1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countryTunisia
Dates27 June – 10 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue4 (in 3 host cities)
| 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
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Referee: Franz Woehrer (Austria)
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
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 |
Referee: Gerard Racine (Switzerland)
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
Referee: Birame N'Diaye (Senegal)
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Referee: Sahar El Hawary (Egypt)
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 |
| Italy | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
Capuzzo  11' |
(Report) | Kouassi 77' |
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
| Brazil | 5–1 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Guina 22', 29', 39' Paulo Roberto 37' Júnior Brasília 52' |
(Report) | Rajabi 55' |
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Ya Semon 46' |
(Report) | Cléber 89' |
Referee: Mohamed Kadri (Tunisia)
| Iran | 3–0 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Asheri 31', 87' Barzegar 80' |
(Report) |
Referee: Salem Mahmud Adal (Syria)
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 |
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Referee: Zoubir Benganif (Algeria)
| Paraguay | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Battaglia 38' |
(Report) | Khidiyatullin 29' Bessonov 59' |
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
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
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Third place play-off
| Brazil | 4–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Cléber 13' Paulo Roberto 30' Paulinho 53' Tião 69' |
(Report) |
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Final
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
- 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 |