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1977 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in tournament history. The USSR U20, defeated Mexico U20 in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates27 June – 10 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored70 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Guina (4 goals)
Best player(s)Soviet Union Vladimir Bessonov
Fair play award Brazil
1979 →

The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.

Qualification edit

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1977 AFC Youth Championship   Iran
  Iraq
CAF (Africa) Host nation   Tunisia
1977 African Youth Qualifying for World Cup   Ivory Coast
  Morocco
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Honduras
  Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1977 South American Youth Championship   Brazil
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1976 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship   Austria
  France
  Hungary
  Italy
  Soviet Union
  Spain

Squads edit

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

Venues edit

Tunis
Tunis
Stade El Menzah Stade Chedly Zouiten
   
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 18,000
Sousse Sfax
Stade Olympique de Sousse Stade Ameur El-Gargouri
   
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 4,000

Group stage edit

The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Mexico 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Advance to semi-finals
2   Spain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3   France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4   Tunisia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
France  1–2  Spain
Bacconnier   75' (Report) [1] Escobar   29'
Casas   60'
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
Mexico  6–0  Tunisia
Manzo   46', 47'
Placencia   48', 69', 72'
Garduno   56'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Spain  1–1  Mexico
Escobar   46' (Report) Rodríguez   73'
Tunisia  0–1  France
(Report) Meyer   20'
France  1–1  Mexico
Wiss   64' (Report) Moses   70'
Spain  0–1  Tunisia
(Report) Ben Fattoum   52'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Uruguay 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to semi-finals
2   Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
3   Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
4   Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Morocco  0–1  Honduras
(Report) Norales   46'
Uruguay  2–1  Hungary
Diogo   15'
Bica   25' (pen.)		 (Report) Péter   17'
Honduras  0–1  Uruguay
(Report) Nadal   29'
Hungary  2–0  Morocco
Kerekes   26'
Nagy   56'		 (Report)
Hungary  0–2  Honduras
(Report) Yearwood   7'
Duarte   30'
Uruguay  3–0  Morocco
Nadal   36'
Enrique   44'
Ramos   51'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5 Advance to semi-finals
2   Iran 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
3   Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Italy  1–1  Ivory Coast
Capuzzo   11' (Report) Kouassi   77'
Brazil  5–1  Iran
Guina   22', 29', 39'
Paulo Roberto   37'
Júnior Brasília   52'		 (Report) Rajabi   55'
Iran  0–0  Italy
(Report)
Ivory Coast  1–1  Brazil
Ya Semon   46' (Report) Cléber   89'
Iran  3–0  Ivory Coast
Asheri   31', 87'
Barzegar   80'		 (Report)
Brazil  2–0  Italy
Guina   11'
Paulinho   48'		 (Report) [dead link]

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to semi-finals
2   Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
3   Iraq 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2
4   Austria 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Soviet Union  3–1  Iraq
Petrakov   19', 23'
Bal   39'		 (Report) Luaibi   77'
Austria  0–1  Paraguay
(Report) Morel   62'
Iraq  5–1  Austria
Luaibi   30'
Hussain   34', 38', 90+3' [3]
Hammadi   90+4' [3]		 (Report) Weiss   28'
Paraguay  1–2  Soviet Union
Battaglia   38' (Report) Khidiyatullin   29'
Bessonov   59'
Paraguay  4–0  Iraq
Salmaniego   26'
López   30', 68'
Giménez   67'		 (Report)
Austria  0–0  Soviet Union
(Report)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Tunis
 
 
  Mexico (pen.)1 (5)
 
10 July – Tunis
 
  Brazil1 (3)
 
  Mexico2 (8)
 
7 July – Tunis
 
  Soviet Union (pen.)2 (9)
 
  Uruguay0 (3)
 
 
  Soviet Union (pen.)0 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
9 July – Tunis
 
 
  Brazil4
 
 
  Uruguay0

Semi-finals edit

Mexico  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Rergis   53' (Report) Jorge Luís   59'
Penalties
5–3
Uruguay  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Soviet Union
(Report)
Penalties
3–4

Third place play-off edit

Brazil  4–0  Uruguay
Cléber   13'
Paulo Roberto   30'
Paulinho   53'
Tião   69'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)

Final edit

Mexico  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Soviet Union
Garduno   50'
Manzo   58'		 (Report)[5] Bessonov   43', 54'
Penalties
8–9
Attendance: 22,000

Result edit

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners 
 
Soviet Union
First title

Awards edit

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
  Guina   Vladimir Bessonov   Brazil

Goalscorers edit

Guina of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 70 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Soviet Union 5 2 3 0 7 4 +3 7 Champions
2   Mexico 5 1 4 0 11 5 +6 6 Runners-up
3   Brazil 5 3 2 0 13 3 +10 8 Third place
4   Uruguay 5 3 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Fourth place
5   Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
6   Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
7   Spain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
7   France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
9   Iran 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
10   Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
11   Iraq 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2
12   Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
13   Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
14   Tunisia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
15   Austria 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
16   Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes edit

  1. ^ The official FIFA match report indicates that the first half finished 1:0 for France, but this contradicts the data on the scoring.
  2. ^ The FIFA match report states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  3. ^ a b The official FIFA report accounts no minute for this goal.
  4. ^ The FIFA match report anachronistically states Eritrea.
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaN93fo8VU This video in 43:21 gives a view of the scoreboard at the end of regulation, different of what appears at FIFA report of the match in its website. Also, playing time in this tournament were 2 periods of 40 minutes

External links edit

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