Junior Football World Cup 1977

FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977
FIFA World Youth Tournament Tunisia 1977
Number of nations	16  (of 88 applicants)
World Champion	Soviet Union (1st title)
venue	Tunisia
Opening game	June 27, 1977
Endgame	July 10, 1977
Games	28
Gates	70  (⌀: 2.5 per game)
Top scorer	Guina (4 goals)
Best player	Volodymyr Bessonov
yellow cards	63  (⌀: 2.25 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.14 per game)

The 1st FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: FIFA World Youth Tournament for the Coca-Cola Cup ) was held in Tunisia from June 27 to July 10, 1977 . The world championship was secured by the Soviet selection, which in the final could only defeat Mexico 9: 8 on penalties.

The best player of the tournament was Volodymyr Bessonow from the Soviet Union, the top scorer was the Brazilian Guina .

Radès Sfax Sousse Tunis

Venues

Venues

The World Cup games were played in the following four cities:

• Radès - Stade El Menzah
• Sfax - Taïeb Mhiri Stadium
• Sousse - Stade Olympique de Sousse
• Tunis - Stade Chedli Zouiten

Attendees

6 from Europe	France	Italy	Austria	Soviet Union	Spain	Hungary
3 from South America	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
3 from Africa	Ivory Coast	Morocco	Tunisia
2 from Asia	Iraq	Iran
2 from North and Central America	Honduras	Mexico

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The four group winners qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	1	2	0	008: 200	+6	04: 20
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
3.	France	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	001: 700	−6	04: 20

June 27, 1977 at 12:00 in Radès
France	-	Spain	1: 2 (1: 0)
June 27, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Radès
Mexico	-	Tunisia	6: 0 (0: 0)
June 30, 1977 at 12:00 in Radès
Spain	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 30, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Radès
Tunisia	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)
3rd July 1977 at 12:00 in Radès
France	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 0)
3rd July 1977 at 4 p.m. in Radès
Spain	-	Tunisia	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	006: 100	+5	06-00
2.	Honduras	3	2	0	1	003: 100	+2	04: 20
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	02: 40
4th	Morocco	3	0	0	3	000: 600	−6	00: 60

June 28, 1977 at 12:00 in Tunis
Morocco	-	Honduras	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 28, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Tunis
Uruguay	-	Hungary	2: 1 (2: 1)
July 1, 1977 at 12:00 p.m. in Tunis
Honduras	-	Uruguay	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 1, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Tunis
Hungary	-	Morocco	2: 0 (1: 0)
4th July 1977 at 12:00 in Tunis
Hungary	-	Honduras	0: 2 (0: 2)
4th July 1977 at 4 p.m. in Tunis
Uruguay	-	Morocco	3: 0 (2: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	05: 10
2.	Iran	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	03: 30
3.	Italy	3	0	2	1	001: 300	−2	02: 40
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	002: 500	−3	02: 40

June 27, 1977 at 12:00 p.m. in Sousse
Italy	-	Ivory Coast	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 27, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Sousse
Brazil	-	Iran	5: 1 (4: 0)
June 30, 1977 at 12:00 in Sousse
Iran	-	Italy	0-0
June 30, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Sousse
Ivory Coast	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 0)
July 3, 1977 at 12:00 p.m. in Sousse
Iran	-	Ivory Coast	3: 0 (1: 0)
July 3, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Sousse
Brazil	-	Italy	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	04: 20
3.	Iraq	3	1	0	2	006: 800	−2	02: 40
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	001: 600	−5	01: 50

June 28, 1977 at 12:00 p.m. in Sfax
Soviet Union	-	Iraq	3: 1 (3: 1)
June 28, 1977 at 4 p.m. in Sfax
Austria	-	Paraguay	0: 1 (0: 0)
July 1st, 1977 at 12:00 p.m. in Sfax
Iraq	-	Austria	5: 1 (3: 1)
July 1, 1977 at 4:00 p.m. in Sfax
Paraguay	-	Soviet Union	1: 2 (1: 1)
4th July 1977 at 12:00 in Sfax
Paraguay	-	Iraq	4: 0 (2: 0)
4th July 1977 at 4 p.m. in Sfax
Austria	-	Soviet Union	0-0

Final round

Semifinals

July 6, 1977 in Radès
Mexico	-	Brazil	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 5: 3 i. E.
July 7, 1977 in Radès
Uruguay	-	Soviet Union	0: 0 a.d., 3: 4 i. E.

3rd place match

July 9, 1977, 12:00 p.m. in Radès
Brazil	-	Uruguay	4: 0 (2: 0)

final

July 10, 1977, 6:30 p.m. in Radès
Mexico	-	Soviet Union	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0), 8: 9 i. E.

Best goal scorers

The top goal scorers of the 1977 Junior World Championships are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Quinha	4th
2	Volodymyr Bessonov	3
	Augustin Manzo	3
	Luis Placensia	3
	Hussain Said	3

Web links

• World Junior Cup 1977 on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (PDF; 8.0 MB)