The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the

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, was held in

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from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played.

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, Newcastle and

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—The winner was

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, who beat surprise package

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4–0 in a final held at

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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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Shoe 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 * Mark Koussas * Taher Abouzaid *

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3 goals * Ronaldão * Hisham Saleh * Michael Small * Neil Webb *

Badr Bilal Badr Bilal (born 4 November 1962) is a Qatari former striker who played for Al Sadd He is currently a sports analyst. He was part of the Qatar U–20 team which came runners-up in the 1981 FIFA Youth World Cup. He scored 3 goals in 6 matches ...

* Khalid Salman 2 goals * Bonaventure Djonkep *

Dariusz Dziekanowski Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski (born 30 September 1962) is a Polish football player, coach and commentator. He was known as Jacki Dziekanowski during his time playing in the Scottish and English leagues. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, bet ...

* Romulus Gabor * Choi Soon-Ho * Chano * Holger Anthes *

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1 goal *

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* Jorge Cecchi * Juan Jose Urruti * David Mitchell * Ian Hunter * Djalma Baia * Leomir * Paulo Roberto * Bertin Olle Olle * Mohamed Helmi *

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* Geoffrey Dey * John Cooke * Pietro Mariani * Agustín Coss * González Farfán * Ildefonso Ríos * José Enrique Vaca *

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Augustin Eduard Augustin Eduard (born 1 August 1962) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager. As a player, he was signed by FC Argeș in 1976 and grew up in the squad of Leonte Ianovschi, making his debut for the first team of "the ...

* 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 *

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* Martin Trieb Own goals * Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt) * Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking

Notes

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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