Junior World Cup 1981

FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
Number of nations	16  (of 100 applicants)
World Champion	BR Germany (1st title)
venue	Australia
Opening game	3rd October 1981
Endgame	October 18, 1981
Games	32
Gates	87  (⌀: 2.72 per game)
spectator	286,980  (⌀: 8,968 per game)
Top scorer	Mark Koussas (4 goals)
Best player	Romulus Gabor
yellow cards	68  (⌀: 2.13 per game)
Red cards	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)

The 3rd FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: FIFA World Youth Championship for the Coca-Cola Cup ) took place in Australia from October 3rd to 18th, 1981 . The team from the Federal Republic of Germany was able to secure the world championship with a 4-0 victory against the team from Qatar.

The Romanian Romulus Gabor was chosen as the best player of the tournament , Mark Koussas from Australia was the top scorer .

Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Newcastle Sydney

Venues in 1981 in Australia

Venues

• Adelaide - Hindmarsh Stadium
• Brisbane - Lang Park
• Canberra - Bruce Stadium
• Melbourne - Olympic Park Stadium
• Newcastle - Newcastle Stadium
• Sydney - Sydney Sports Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground

Attendees

6 from Europe	Germany	England	Italy	Poland	Romania	Spain
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay
2 from Asia	Qatar	South Korea
2 from Africa	Egypt	Cameroon
2 from North and Central America	Mexico	United States
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Rüdiger Vollborn	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6th	-	-	-
02 - Helmut Winklhofer	FC Bayern Munich	6th	-	-	-
03 - Anton Schmidkunz	TSV 1860 Munich	6th	-	-	-
04 - Michael Nushöhr	1. FC Saarbrücken	1	-	-	-
05 - Martin Trieb	FC Augsburg	5	1	-	-
06 - Michael Zorc	Borussia Dortmund	6th	-	-	-
07 - Thomas Brunner	1. FC Nuremberg	5	-	1	-
08 - Holger Anthes	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	2	-	-
09 - Thomas Herbst	FC Bayern Munich	6th	-	-	-
10 - Ralf Loose	Borussia Dortmund	6th	4th	1	-
11 - Roland Wohlfarth	MSV Duisburg	6th	4th	1	-
12 - Rainer Wilk	Arminia Bielefeld	-	-	-	-
13 - Alfred Schön	SV Waldhof Mannheim	5	1	-	-
14 - Ingo Aulbach	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	-	-	-	-
15 - Ralf Sievers	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	-	-	-
16 - Axel Brummer	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2	-	-	-
17 - Bernhard Scharold	Hamburger SV	-	-	-	-
18 - Martin Hermann	1. FC Nuremberg	1	-	-	-

• Trainer: Dietrich Weise

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
All times are in local time ( UTC + 10 , CEST + 9 ).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	06-00
2.	Qatar	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
3.	Poland	3	1	0	2	004: 200	+2	02: 40
3.	United States	3	0	1	2	001: 800	−7	01: 50

October 3, 1981, 6:30 p.m. * in Brisbane				spectator
Poland	-	Qatar	0: 1 (0: 1)	17,200
October 3, 1981, 8:30 p.m. * in Brisbane
United States	-	Uruguay	0: 3 (0: 1)	17,200
October 6, 1981, 6:30 p.m. * in Brisbane
United States	-	Qatar	1: 1 (1: 0)	10.122
October 6, 1981, 8:30 p.m. * in Brisbane
Uruguay	-	Poland	1: 0 (0: 0)	10.122
October 8, 1981, 7:00 p.m. * in Brisbane
Qatar	-	Uruguay	0: 1 (0: 0)	8,264
October 8, 1981, 9:00 p.m. * in Brisbane
Poland	-	United States	4: 0 (2: 0)	8,264

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	05: 10
2.	Romania	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	05: 10
3.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	02: 40
3.	Italy	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00: 60

October 3, 1981, 6:30 p.m. * in Melbourne				spectator
Italy	-	South Korea	1: 4 (0: 3)	13,538
October 3, 1981, 8:30 p.m. * in Melbourne
Romania	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 0)	13,538
October 6, 1981, 6:45 p.m. * in Melbourne
Romania	-	South Korea	1: 0 (1: 0)	17,500
October 6, 1981, 8:45 p.m. * in Melbourne
Brazil	-	Italy	1: 0 (0: 0)	17,500
October 8, 1981, 6:45 p.m. * in Melbourne
South Korea	-	Brazil	0: 3 (0: 0)	9,000
October 8, 1981, 8:45 p.m. * in Melbourne
Italy	-	Romania	0: 1 (0: 0)	9,000

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	04: 20
2.	Egypt	3	1	2	0	007: 600	+1	04: 20
3.	Mexico	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02: 40
3.	Spain	3	0	2	1	005: 700	−2	02: 40

October 3, 1981, 7:00 p.m. * in Adelaide				spectator
Spain	-	Egypt	2: 2 (0: 1)	7,504
October 3, 1981, 9:00 p.m. * in Adelaide
BR Germany	-	Mexico	1: 0 (1: 0)	7,504
October 6, 1981, 7:00 p.m. * in Adelaide
BR Germany	-	Egypt	1: 2 (1: 1)	14,120
October 6, 1981, 9:00 p.m. * in Adelaide
Mexico	-	Spain	1: 1 (0: 1)	14,120
October 8, 1981, 6:30 p.m. * in Canberra
Egypt	-	Mexico	3: 3 (1: 2)	8,150
October 8, 1981, 8:30 p.m. * in Canberra
Spain	-	BR Germany	2: 4 (0: 1)	14,120

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	04: 20
2.	Australia	3	1	2	0	006: 500	+1	04: 20
3.	Argentina	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
3.	Cameroon	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01: 50

October 3, 1981, 1 p.m. * in Sydney (Sports Ground)				spectator
England	-	Cameroon	2: 0 (0: 0)	15,814
October 3, 1981, 3 p.m. * in Sydney (Sports Ground)
Australia	-	Argentina	2: 1 (0: 0)	15,814
October 6, 1981, 3 p.m. * in Newcastle
Australia	-	Cameroon	3: 3 (1: 2)	13,797
October 6, 1981, 3 p.m. * in Sydney (Sports Ground)
England	-	Argentina	1: 1 (0: 0)	16,674
October 8, 1981, 7:00 p.m. * in Sydney (Sports Ground)
Cameroon	-	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 1)	28,932
October 8, 1981, 9:00 p.m. * in Sydney (Sports Ground)
England	-	Australia	1: 1 (0: 1)	28,932

Final round

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Uruguay	1
	Romania	2
					Romania	0
					BR Germany	1
	BR Germany	1
	Australia	0
									BR Germany	4th
									Qatar	0
	Brazil	2
	Qatar	3
					Qatar	2			Game for third place
					England	1
	England	4th							Romania	1
	Egypt	2							England	0

Quarter finals

Sun., October 11, 1981, 3 p.m. in Melbourne
Uruguay	-	Romania	1: 2 (0: 1)
Berruetta (60th)		Eduard (25th) Fisic (84th)	Spectators: 14,800 Referee: Menegali ( Italy )
Sun., October 11, 1981, 3 p.m. in Newcastle
Brazil	-	Qatar	2: 3 (1: 1)
Ronaldão (27.), (78.)		Almuhannadi (10.), (54.), (87.)	Spectators: 12,993 Referee: Ramírez ( Mexico )
Sun October 11, 1981, 3 p.m. in Canberra
Germany	-	Australia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wohlfarth (69th)			Spectators: 13,780 Referee: Sorensen ( Denmark )
Sun., October 11, 1981, 3 p.m. in Sydney
England	-	Egypt	4: 2 (1: 2)
Webb (41.), (64.), (82.) Cooke (60.)		Amer (28th) Saleh (40th)	Spectators: 8,293 Referee: Bazán ( Uruguay )

Semifinals

Wed., October 14, 1981, 8:00 p.m. in Sydney
Qatar	-	England	2: 1 (1: 0)
Beleal (12.) Alsada (62.)		Small (70.)	Spectators: 12,476 Referee: Romero ( Argentina )
Wed. October 14, 1981, 8:30 p.m. in Melbourne
Romania	-	Germany	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
		Nice (103.)	Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Valentine ( Scotland )

3rd place match

Sat October 17, 1981, 3 p.m. in Adelaide
Romania	-	England	1: 0 (1: 0)
Gabor (36.)			Spectators: 10,492 Referee: Sorensen ( Denmark )

final

Sunday, October 18, 1981, 3 p.m. in Sydney
Germany	-	Qatar	4: 0 (2: 0)
Loose (36.), (66.) Wohlfarth (42.) Anthes (86.)			Spectators: 18,531 Referee: Coelho ( Brazil )

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 1981 Junior World Cup. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

rank	player	Gates
1	Taher Amer	4th
	Mark Koussas	4th
	Ralf Loose	4th
	Roland Wohlfarth	4th
5	Khalid Almuhannadi	3
	Badir Beleal	3
	Ronaldão	3
	Hisham Saleh	3
	Michael Small	3
	Neil Webb	3

Awards

Golden ball	Silver ball	Bronze ball
Romulus Gabor	Michael Zorc	Roland Wohlfarth
Golden Shoe	Silver shoe	Bronze shoe
Mark Koussas	Taher Amer	Roland Wohlfarth
4 goals (0.66)	4 goals (0.44)	4 goals (0.33)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Australia

Web links

• 1981 World Youth Championship on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (PDF; 7.9 MB)
• World Youth Cup (U-20) 1981 (Australia) at RSSSF