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 six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney—The winner was West Germany, who beat surprise package Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground.

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) Ralf Loose
Roland Wohlfarth
Taher Abouzaid
Mark Koussas
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Romulus Gabor
Fair play award Australia

Qualification
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

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

Group stage

Group A
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:
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
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)
Poland 4–0 United States
Rzepka  17'
Kowalik  18'
Dziekanowski  65', 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,264

Group B
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:
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
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)
South Korea 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Paulo Roberto  48'
Ronaldo  61'
Jun J.S.  79' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheig (Egypt)
Italy 0–1 Romania
(Report) Gabor  56' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,000

Group C
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:
Spain 2–2 Egypt
Chano  65'
Nadal  74'		 (Report) Abouzaid  6', 78'
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Lee Woo Bong (South Korea)
West Germany 1–0 Mexico
Loose  2' (Report)
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–2 Egypt
Loose  35' (Report) Helmi  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
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:
(H) Host
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
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
Australia 3–3 Cameroon
Mitchell  9'
Koussas  53', 78' (pen.)		 (Report) Olle Olle  17'
Djonkep  35', 52'
Attendance: 13,797
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)
England 1–1 Argentina
Small  79' (Report) Urruti  57'
Attendance: 16,674
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Cameroon 0–1 Argentina
(Report) Cecchi  6'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)
England 1–1 Australia
Small  82' (Report) Koussas  7'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage
 
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
Uruguay 1–2 Romania
Berruetta  60' (Report) Eduard  25'
Fisic  84'
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
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.)
Saleh  40'
Attendance: 8,293

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

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

Result
 1981 World Youth Championship Winners 

West Germany
First title

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

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

  • Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt)
  • Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking
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) Host

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