1977 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship and was held in Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977. The tournament took place in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax — where a total of 28 matches were played, the smallest number in its history. The winner was the USSR, who beat Mexico in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship
بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates27 June – 10 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Mexico
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored70 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Guina (4 goals)
Best player(s) Vladimir Bessonov
Fair play award Brazil

The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.

Qualification
Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1977 AFC Youth Championship  Iran
 Iraq
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Tunisia
1977 African Youth Qualifying for World Cup  Ivory Coast
 Morocco
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Honduras
 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1977 South American Youth Championship  Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
UEFA (Europe) 1976 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Austria
 France
 Hungary
 Italy
 Soviet Union
 Spain

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Venues
Tunis
Tunis
Stade El MenzahStade Chedly Zouiten
Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 18,000
SousseSfax
Stade Olympique de SousseStade Ameur El-Gargouri
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 4,000

Group stage

The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico 3 1 2 0 8 2 +6 4 Advance to semi-finals
2  Spain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3  France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4  Tunisia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
Source:
(H) Host.
France 1 – 2 Spain
Bacconnier  75' (Report) [1] Escobar  29'
Casas  60'
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
Mexico 6 – 0 Tunisia
Manzo  46, 47'
Placencia  48, 69, 72'
Garduno  56'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
Spain 1 – 1 Mexico
Escobar  46' (Report) Rodríguez  73'
Tunisia 0 – 1 France
(Report) Meyer  20'
Referee: Arturo Andrés Ithurralde (Argentina)
France 1 – 1 Mexico
Wiss  64' (Report) Moses  70'
Spain 0 – 1 Tunisia
(Report) Ben Fattoum  52'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to semi-finals
2  Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
4  Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source:
Morocco 0 – 1 Honduras
(Report) Norales  46'
Referee: Gerard Racine (Switzerland)
Uruguay 2 – 1 Hungary
Diogo  15'
Bica  25' (pen.)		 (Report) Péter  17'
Honduras 0 – 1 Uruguay
(Report) Nadal  29'
Referee: Birame N'Diaye (Senegal)
Hungary 2 – 0 Morocco
Kerekes  26'
Nagy  56'		 (Report)
Hungary 0 – 2 Honduras
(Report) Yearwood  7'
Duarte  30'
Referee: Sahar El Hawary (Egypt)
Uruguay 3 – 0 Morocco
Nadal  36'
Enrique  44'
Ramos  51'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5 Advance to semi-finals
2  Iran 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
3  Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source:
Italy 1 – 1 Ivory Coast
Capuzzo  11' (Report) Kouassi  77'
Referee: Emmanuel Platopoulos (Greece)
Brazil 5 – 1 Iran
Guina  22, 29, 39'
Paulo Roberto  37'
Júnior Brasília  52'		 (Report) Rajabi  55'
Iran 0 – 0 Italy
(Report)
Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary)
Ivory Coast 1 – 1 Brazil
Ya Semon  46' (Report) Cléber  89'
Referee: Mohamed Kadri (Tunisia)
Iran 3 – 0 Ivory Coast
Asheri  31, 87'
Barzegar  80'		 (Report)
Referee: Salem Mahmud Adal (Syria)
Brazil 2 – 0 Italy
Guina  11'
Paulinho  48'		 (Report)
Referee: Dusan Maksimovic (Yugoslavia)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to semi-finals
2  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
3  Iraq 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
Soviet Union 3 – 1 Iraq
Petrakov  19, 23'
Bal  39'		 (Report) Luaibi  77'
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Austria 0 – 1 Paraguay
(Report) Morel  62'
Referee: Zoubir Benganif (Algeria)
Iraq 5 – 1 Austria
Munshid  30'
Hussain  34, 38, 90+3' [3]
Hammadi  90+4' [3]		 (Report) Weiss  28'
Paraguay 1 – 2 Soviet Union
Battaglia  38' (Report) Khidiyatullin  29'
Bessonov  59'
Paraguay 4 – 0 Iraq
Salmaniego  26'
López  30, 68'
Giménez  67'		 (Report)
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Austria 0 – 0 Soviet Union
(Report)
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July - Tunis
 
 
 Mexico (pen.)1 (5)
 
10 July - Tunis
 
 Brazil1 (3)
 
 Mexico2 (8)
 
6 July - Tunis
 
 Soviet Union (pen.)2 (9)
 
 Uruguay0 (3)
 
 
 Soviet Union (pen.)0 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
9 July - Tunis
 
 
 Brazil4
 
 
 Uruguay0

Semifinals
Mexico 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Rergis  53' (Report) Jorge Luís  59'
Penalties
5–3
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
Uruguay 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
(Report)
Penalties
3–4

Third place play-off
Brazil 4 – 0 Uruguay
Cléber  13'
Paulo Roberto  30'
Paulinho  53'
Tião  69'		 (Report)
Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)

Final
Mexico 2 – 2 (a.e.t.)
(8-9 pen.)		 Soviet Union
Garduno  50'
Manzo  58'		 (Report)[5] Bessonov  43, 54'
Attendance: 22,000

Result
 FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 Winners 

Soviet Union
First title

Awards
Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Guina Vladimir Bessonov  Brazil

Goalscorers

Guina of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 70 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Soviet Union 5 2 3 0 7 4 +3 7 Champions
2  Mexico 5 1 4 0 11 5 +6 6 Runners-up
3  Brazil 5 3 2 0 13 3 +10 8 Third place
4  Uruguay 5 3 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Fourth place
5  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
6  Honduras 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
7  Spain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
7  France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
9  Iran 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
10  Hungary 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
11  Iraq 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2
12  Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
13  Ivory Coast 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
14  Tunisia (H) 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
15  Austria 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
16  Morocco 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host.

Notes
  1. The official FIFA match report indicates that the first half finished 1:0 for France, but this contradicts the data on the scoring.
  2. The FIFA match report states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  3. The official FIFA report accounts no minute for this goal.
  4. The FIFA match report anachronistically states Eritrea.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaN93fo8VU This video in 43:21 gives a view of the scoreboard at the end of regulation, different of what appears at FIFA report of the match in its website. Also, playing time in this tournament were 2 periods of 40 minutes
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