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.
| بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tunisia |
| Dates | 27 June – 10 July |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 | Guina (4 goals) |
| Best player | Vladimir Bessonov |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
1979 → | |
The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.
Qualification
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 1977 AFC Youth Championship | Iran Iraq |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | Tunisia |
| 1977 African Youth Qualifying for World Cup | Ivory Coast Morocco | |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Honduras Mexico |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1977 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Paraguay Uruguay |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1976 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Austria France Hungary Italy Soviet Union Spain |
Squads
For a list of all squads that began play in the group stage of the tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Venues
| Tunis | Tunis Sousse Sfax | Tunis |
|---|---|---|
| Stade El Menzah | Stade Chedly Zouiten | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
| Sousse | Sfax | |
| Stade Olympique de Sousse | Stade Ameur El-Gargouri | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |
Group stage
The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
Group A
| 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Franz Woehrer (Austria)
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
Group B
| 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Gerard Racine (Switzerland)
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Birame N'Diaye (Senegal)
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Sahar El Hawary (Egypt)
Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Group C
| 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Italy | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Capuzzo 11' | (Report) | Kouassi 77' |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Ya Semon 46' | (Report) | Cléber 89' |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mohamed Kadri (Tunisia)
| Iran | 3–0 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Asheri 31', 87' Barzegar 80' | (Report) |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Salem Mahmud Adal (Syria)
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Dusan Maksimovic (Yugoslavia)
Group D
| 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 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Soviet Union | 3–1 | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Petrakov 19', 23' Bal 39' | (Report) | Luaibi 77' |
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Zoubir Benganif (Algeria)
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
| Paraguay | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Battaglia 38' | (Report) | Khidiyatullin 29' Bessonov 59' |
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
| Austria | 0–0 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) |
Stade Ameur El-Gargouri, Sfax
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Mexico (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| 10 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 1 (3) | |||||
| Mexico | 2 (8) | |||||
| 7 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 2 (9) | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 (3) | |||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 9 July – Tunis | ||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
| Uruguay | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 | ||
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Third place play-off
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Final
| Mexico | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Garduno 50' Manzo 58' | (Report) | Bessonov 43', 54' |
| Penalties | ||
| 8–9 | ||
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Result
| FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 winners |
|---|
Soviet Union First title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Guina | Vladimir Bessonov | Brazil |
Goalscorers
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
- Guina
- 3 goals
- Hussein Saeed
- Agustin Manzo
- Luis Placencia
- Vladimir Bessonov
- 2 goals
- Cléber
- Paulinho
- Paulo Roberto
- Moharam Asheri
- Hussein Luaibi
- Fernando Garduno
- Pedro López
- Valeri Petrakov
- Ricardo Escobar Palacios
- Amaro Nadal
- 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
| 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 |
Source: rsssf.com
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