1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Tunisia |
Dates | 27 June – 10 July |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 70 (2.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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 U20s defeated Mexico U20s in a penalty shootout, 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
[edit]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 | |
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Stade El Menzah | Stade Chedly Zouiten | |
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Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
Sousse | Sfax | |
Stade Olympique de Sousse | Stade Ameur El-Gargouri | |
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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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 |
France ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Bacconnier ![]() |
(Report) [1] | Escobar ![]() Casas ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Manzo ![]() Placencia ![]() Garduno ![]() |
(Report) |
Spain ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Ben Fattoum ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Morocco ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Norales ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Diogo ![]() Bica ![]() |
(Report) | Péter ![]() |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
Italy ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Capuzzo ![]() |
(Report) | Kouassi ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Guina ![]() Paulo Roberto ![]() Júnior Brasília ![]() |
(Report) | Rajabi ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ya Semon ![]() |
(Report) | Cléber ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Asheri ![]() Barzegar ![]() |
(Report) |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Soviet Union ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Petrakov ![]() Bal ![]() |
(Report) | Luaibi ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Battaglia ![]() |
(Report) | Khidiyatullin ![]() Bessonov ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Salmaniego ![]() López ![]() Giménez ![]() |
(Report) |
Austria ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 July – Tunis | ||||||
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10 July – Tunis | ||||||
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7 July – Tunis | ||||||
![]() | 2 (9) | |||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||
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Third place | ||||||
9 July – Tunis | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Mexico ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Rergis ![]() |
(Report) | Jorge Luís ![]() |
Penalties | ||
5–3 |
Uruguay ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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(Report) | ||
Penalties | ||
3–4 |
Third place play-off
[edit]Brazil ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Cléber ![]() Paulo Roberto ![]() Paulinho ![]() Tião ![]() |
(Report) |
Final
[edit]Result
[edit]FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners |
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![]() Soviet Union First title |
Awards
[edit]Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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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
Heinz Weiss
Jorge Luís
Júnior Brasília
Tião
Andre Wiss
Gerard Bacconnier
Thierry Meyer
Gilberto Yearwood
José Enrique Duarte
Prudencio Norales
Imre Nagy
János Kerekes
Zoltán Péter
Reza Rajabi
Abdolreza Barzegar
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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 8 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The official FIFA match report indicates that the first half finished 1:0 for France, but this contradicts the data on the scoring.
- ^ The FIFA match report states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- ^ a b The official FIFA report accounts no minute for this goal.
- ^ The FIFA match report anachronistically states Eritrea.
- ^ 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