1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in across venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney where a total of 32 matches were played. The championship winner was West Germany, who defeated Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. The official mascot was the kookaburra 'Kickaburra'.
Host countryAustralia
Dates3–18 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue6 (in 6 host cities)
| FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 3–18 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  West Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Qatar |
| Third place |  Romania |
| Fourth place |  England |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Attendance | 443,094 (13,847 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ralf Loose Roland Wohlfarth Taher Abouzaid Mark Koussas(4 goals) |
| Best player | Romulus Gabor |
| Fair play award | Australia |
← 1979 1983 → | |
Qualification
- 1.^Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uruguay |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  United States |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| United States | 0–3 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | López Báez  5' Aguilera 60' Da Silva 67' |
| United States | 1–1 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Devey 43' |
(Report) | Bilal 56' |
| Poland | 4–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Rzepka 17' Kowalik 18' Dziekanowski 65', 67' |
(Report) |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Italy |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Italy | 1–4 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Mariani 83' |
(Report) | Kwak Sung-ho 7' Choi Soon-ho 12', 29' Lee Kyung-nam 88' |
| Romania | 1–0 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Sertov 5' |
(Report) |
| South Korea | 0–3 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Paulo Roberto 48' Ronaldo 61' Jun J.S. 79' (o.g.) |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Egypt |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Spain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
| West Germany | 1–0 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Loose 2' |
(Report) |
| Spain | 2–4 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| F. López 72' Fabregat 78' |
(Report) | Trieb 29' Wohlfarth 47', 85' Anthes 55' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 11 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
| Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
| Romania | 2 | |||||||||
| Romania | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 October - Canberra | ||||||||||
| West Germany (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| West Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| West Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 October - Newcastle | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 3 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
| England | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| England | 4 | |||||||||
| 17 October - Adelaide | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
| Romania | 1 | |||||||||
| England | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Brazil | 2–3 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Ronaldo 27', 78' |
(Report) | Al-Muhannadi 10', 54', 87' |
| West Germany | 1–0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Wohlfarth 69' |
(Report) |
Semi-finals
| Romania | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Schön 103' |
Third place play-off
Final
| West Germany | 4–0 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Loose 28', 66' Wohlfarth 42' Anthes 86' |
(Report) |
Result
| 1981 World Youth Championship winners |
|---|
 West Germany First title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Romulus Gabor |
Romulus Gabor |
Australia |
Goalscorers
Romulus Gabor of Romania won the Golden Boot award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
4 goals
3 goals
Ronaldo
Hisham Saleh
Michael Small- Neil Webb
Badr Bilal- Khalid Salman
2 goals
Bonaventure Djonkep
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Choi Soon-Ho
Chano
Holger Anthes
Jorge da Silva
1 goal
Claudio Morresi- Jorge Cecchi
- Juan Jose Urruti
David Mitchell- Ian Hunter
- Djalma Baia
- Leomir
- Paulo Roberto
- Bertin Olle Olle
- Mohamed Helmy
- Anthony Finnigan
- Geoffrey Dey
- John Cooke
Pietro Mariani
Agustín Coss- González Farfán
- Ildefonso Ríos
- José Enrique Vaca
- Piotr Rzepka
- Jerzy Kowalik
- Ali Alsada
Augustin Eduard- Cornel Fisic
- Dorel Zamfir
- Stere Sertov
- Kwak Sung-Ho
- Lee Kyung-Nam
- Francisco López
- Jorge Fabregat
- Sebastián Nadal
Mark Devey- Carlos Berruetta
- Javier López Báez
- Carlos Aguilera
- Jorge Villazán
- Alfred Schön
- Martin Trieb
Own goals
- Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt)
- Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Champions |
| 2 | Qatar |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Romania |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | England |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Uruguay |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Brazil |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Australia (H) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Egypt |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
| 11 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Spain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 15 | United States |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
| 16 | Italy |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |