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1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
BERJAYA
Argentina, champions
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates25 August – 7 September
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA Argentina (1st title)
Runners-upBERJAYA Soviet Union
Third placeBERJAYA Uruguay
Fourth placeBERJAYA Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance454,500 (14,203 per match)
Top scorerArgentina Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best playerArgentina Diego Maradona
Fair play awardBERJAYA Poland
← 1977
1981 →

The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage.

Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Argentina fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz, who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of Argentina's 20 goals (70%).

Qualification

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Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation BERJAYA Japan1
1978 AFC Youth Championship BERJAYA Indonesia1
BERJAYA South Korea1
CAF (Africa) 1979 African Youth Championship BERJAYA Algeria1
BERJAYA Guinea1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament BERJAYA Canada1
BERJAYA Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1979 South American Youth Championship BERJAYA Argentina1
BERJAYA Paraguay2
BERJAYA Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship BERJAYA Hungary
BERJAYA Poland1
BERJAYA Portugal1
BERJAYA Soviet Union
BERJAYA Spain
BERJAYA Yugoslavia1
1.^Teams that made their debut.
2.^Paraguay qualified by winning an intercontinental qualification group against Australia, the winner of the 1978 OFC U-20 Championship, and Israel.

Squads

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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Venues

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Tokyo Omiya
National StadiumOmiya Stadium
BERJAYABERJAYA
Capacity: 48,000Capacity: 15,500
KobeYokohama
Chuo StadiumYokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
BERJAYA
Capacity: 13,000Capacity: 15,000

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 BERJAYA Spain 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Algeria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3 BERJAYA Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4 BERJAYA Japan (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
(H) Hosts
Mexico BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA Algeria
Hernández BERJAYA 24' Report Yahi BERJAYA 67'
Attendance: 30,000
Japan BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Spain
Report Zúñiga BERJAYA 51'
Attendance: 30,000
Spain BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Mexico
Joaquín BERJAYA 8'
Gail BERJAYA 74'		 Report Díaz BERJAYA 56'
Attendance: 28,000
Algeria BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA Japan
Report
Attendance: 32,000
Spain BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Algeria
Report Bendjaballah BERJAYA 15'
Attendance: 20,000
Japan BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA Mexico
Mizunuma BERJAYA 58' Report Romero BERJAYA 69'
Attendance: 38,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 BERJAYA Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Poland 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 4
3 BERJAYA Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 2
4 BERJAYA Indonesia 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Poland BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Yugoslavia
Pałasz BERJAYA 49'
Frankowski BERJAYA 76'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Argentina BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Indonesia
Díaz BERJAYA 10', 23', 25'
Maradona BERJAYA 19', 39'		 Report
Attendance: 15,500
Yugoslavia BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Argentina
Report Escudero BERJAYA 55'
Attendance: 9,500
Indonesia BERJAYA0–6BERJAYA Poland
Report Pałasz BERJAYA 11', 37'
Janiec BERJAYA 12'
Baran BERJAYA 22', 31'
Buda BERJAYA 73'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kazuo Yasudo (Japan)
Poland BERJAYA1–4BERJAYA Argentina
Pałasz BERJAYA 27' Report Maradona BERJAYA 7'
Calderón BERJAYA 23', 70'
Simón BERJAYA 35'
Attendance: 12,500
Yugoslavia BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Indonesia
Smajić BERJAYA 5', 77'
Milosavljević BERJAYA 19', 63'
Mlinarić BERJAYA 73'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 BERJAYA Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Portugal 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
3 BERJAYA South Korea 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
4 BERJAYA Canada 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
Canada BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Portugal
Segota BERJAYA 7', 66'
Nagy BERJAYA 79'		 Report Grilo BERJAYA 46'
Attendance: 10,000
Paraguay BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA South Korea
Romerito BERJAYA 5'
Cabañas BERJAYA 70', 74'		 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Portugal BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Paraguay
Ferreira BERJAYA 23' Report
Attendance: 5,000
South Korea BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Canada
Lee Tae-ho BERJAYA 63' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Canada BERJAYA0–3BERJAYA Paraguay
Report Romerito BERJAYA 37', 58'
Isasi BERJAYA 40'
Attendance: 7,500
Portugal BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA South Korea
Report
Attendance: 7,500

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 BERJAYA Uruguay 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 4
3 BERJAYA Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2
4 BERJAYA Guinea 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Uruguay BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Guinea
Molina BERJAYA 7'
Revelez BERJAYA 22', 74'
Paz BERJAYA 53'
Vargas BERJAYA 76'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Hungary BERJAYA0–2BERJAYA Uruguay
Report Vargas BERJAYA 23'
Paz BERJAYA 35'
Attendance: 4,000

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 September – National Stadium
 
 
BERJAYA Argentina 5
 
4 September – National Stadium
 
BERJAYA Algeria 0
 
BERJAYA Argentina 2
 
2 September – Yokohama
 
BERJAYA Uruguay 0
 
BERJAYA Uruguay (a.e.t.)1
 
7 September – National Stadium
 
BERJAYA Portugal 0
 
BERJAYA Argentina 3
 
2 September – Omiya
 
BERJAYA Soviet Union 1
 
BERJAYA Spain 0 (3)
 
4 September – Kobe
 
BERJAYA Poland (p)0 (4)
 
BERJAYA Poland 0
 
2 September – Kobe
 
BERJAYA Soviet Union 1 Third place
 
BERJAYA Paraguay 2 (5)
 
6 September – National Stadium
 
BERJAYA Soviet Union (p)2 (6)
 
BERJAYA Uruguay (p)1 (5)
 
 
BERJAYA Poland 1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals

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Argentina BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Algeria
Maradona BERJAYA 25'
Calderón BERJAYA 34'
Díaz BERJAYA 39', 51', 66'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Uruguay BERJAYA1–0 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA Portugal
Paz BERJAYA 94' Report
Attendance: 4,000

Semi-finals

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Argentina BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Uruguay
Díaz BERJAYA 52'
Maradona BERJAYA 74'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Poland BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Soviet Union
Report Ponomaryov BERJAYA 50'
Attendance: 5,000

Third place play-off

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Uruguay BERJAYA1–1 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA Poland
Paz BERJAYA 9' Report Pałasz BERJAYA 26'
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 8,000

Final

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Argentina BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Soviet Union
Alves BERJAYA 68'
Díaz BERJAYA 71'
Maradona BERJAYA 76'		 Report Ponomaryov BERJAYA 52'
Attendance: 52,000

Result

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 FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners 
BERJAYA
Argentina
First title

Awards

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BERJAYA
Diego Maradona was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament
Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Argentina Ramón Díaz Argentina Diego Maradona BERJAYA Poland

Goalscorers

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Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Boot award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

BERJAYA
Ramón Díaz, top scorer of the tournament
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 BERJAYA Argentina 6 6 0 0 20 2 +18 12 Champions
2 BERJAYA Soviet Union 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 7 Runners-up
3 BERJAYA Uruguay 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 9 Third place
4 BERJAYA Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 Fourth place
5 BERJAYA Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 BERJAYA Spain 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
7 BERJAYA Algeria 4 1 2 1 2 6 −4 4
8 BERJAYA Portugal 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
9 BERJAYA South Korea 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 BERJAYA Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 2
11 BERJAYA Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
12 BERJAYA Japan (H) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
13 BERJAYA Canada 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
14 BERJAYA Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2
15 BERJAYA Guinea 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
16 BERJAYA Indonesia 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts
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