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1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA World Youth Championship
year1979
other_titles1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
countryJapan
dates25 August – 7 September
num_teams16
confederations5
venues4
cities4
championArgentina
count1
secondUSSR
second-flagvar1955
thirdUruguay
fourthPoland
fourth-flagvar1928
matches32
goals83
attendance454500
top_scorerArgentina Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
playerArgentina Diego Maradona
fair_play
prevseason[1977](1977-fifa-world-youth-championship)
nextseason[1981](1981-fifa-world-youth-championship)

| second-flagvar = 1955 | fourth-flagvar = 1928 The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage.

Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Argentina fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz, who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of Argentina's 20 goals (70%).

Qualification

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)Host nation
[1978 AFC Youth Championship](1978-afc-youth-championship)
CAF (Africa)[1979 African Youth Championship](1979-african-youth-championship)
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)[1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament](1978-concacaf-u-20-tournament)
CONMEBOL (South America)[1979 South American Youth Championship](1979-south-american-youth-championship)
UEFA (Europe)[1978 UEFA European Under-18 Championship](1978-uefa-european-under-18-championship)

:1.Teams that made their debut. :2.Paraguay qualified by winning an intercontinental qualification group against Australia, the winner of the 1978 OFC U-20 Championship, and Israel.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Venues

TokyoOmiyaKobeYokohama
National StadiumOmiya Stadium
[[Image:Yamazaki-nabisco-Cup final 2004.jpg200px]][[Image:Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium, R1068484.jpg200px]]
Capacity: **48,000**Capacity: **15,500**
Chuo StadiumYokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
[[Image:Mitsuzawa1.jpg200px]]
Capacity: **13,000**Capacity: **15,000**

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

|2 September – National Stadium |**** |5 | |0 |2 September – Yokohama |** |1 | |0 |2 September – Omiya | |0 (3) | |0 (4) |2 September – Kobe | |2 (5) | |2 (6) |4 September – National Stadium |** |2 | |0 |4 September – Kobe | |0 |**** |1 |7 September – National Stadium |**** |3 | |1 |6 September – National Stadium |** **|1 (5) | |1 (3)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship final

Result

Awards

Diego Maradona was awarded the ''Golden Ball'' as the best player of the tournament
Golden ShoeGolden BallFair Play Award
ARG Ramón DíazARG Diego Maradona

Goalscorers

Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Boot award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

Ramón Díaz, top scorer of the tournament

;8 goals

  • ARG Ramón Díaz ;6 goals
  • ARG Diego Maradona ;5 goals
  • POL Andrzej Pałasz ;4 goals
  • PAR Julio César Romero
  • URS Igor Ponomaryov
  • URU Rubén Paz ;3 goals
  • ARG Gabriel Calderón ;2 goals
  • CAN Branko Segota
  • PAR Roberto Cabañas
  • POL Krzysztof Baran
  • URS Oleg Taran
  • URU Ernesto Vargas
  • URU Felipe Revelez
  • YUG Haris Smajić
  • YUG Nedeljko Milosavljević ;1 goal
  • ALG Derradji Bendjaballah
  • ALG Hocine Yahi
  • ARG Hugo Alves
  • ARG Juan Simón
  • ARG Osvaldo Escudero
  • CAN Louis Nagy
  • HUN György Kerepeczky
  • HUN József Kardos
  • HUN Sándor Segesvári
  • JPN Takashi Mizunuma
  • KOR Lee Tae-Ho
  • MEX Armando Romero Manríquez
  • MEX Enrique Hernández Velázquez
  • MEX Mario Diaz
  • PAR Julio Achucarro
  • PAR Ramon Isasi
  • POL Jan Janiec
  • POL Kazimierz Buda
  • POL Krzysztof Frankowski
  • POR Joao Grilo
  • POR Rui Ferreira
  • URS Aleksandr Zavarov
  • URS Anatoli Radenko
  • URS Mikhail Olefirenko
  • URS Sergei Stukashov
  • URS Vladimir Mikhalevsky
  • URS Yaroslav Dumansky
  • ESP Joaquín Pichardo
  • ESP Luis Miguel Gail
  • ESP Manuel Zúñiga
  • URU Daniel Martínez
  • URU Hector Molina
  • YUG Marko Mlinarić

Final ranking

Quarter-finals Group stage

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