1979 FIFA World Youth Championship - Wikipedia
- ️Sun Aug 26 1979
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| 1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Japan |
| Dates | 25 August – 7 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Soviet Union |
| Third place |  Uruguay |
| Fourth place |  Poland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 83 (2.59 per match) |
| Attendance | 454,500 (14,203 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ramón Díaz (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Diego Maradona |
| Fair play award | 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%).
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Algeria
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Mexico
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Japan (H)
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paraguay
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Portugal
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  South Korea
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Hungary
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Guinea
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Yokohama | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Uruguay (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Omiya | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| 4 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
| Poland (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 6 September – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Uruguay (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Poland | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Third place play-off
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| FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners |
|---|
 Argentina First title |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Ramón Díaz
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Diego Maradona
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Poland
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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.
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | Champions |
| 2 | Soviet Union
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Uruguay
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Poland
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Paraguay
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Spain
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Algeria
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Portugal
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 9 | South Korea
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Yugoslavia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
| 11 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Japan (H)
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Canada
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Hungary
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 15 | Guinea
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
| 16 | Indonesia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |