1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fourth edition FIFA World Youth Championship tournament, hosted from 2 June to 19 June 1983 in seven venues in Mexico — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. Brazil U20 defeated Argentina, 1–0, at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium to claim its inaugural tournament title of five.

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	2–19 June
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	1,155,160 (36,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Geovani (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Geovani
Fair play award	South Korea
← 1981 1985 →

This edition still retains the record average daily attendance of 36,099 in the tournament's history. This test of Mexico's capacity and capability to host a major FIFA tournament was recognized in May to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1982 AFC Youth Championship	China1  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	1983 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast  Nigeria1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	Host nation	Mexico
	1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1983 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1982 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Austria  Czechoslovakia1  Netherlands1  Poland  Scotland1  Soviet Union

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Scotland	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	4
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Mexico (H)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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2 June 1983
21:00

Mexico	1–1	Australia
Bernal 16'	(Report)	Farina 73'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 108,900

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

3 June 1983
15:00

South Korea	0–2	Scotland
	(Report)	Dobbin 62', 78'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

Attendance: 26,191

Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)

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5 June 1983
12:00

South Korea	2–1	Mexico
No In-woo 29' Shin Yon-ho 89'	(Report)	Reyna 10'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 71,198

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

5 June 1983
16:00

Scotland	1–2	Australia
McStay 61'	(Report)	Incantalupo 52' Patikas 87'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

Attendance: 22,111

Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)

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8 June 1983
16:00

Australia	1–2	South Korea
Brown 53'	(Report)	Kim Chong-kon 16' Kim Jong-boo 34'

Estadio Toluca 70, Toluca

Attendance: 24,812

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

8 June 1983
20:00

Mexico	0–1	Scotland
	(Report)	Clarke 45'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 86,582

Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 June 1983
14:00

Poland	7–2	Ivory Coast
Klemenz 4', 21', 51' Gorgoń 22' Wraga 48' Myśliński 59' Leśniak 85'	(Report)	Didi 67' Kassy 80'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 14,130

Referee: Zhang Daqiao (China)

3 June 1983
19:00

Uruguay	3–2	United States
Aguilera 2' Sosa 57', 64'	(Report)	Hooker 60' Perez 67'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 17,821

Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)

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5 June 1983
14:00

United States	1–0	Ivory Coast
Gelnovatch 79'	(Report)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 11,836

Referee: César Pagano (Peru)

6 June 1983
17:00

Uruguay	3–1	Poland
Zalazar 52' Aguilera 54', 66'	(Report)	Klemenz 57'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 23,117

Referee: Muhamed Larache (Morocco)

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8 June 1983
14:00

Poland	2–0	United States
Leśniak 76' Szczepański 85'	(Report)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 16,103

Referee: Okubule Eestus (Nigeria)

8 June 1983
15:00

Ivory Coast	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)

Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato

Attendance: 15,317

Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)

Group C

Claudio García (left) with the ball in the Argentina v China match

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	4
3	China	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 June 1983
12:00

China	0–5	Argentina
	(Report)	Gabrich 16' García 53' Dertycia 70' Zárate 81' Acosta 89'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 19,376

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

4 June 1983
12:00

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Austria
Kula 9', 71' Karoch 48' Hirko 89'	(Report)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla

Attendance: 21,112

Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) ^[1]

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7 June 1983
15:00

Czechoslovakia	3–2	China
Dostal 34', 89' Kula 75'	(Report)	Mai Chao 49' Li Huayun 56'

Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato

Attendance: 15,317

Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)

7 June 1983
19:00

Austria	0–3	Argentina
	(Report)	Gabrich 13', 28' Zárate 20'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 31,144

Referee: Brian R. McGinley (Scotland)

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9 June 1983
15:00

China	3–0	Austria
Liu Haiguang 48' Guo Yijun 79' Duan Ju 88'	(Report)

Estadio Irapuato, Irapuato

Attendance: 15,317

Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)

9 June 1983
17:00

Argentina	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Vanemerak 15' Gabrich 77'	(Report)

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 14,143

Referee: Bernard Grah (Côte d'Ivoire)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
3	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	Soviet Union	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 June 1983
14:00

Soviet Union	0–1	Nigeria
	(Report)	Okoronwanta 78'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 37,837

Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

4 June 1983
19:00

Netherlands	1–1	Brazil
Been 49'	(Report)	Geovani 77'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 68,130

Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)

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6 June 1983
19:00

Brazil	3–0	Nigeria
Gilmar Popoca 7' Ra 32' Geovani 43'	(Report)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 41,182

Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

6 June 1983
21:00

Netherlands	3–2	Soviet Union
Duut 12' Been 48' Van Basten 49'	(Report)	Salimov 40' Protasov 46'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 27,136

Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

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9 June 1983
19:00

Soviet Union	1–2	Brazil
Litovchenko 87'	(Report)	Agapov 47' (o.g.) Geovani 80'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 31,380

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

9 June 1983
21:00

Nigeria	0–0	Netherlands
	(Report)

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 41,283

Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 June - Mexico City
	Scotland	0
					15 June - Mexico City
	Poland	1
					Poland	0
	12 June - León
					Argentina	1
	Argentina	2
									19 June - Mexico City
	Netherlands	1
									Argentina	0
	11 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
									Brazil	1
	Uruguay	1
					15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
	South Korea (a.e.t.)	2
					South Korea	1
	12 June - Guadalajara
					Brazil	2			Third place
	Brazil	4
									18 June - Guadalajara
	Czechoslovakia	1
									Poland (a.e.t.)	2
									South Korea	1

Quarter-finals

11 June 1983
12:00

Scotland	0–1	Poland
	(Report)	Klemenz 5'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 11,986

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

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11 June 1983
17:00

Uruguay	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Martínez 71'	(Report)	Shin Yon-ho 54', 104'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 39,876

Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)

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12 June 1983
12:00

Argentina	2–1	Netherlands
Borelli 65' Gaona 90'	(Report)	Van Basten 4'

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 24,830

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

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12 June 1983
12:00

Brazil	4–1	Czechoslovakia
Dunga 18' Bebeto 29' Geovani 40', 60'	(Report)	Dostal 6'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 36,183

Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)

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Semi-finals

15 June 1983
17:00

Poland	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	Zárate 59'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 39,896

Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

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15 June 1983
17:00

South Korea	1–2	Brazil
Kim Jong-Boo 14'	(Report)	Gilmar Popoca 22' Ra 81'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Attendance: 55,914

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

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Third place play-off

18 June 1983
17:00

Poland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Krauze 77' Szczepański 103'	(Report)	Lee Kee-keun 37'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)

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Final

19 June 1983
12:00

Argentina	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Geovani 39' (pen.)[2]

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 winners
Brazil First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe	Fair Play Award
Geovani Faria da Silva	Geovani Faria da Silva	South Korea

All-Star XI

• Goalkeeper: Luis Islas
• Sweeper: Neale Cooper
• Left defender: Kim Pan-keun
• Central defender: Paul McStay
• Right defender: Fabián Basualdo
• Left midfielder: Roberto Oscar Zárate
• Central midfielder: Gerald Vanenburg
• Right midfielder: Geovani Faria da Silva
• Left forward: Paul Moreno
• Central forward: Bebeto
• Right forward: Mauricinho^[3]

Goalscorers

Geovani of Brazil won the Golden Boot award for scoring six goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 61 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.

6 goals

• Geovani

5 goals

• Joachim Klemenz

4 goals

• Jorge Luis Gabrich

3 goals

• Roberto Oscar Zárate
• Stanislav Dostal
• Shin Yon-ho
• Carlos Aguilera

2 goals

• Gilmar Popoca
• Marinho Ra
• Vlastimil Kula
• Marco van Basten
• Mario Been
• Adrian Szczepański
• Marek Leśniak
• Jim Dobbin
• Kim Jong-boo
• Rubén Sosa

1 goal

• Claudio García
• Jorge Borelli
• Julio César Gaona
• Mario Vanemerak
• Oscar Acosta
• Oscar Dertycia
• Fabio Incantalupo
• Frank Farina
• Jim Patikas
• Rodney Brown
• Bebeto
• Dunga
• Duan Ju
• Guo Yijun
• Li Huayun
• Liu Haiguang
• Mai Chao
• Karel Kula
• Miroslav Hirko
• Pavel Karoch
• Leopold Didi
• Lucien Kassy
• Marcelino Bernal
• Martin Reyna
• Henk Duut
• Tarila Okoronwanta
• Mirosław Myśliński
• Wiesław Krauze
• Wiesław Wraga
• Wojciech Gorgoń
• Paul McStay
• Steve Clarke
• Kim Chong-kon
• Lee Kee-keun
• No In-woo
• Fanas Salimov
• Hennadiy Litovchenko
• Oleh Protasov
• George Gelnovatch
• Hugo Pérez
• Jeff Hooker
• Jorge Martínez
• José Zalazar

Own goals

• Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	11	Champions
2	Argentina	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	10	Runners-up
3	Poland	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	8	Third place
4	South Korea	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	6	Fourth place
5	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	4
7	Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	4
8	Netherlands	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
9	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
10	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
11	United States	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
12	China	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
13	Mexico (H)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
14	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
15	Soviet Union	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0
16	Austria	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: rsssf.com
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