Mundialito

This article deals with the mini World Cup of the football world champions 1980/81. For the Senior World Championships 1987–1995, also known as Mundialito , see Pelé-Cup .

Mundialito (literally: small world championship , in Germany also called Super World Cup , Mini World Cup or Gold Cup ) was a soccer tournament held from December 30, 1980 to January 10, 1981 in Montevideo ( Uruguay ) . It was carried out on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the hosting of soccer world championships . All previous world champions should take part. Since England had canceled as world champions from 1966 , the two-time vice world champion of the two previous world championships moved up with the Netherlands. All games were played in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, in the Estadio Centenario .

Uruguay won the tournament in the final against Brazil. The German team, which had only traveled from the European winter to the tropical summer on December 28, was eliminated in the preliminary round without winning a point and had to accept the first defeat under national coach Jupp Derwall after the record series of 23 games without defeat . In the game of the reigning European champions against the then world champions Argentina they had led up to the 84th minute before the Argentinians turned the game. The 1: 4 against Brazil was the biggest defeat after losing third place at the 1958 World Cup . Germany also took the lead against Brazil. The other two European teams couldn't win a game either.

Attendees

A total of six nations took part in the Mundialito. The participants were:

•  Argentina (World Champion 1978 )
•  Brazil (World Champion 1958 , 1962 , 1970 )
•  Federal Republic of Germany (World Champion 1954 , 1974 )
•  Italy (World Champion 1934 , 1938 )
•  Netherlands (Vice World Champion 1974 , 1978 )
•  Uruguay (World Champion 1930 , 1950 )

mode

The six teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. After a simple everyone-against-everyone, the two group winners played the tournament winner in the final.

Group A	Group B
Italy	Argentina
Netherlands	Brazil
Uruguay	BR Germany

Game results

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	2	2	0	0	004-000	+4	04-00
2.	Netherlands	2	0	1	1	001: 300	−2	01: 30
2.	Italy	2	0	1	1	001: 300	−2	01: 30

December 30, 1980
Uruguay	-	Netherlands	2: 0 (2: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Venancio Ramos (31st), 2-0 Victorino (45th)
3rd January 1981
Uruguay	-	Italy	2: 0 (0: 0)
Goals: 1-0 Morales (67th penalty), 2-0 Victorino (81st)
January 6, 1981
Italy	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (1: 1)
Goals: 1-0 Ancelotti (7th), 1: 1 Jan Peters (15th)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	2	1	1	0	005: 200	+3	03: 10
2.	Argentina	2	1	1	0	003: 200	+1	03: 10
3.	BR Germany	2	0	0	2	002: 600	−4	00: 40

January 1, 1981
Argentina	-	BR Germany	2: 1 (0: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Hrubesch (41st), 1: 1 Kaltz (84th own goal), 2: 1 Díaz (88th)
4th January 1981
Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1)
Goals: 0: 1 Maradona (30th), 1: 1 Edevaldo (47th)
7th January 1981
Brazil	-	BR Germany	4: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: 0: 1 Allofs (54th), 1: 1 Júnior (56th), 2: 1 Toninho Cerezo (61st), 3: 1 Serginho (76th), 4: 1 Zé Sérgio (82nd)

final

January 10th 1981, Estadio Centenario , Montevideo
Uruguay	-	Brazil	2: 1 (0: 0)

Uruguay		Brazil
	January 10, 1981 in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario )
	Rodríguez - Diogo, Olivera, De León, Martínez - Krasouski, De La Peña (36th Jorge Barrios ), Paz - Ramos, Waldemar Victorino , Morales	João Leite - Edevaldo, Oscar, Luizinho, Júnior - Batista, Toninho Cerezo, Paulo Isidoro - Tita (51st Serginho), Sócrates , Zé Sérgio (81st Éder)
	1: 0 Barrios (50th) 2: 1 Victorino (80th)	1: 1 Sócrates (62nd)

Goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Victorino (URU)	3
2	Díaz, Maradona (ARG), Edevaldo, Júnior, Serginho, Sócrates, Toninho Cerezo, Zé Sérgio (BRA), Allofs, Hrubesch (DEU), Peters (NIE), Ancelotti (ITA), Barrios, Morales, Ramos (URU), Kaltz (own goal for Argentina)	1

The German squad

Number of uses in brackets.

• Goal : Eike Immel (0) - Toni Schumacher (2)
• Defense : Hans-Peter Briegel (2) - Bernard Dietz (2) - Karlheinz Förster (2) - Wilfried Hannes (0) - Manfred Kaltz (2) - Kurt Niedermayer (0)
• Midfield : Karl Allgöwer (1) - Rainer Bonhof (2) - Wolfgang Dremmler (1) - Felix Magath (2) - Hansi Müller (2) - Mirko Votava (1)
• Attack : Klaus Allofs (2) - Ronald Borchers (0) - Horst Hrubesch (1) - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2)
• Trainer : Jupp Derwall

For Wolfgang Dremmler the game against Brazil was the debut in the national team, for Rainer Bonhof and Mirko Votava it was the last appearances. Kurt Niedermayer, who was not used, did not play any further international matches. Eight players in the squad reached the World Cup final 18 months later .

• see also: Mundialito / Germany

Squad of the other teams

• Italian squad: Mundialito / Italy
• Brazilian squad: Mundialito / Brazil
• Argentine squad: Mundialito / Argentina
• Dutch squad: Mundialito / Netherlands
• Uruguayan squad: Mundialito / Uruguay

Web links

• Squad and match reports (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.dfb.de/news/de/d-nationalmannschaft/zur-ersten-seite/26012.html