1977 FIFA World Youth Championship - Wikipedia
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| بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  Soviet Union (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Mexico |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Uruguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 70 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Guina (4 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Vladimir Bessonov |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
1979 → |
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.
For a list of all squads that began play in the group stage of the tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 10 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||
| Mexico | 2 (8) | |||||
| 7 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 2 (9) | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 (3) | |||||
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 |
Third place play-off
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| FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners |
|---|
 Soviet Union First title |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Guina
|
Vladimir Bessonov
|
Brazil
|
Guina of Brazil won the Golden Boot 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
| 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 |
- ^ 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