1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	June 2–June 19
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	90 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	1,155,160 (36,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Geovani (6 goals)
Best player	Geovani
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The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fourth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Mexico from June 2 to June 19, 1983. The tournament took place in seven venues — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. The winner was Brazil, who beat Argentina by 1–0, in a final held at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium.

This edition still holds the record for average (36,099) attendances of the tournament's history. For many this edition was a kind of proof to Mexico to test the capacity to hold a FIFA competition after the designation from FIFA in May for hold the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
South Korea	4	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Australia	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Mexico	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

June 2, 1983 21:00	Mexico	1–1	Australia	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 108,900 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
	Bernal 16'	(Report)	Farina 73'

June 3, 1983 15:00	South Korea	0–2	Scotland	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 26,191 Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)
		(Report)	Dobbin 62', 78'

June 5, 1983 12:00	South Korea	2–1	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 71,198 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
	No In-Woo 29' Shin Yeon-Ho 89'	(Report)	Reyna 10'

June 5, 1983 16:00	Scotland	1–2	Australia	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 22,111 Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
	McStay 61'	(Report)	Incantalupo 52' Patikas 87'

June 8, 1983 16:00	Australia	1–2	South Korea	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca Attendance: 24,812 Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
	Brown 53'	(Report)	Kim Jong-Kon 16' Kim Jong-Boo 34'

June 8, 1983 20:00	Mexico	0–1	Scotland	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 86,582 Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)
		(Report)	Clarke 45'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uruguay	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Poland	4	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5
United States	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
Côte d'Ivoire	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6

June 3, 1983 14:00	Poland	7–2	Côte d'Ivoire	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 14,130 Referee: Daqiao Zhang (China)
	Klemenz 4', 21', 51' Gorgoń 22' Wraga 48' Myśliński 59' Leśniak 85'	(Report)	Didi 67' Kassy 80'

June 3, 1983 19:00	Uruguay	3–2	United States	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 17,821 Referee: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia)
	Aguilera 2' Sosa 57', 64'	(Report)	Hooker 60' Perez 67'

June 5, 1983 14:00	United States	1–0	Côte d'Ivoire	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 11,836 Referee: César Pagano (Peru)
	Gelnovatch 79'	(Report)

June 6, 1983 17:00	Uruguay	3–1	Poland	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 23,117 Referee: Muhamed Larache (Morocco)
	Zalazar 52' Aguilera 54', 66'	(Report)	Klemenz 57'

June 8, 1983 14:00	Poland	2–0	United States	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 16,103 Referee: Okubule Eestus (Nigeria)
	Leśniak 76' Szczepański 85'	(Report)

June 8, 1983 15:00	Côte d'Ivoire	0–0	Uruguay	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 15,317 Referee: Lee Do-Ha (South Korea)
		(Report)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	6	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
Czechoslovakia	4	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
China PR	2	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3
Austria	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

June 4, 1983 12:00	China PR	0–5	Argentina	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 19,376 Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)
		(Report)	Gabrich 16' García 53' Dertycia 70' Zárate 81' Acosta 89'

June 4, 1983 12:00	Czechoslovakia	4–0	Austria	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 21,112 Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) [1]
	Kula 9', 71' Karoch 48' Hirko 89'	(Report)

June 7, 1983 15:00	Czechoslovakia	3–2	China PR	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 15,317 Referee: M. Karim (Bahrain)
	Dostal 34', 89' Kula 75'	(Report)	Mai Chao 49' Li Huayun 56'

June 7, 1983 19:00	Austria	0–3	Argentina	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 31,144 Referee: Brian R. McGinley (Scotland)
		(Report)	Gabrich 13', 28' Zárate 20'

June 9, 1983 15:00	China PR	3–0	Austria	Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato Attendance: 15,317 Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)
	Liu Haiguang 48' Guo Yijun 79' Duan Ju 88'	(Report)

June 9, 1983 17:00	Argentina	2–0	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 14,143 Referee: Bernard Grah (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Vanemerak 15' Gabrich 77'	(Report)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	5	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Netherlands	4	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Nigeria	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2
Soviet Union	0	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3

June 3, 1983 14:00	Soviet Union	0–1	Nigeria	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 37,837 Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)
		(Report)	Okoronwanta 78'

June 4, 1983 19:00	Netherlands	1–1	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 68,130 Referee: Rolf Ericson (Sweden)
	Been 49'	(Report)	Geovani 77'

June 6, 1983 19:00	Brazil	3–0	Nigeria	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 41,182 Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)
	Gilmar Popoca 7' Santos 32' Geovani 43'	(Report)

June 6, 1983 21:00	Netherlands	3–2	Soviet Union	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 27,136 Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
	Duut 12' Been 48' Van Basten 49'	(Report)	Salimov 40' Protasov 46'

June 9, 1983 19:00	Soviet Union	1–2	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 31,380 Referee: Keith Stuart Hackett (England)
	Litovchenko 87'	(Report)	Agapov 47' (o.g.) Geovani 80'

June 9, 1983 21:00	Nigeria	0–0	Netherlands	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 41,283 Referee: Andrzej Libich (Poland)
		(Report)

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 - Monterrey
									Brazil	1
	Uruguay	1
					15 June - Monterrey
	South Korea (aet)	2
					South Korea	1			Third place
	12 June - Guadalajara
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	4							Poland (aet)	2
	Czechoslovakia	1							South Korea	1
									18 June - Guadalajara

Quarter-finals

June 11, 1983 12:00	Scotland	0–1	Poland	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 11,986 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
		(Report)	Klemenz 5'

June 11, 1983 17:00	Uruguay	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 39,876 Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (Costa Rica)
	Martínez 71'	(Report)	Shin Yeon-Ho 54', 104'

June 12, 1983 12:00	Argentina	2–1	Netherlands	Estadio Nou Camp, León Attendance: 24,830 Referee: Keith Stuart Hackett (England)
	Borelli 65' Gaona 90'	(Report)	Van Basten 4'

June 12, 1983 12:00	Brazil	4–1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 36,183 Referee: Fermín Ramírez Zermeno (Mexico)
	Dunga 18' Bebeto 29' Geovani 40', 60'	(Report)	Dostal 6'

Semi-finals

June 15, 1983 17:00	Poland	0–1	Argentina	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 39,896 Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Zárate 59'

June 15, 1983 17:00	South Korea	1–2	Brazil	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey Attendance: 55,914 Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
	Kim Jong-Boo 14'	(Report)	Gilmar Popoca 22' Santos 81'

Third place play-off

June 18, 1983 17:00	Poland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Luis C. Felix Ferreira (Brazil)
	Krauze 77' Szczepański 103'	(Report)	Lee Kee-Keun 37'

Final

June 19, 1983 12:00	Argentina	0–1	Brazil	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 110,000 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
		(Report)	Geovani 39' [2]

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 Winners
Brazil First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe	Fair Play Award
Geovani	Geovani	South Korea
Roberto Zárate	Joachim Klemenz
Luis Islas	Jorge Luis Gabrich

Notes

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship 1983
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1983

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