Junior World Cup 1983

FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983
FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983
Number of nations	16  (of 108 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (1st title)
venue	Mexico
Opening game	June 2nd 1983
Endgame	June 19, 1983
Games	32
Gates	91  (⌀: 2.84 per game)
spectator	1,155,160  (⌀: 36,099 per game)
Top scorer	Geovani (6 goals)
Best player	Geovani
yellow cards	78  (⌀: 2.44 per game)
Red cards	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)

The 4th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: FIFA / Coca-Cola Cup - II World Youth Championship ) took place in Mexico from June 2nd to 19th, 1983 . The Brazilian team was able to secure the world title with a 1-0 win against South American rivals Argentina.

The best player of the tournament was the Brazilian Geovani , who was also the top scorer with 6 goals.

With an average of 36,099 spectators per game, this tournament was so far the Junior World Championship with the highest average attendance. The 110,000 spectators at the Azteca Stadium of Mexico City in the finale are also a record for a junior world championship game.

From the German-speaking countries only Austria was able to qualify for the World Cup finals, but retired from the preliminary round without points or goalless.

Guadalajara Irapuato Leon Mexico city Monterrey Puebla Toluca

Venues 1983 in Mexico

Venues

• Guadalajara - Estadio Jalisco
• Irapuato - Estadio Irapuato
• León - Estadio León
• Mexico City - Aztec Stadium
• Monterrey - Estadio Tecnológico
• Puebla - Estadio Cuauhtémoc
• Toluca - Estadio Nemesio Díez

Attendees

6 from Europe	Netherlands	Austria	Poland	Scotland	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay
2 from Asia	China	South Korea
2 from Africa	Ivory Coast	Nigeria
2 from North and Central America	Mexico	United States
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

ÖFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Franz Wohlfahrt	FK Austria Vienna	3	-	-	-
02 - Andreas Cvetko	SK Austria Klagenfurt	3	-	1	-
03 - Robert Frind	FK Austria Vienna	3	-	-	-
04 - Josef Kleinbichler	SSW Innsbruck	3	-	-	-
05 - Alfred Stumpfl	SK Austria Klagenfurt	3	-	1	-
06 - Alfred Tatar	Viennese sports club	3	-	1	-
07 - Andreas Ogris	FK Austria Vienna	3	-	-	-
08 - Alois Weinrich	SC Neusiedl am See	3	-	-	-
09 - Toni upholstery	FK Austria Vienna	2	-	1	1
10 - Günter Haizinger	SK VOEST Linz	3	-	-	-
11 - Rupert Marko	SK Sturm Graz	3	-	-	-
12 - Hannes Gort	FC St. Gallen	1	-	-	-
13 - Gerald Rieder	SV Austria Salzburg	3	-	-	-
14 - Josef Hrstic	SK Austria Klagenfurt	2	-	2	-
15 - Michael Strobl	SK Sturm Graz	-	-	-	-
16 - Michael Gabriel	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	-	-	-
17 - Walter Obexer	SSW Innsbruck	-	-	-	-
18 - Bernd Walcher	SC Mittersill	-	-	-	-

• Trainer: Gerhard Hitzel

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 games took place at UTC-6 , CEST-7 .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Scotland	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	04: 20
2.	South Korea	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	04: 20
3.	Australia	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
3.	Mexico	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01: 50

June 2, 1983, 9:00 p.m. in Mexico City				spectator
Mexico	-	Australia	1: 1 (1: 0)	108,900
June 3, 1983, 3:00 p.m. in Toluca
South Korea	-	Scotland	0: 2 (0: 0)	26,191
June 5, 1983, 12:00 noon in Mexico City
South Korea	-	Mexico	2: 1 (1: 1)	71.198
June 5, 1983, 4:00 p.m. in Toluca
Scotland	-	Australia	1: 2 (0: 0)	22,111
June 8, 1983, 4:00 p.m. in Toluca
Australia	-	South Korea	1: 2 (0: 2)	24,812
June 8, 1983, 8:00 p.m. in Mexico City
Mexico	-	Scotland	0: 1 (0: 1)	86,582

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	006: 300	+3	05: 10
2.	Poland	3	2	0	1	010: 500	+5	04: 20
3.		3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40
3.	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01: 50

June 3, 1983, 2 p.m. in Puebla				spectator
Poland	-	Ivory Coast	7: 2 (3: 0)	14,130
June 3, 1983, 7:00 p.m. in Guadalajara
Uruguay	-	United States	3: 2 (1: 0)	17,821
June 5, 1983, 2 p.m. in Puebla
United States	-	Ivory Coast	1: 0 (0: 0)	11,836
June 6, 1983, 5 p.m. in León
Uruguay	-	Poland	3: 1 (0: 0)	23,117
June 8, 1983, 2 p.m. in Puebla
Poland	-	United States	2: 0 (0: 0)	16,103
June 8, 1983, 3:00 p.m. in Irapuato
Ivory Coast	-	Uruguay	0-0	15,317

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	3	0	0	010-000	+10	06-00
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	04: 20
3.	China	3	2	0	1	005: 800	−3	04: 20
3.	Austria	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00: 60

June 4, 1983, 12:00 p.m. in Mexico City				spectator
China	-	Argentina	0: 5 (0: 1)	19,376
June 4, 1983, 2 p.m. in Puebla
Czechoslovakia	-	Austria	4: 0 (1: 0)	21,112
June 7, 1983, 3 p.m. in Irapuato
Czechoslovakia	-	China	3: 2 (1: 0)	15,317
June 7, 1983, 7:00 p.m. in León
Austria	-	Argentina	0: 3 (0: 3)	31,144
June 9, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in León
Argentina	-	Czechoslovakia	2: 0 (1: 0)	14,143
June 9, 1983, 3:00 p.m. in Irapuato
China	-	Austria	3: 0 (0: 0)	15,317

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	05: 10
2.	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	04: 20
3.	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	001: 300	−2	03: 30
3.	Soviet Union	3	0	0	3	003: 600	−3	00: 60

June 4, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in Monterrey				spectator
Soviet Union	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)	37,837
June 4, 1983, 7:00 p.m. in Guadalajara
Netherlands	-	Brazil	1: 1 (0: 0)	68,130
June 6, 1983, 7:00 p.m. in Guadalajara
Brazil	-	Nigeria	3: 0 (3: 0)	41,182
June 6, 1983, 9:00 p.m. in Monterrey
Netherlands	-	Soviet Union	3: 2 (1: 0)	27,136
June 9, 1983, 7:00 p.m. in Guadalajara
Soviet Union	-	Brazil	1: 2 (0: 0)	31,380
June 9, 1983, 9:00 p.m. in Monterrey
Nigeria	-	Netherlands	0-0	41,283

Final round

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Scotland	0
	Poland	1
					Poland	0
					Argentina	1
	Argentina	2
	Netherlands	1
									Argentina	0
									Brazil	1
	Uruguay	1
	South Korea	2
					South Korea	1			Game for third place
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	4th							Poland	2
	Czechoslovakia	1							South Korea	1

Quarter finals

Sat, June 11, 1983, 12:00 in Mexico City
Scotland	-	Poland	0: 1 (0: 1)
		Klemenz (5.)	Spectators: 11,986 Referee: Biguet ( France )
Sat June 11, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in Monterrey
Uruguay	-	South Korea	1: 2 a.d. (0: 0)
Martínez (71.)		Shin Yeon-Ho (54th), (104th)	Spectators: 11,986 Referee: Alfaro ( Costa Rica )
Sun., June 12, 1983, 12:00 in León
Argentina	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (0: 1)
Borelli (65th) Gaona (90th)		van Basten (4.)	Spectators: 24,830 Referee: Hackett ( England )
Sun., June 12, 1983, 12:00 in Guadalajara
Brazil	-	Czechoslovakia	4: 1 (3: 1)
Dunga (18th) Bebeto (29th) Geovani (40th), (60th)		Dostal (6.)	Spectators: 36,183 Referee: Zermeno ( Mexico )

Semifinals

Wed. June 15, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in Mexico City
Poland	-	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)
		Zaráte (59.)	Spectators: 39,896 Referee: Bazán ( Uruguay )
Wed. June 17, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in Monterrey
South Korea	-	Brazil	1: 2 (1: 1)
Kim Jong-Boo (14th)		Popoca (22nd) Santos (81st)	Spectators: 55,914 Referee: Keizer ( Netherlands )

3rd place match

Sat, June 18, 1983, 5:00 p.m. in Guadalajara
Poland	-	South Korea	2: 1 nV (0: 1)
Krauze (77.) Szczepański (103.)		Lee Ki-Keun (37th)	Spectators: 35,000 Referees: Ferreira ( Brazil )

final

Sun., June 19, 1983, 12:00 in Mexico City
Argentina	-	Brazil	0: 1 (0: 1)
		Geovani (39.)	Spectators: 110,000 Referee: Biguet ( France )

Best goal scorers

The top goal scorers of the 1983 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	Geovani	6th
2	Joachim Klemenz	5
3	Jorge Gabrich	4th
4th	Stanislav Dostál	3
	Carlos Aguilera	3
	Shin Yon-Ho	3
	Roberto Zarate	3

Awards

Golden ball	Silver ball	Bronze ball
Geovani	Roberto Zarate	Luis Islas
Golden Shoe	Silver shoe	Bronze shoe
Geovani	Joachim Klemenz	Jorge Gabrich
6 goals	5 goals	4 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
South Korea

Web links

• 1983 Junior World Cup on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report: Part 1 (PDF; 16.1 MB) - Part 2 (PDF; 15.8 MB)