals

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Qatar  2–1  England
Bilal   12'
Alsada   62'		 (Report) Small   70'
Attendance: 12,476
Romania  0–1 (a.e.t.)  West Germany
(Report) Schön   103'
Attendance: 15,000

Third place play-off

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Romania  1–0  England
Gabor   36' (Report)
Attendance: 10,492

Final

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West Germany  4–0  Qatar
Loose   28', 66'
Wohlfarth   42'
Anthes   86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,531

Result

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 1981 World Youth Championship winners 
 
West Germany
First title

Awards

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Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
  Mark Koussas   Romulus Gabor   Australia

Goalscorers

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Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Boot 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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   West Germany 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Champions
2   Qatar 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 7 Runners-up
3   Romania 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 9 Third place
4   England 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 6 Fourth place
5   Uruguay 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
7   Australia (H) 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 4
8   Egypt 4 1 2 1 9 10 −1 4
9   Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Poland 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 2
11   South Korea 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
12   Mexico 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
13   Spain 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
14   Cameroon 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
15   United States 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
16   Italy 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes

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  1. ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
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