Junior Soccer World Cup 1979

FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979
FIFA World Youth Tournament Japan 1979
Number of nations	16  (of 88 applicants)
World Champion	Argentina (1st title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	August 25, 1979
Endgame	7th September 1979
Games	32
Gates	83  (⌀: 2.59 per game)
spectator	454,500  (⌀: 14,203 per game)
Top scorer	Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player	Diego Maradona
yellow cards	41  (⌀: 1.28 per game)
Red cards	0

The 2nd FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: FIFA World Youth Tournament for the Coca-Cola Cup ) took place in Japan from August 25 to September 7, 1979 . World champions became the Argentine team, who defeated the Soviet Union 3-1 in the final.

The best player of the tournament was the Argentine Diego Maradona , top scorer was Ramón Díaz , who also played for the Argentine team.

Kobe Ōmiya Tokyo Yokohama

Venues

Venues

• Kobe - Kobe Central Stadium (13,000 seats)
• Ōmiya - Ōmiya Park Stadium (15,000 seats)
• Tokyo - Tokyo Olympic Stadium (71,000 seats)
• Yokohama - Mitsuzawa Football Stadium (14,000 seats)

Attendees

6 from Europe	Yugoslavia	Poland	Portugal	Soviet Union	Spain	Hungary
3 from South America	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay
3 from Asia	Indonesia	Japan	South Korea
2 from Africa	Algeria	Guinea
2 from North and Central America	Canada	Mexico

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in 4 groups with 4 teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
All times are in local time ( UTC + 9 , CEST + 8 ).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	0	1	003: 200	+1	04: 20
2.	Algeria	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	04: 20
3.	Mexico	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02: 40
3.	Japan	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02: 40

August 25, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Tokyo				spectator
Mexico	-	Algeria	1: 1 (1: 0)	30,000
August 25, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Tokyo
Japan	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)	30,000
August 27, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Tokyo
Spain	-	Mexico	2: 1 (1: 0)	28,000
August 27, 1979, 7:05 p.m. in Tokyo
Algeria	-	Japan	0-0	32,000
August 29, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Tokyo
Spain	-	Algeria	0: 1 (0: 1)	20,000
August 29, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Tokyo
Japan	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 0)	38,000

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	06-00
2.	Poland	3	2	0	1	009: 400	+5	04: 20
3.	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	005: 300	+2	02: 40
3.	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	000:160	−16	00: 60

August 26, 1979, 4:20 pm in Omiya				spectator
Poland	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (0: 0)	14,000
August 26, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Omiya
Argentina	-	Indonesia	5: 0 (5: 0)	15,500
August 28, 1979, 4:20 pm in Omiya
Yugoslavia	-	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)	9,500
August 28, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Omiya
Indonesia	-	Poland	0: 6 (0: 5)	9,000
August 30, 1979, 4:20 pm in Omiya
Poland	-	Argentina	1: 4 (1: 3)	12,500
August 30, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Omiya
Yugoslavia	-	Indonesia	5: 0 (2: 0)	7,500

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	006: 100	+5	04: 20
2.	Portugal	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03: 30
3.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	001: 300	−2	03: 30
3.	Canada	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40

August 25, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Kobe				spectator
Canada	-	Portugal	3: 1 (1: 0)	10,000
August 25, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Kobe
Paraguay	-	South Korea	3: 0 (1: 0)	13,000
August 27, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Kobe
Portugal	-	Paraguay	1: 0 (1: 0)	5,000
August 27, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Kobe
South Korea	-	Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)	5,000
August 29, 1979, 4:20 p.m. in Kobe
Canada	-	Paraguay	0: 3 (0: 2)	7,500
August 29, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Kobe
Portugal	-	South Korea	0-0	7,500

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	008-000	+8	06-00
2.	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	008: 200	+6	04: 20
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	02: 40
3.	Guinea	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00: 60

August 26, 1979, 4:20 pm in Yokohama				spectator
Soviet Union	-	Hungary	5: 1 (1: 1)	7,000
August 26, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Yokohama
Uruguay	-	Guinea	5: 0 (2: 0)	8,000
August 28, 1979, 4:20 pm in Yokohama
Hungary	-	Uruguay	0: 2 (0: 2)	4,000
August 28, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Yokohama
Guinea	-	Soviet Union	0: 3 (0: 1)	4,000
August 30, 1979, 4:20 pm in Yokohama
Soviet Union	-	Uruguay	0: 1 (0: 0)	5,000
August 30, 1979, 7:00 p.m. in Yokohama
Hungary	-	Guinea	2: 0 (1: 0)	5,000

Final round

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Argentina	5
	Algeria	0
					Argentina	2
					Uruguay	0
	Uruguay	1
	Portugal	0
									Argentina	3
									Soviet Union	1
	Spain	0 (3)
	Poland	0 (4)
					Poland	0			Game for third place
					Soviet Union	1
	Paraguay	2 (5)							Uruguay	1 (5)
	Soviet Union	2 (6)							Poland	1 (3)

Quarter finals

September 2, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Omiya				spectator
Spain	-	Poland	0: 0 a.d., 3: 4 i. E.	10,000
September 2, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Tokyo
Argentina	-	Algeria	5: 0 (3: 0)	20,000
September 2, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Kobe
Paraguay	-	Soviet Union	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 1), 5: 6 i. E.	8,500
September 2, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Yokohama
Uruguay	-	Portugal	1: 0 a.d.	4,000

Semifinals

September 4, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Tokyo				spectator
Argentina	-	Uruguay	2: 0 (0: 0)	20,000
September 4, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Kobe
Poland	-	Soviet Union	0: 1 (0: 0)	5,000

3rd place match

September 6, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Tokyo				spectator
Uruguay	-	Poland	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 5: 3 i. E.	8,000

final

September 7, 1979, 7:00 p.m. * in Tokyo				spectator
Argentina	-	Soviet Union	3: 1 (0: 0)	52,000

Argentine world champions team

player	Calls	Gates
01 - Sergio García	6th	-	-	-
02 - Juan Simón	6th	1	-	-
03 - Hugo Alves	5	1	1	-
04 - Abelardo Carabelli	6th	-	-	-
05 - Daniel Sperandio	-	-	-	-
06 - Ruben Rossi	6th	-	-	-
07 - Osvaldo Escudero	5	1	-	-
08 - Juan Barbas	6th	-	-	-
09 - Ramón Díaz	6th	8th	-	-
10 - Diego Maradona	6th	6th	-	-
11 - Gabriel Calderón	6th	3	-	-
12 - Rafael Seria	-	-	-	-
13 - Osvaldo Rinaldi	6th	-	1	-
14 - Jorge Piaggio	1	-	-	-
15 - Marcello Bachino	2	-	-	-
16 - Alfredo Torres	3	-	-	-
17 - Juan Meza	6th	-	-	-
18 - Jose Lanao	6th	-	-	-

• Coach: César Luis Menotti

Best goal scorers

The top goal scorers of the 1979 World Junior 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	Ramón Díaz	8th
2	Diego Maradona	6th
3	Andrzej Pałasz	5
4th	Rubén Paz	4th
	Igor Ponomarev	4th
	Julio César Romero	4th
7th	Gabriel Calderón	3

Web links

• Junior World Cup on FIFA.com
• FIFA technical report (PDF; 10.6 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Technical Study Report: FIFA World Youth Tournament for the Coca-Cola Cup: Final Competition - Japan (PDF; 10.6 MB)