1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Japan from 25 August to 7 September.

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship

1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	25 August – 7 September
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	83 (2.59 per match)
Attendance	454,500 (14,203 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramón Díaz (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Diego Maradona
Fair play award	Poland

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Japan1
	1978 AFC Youth Championship	Indonesia1 South Korea1
CAF (Africa)	1979 African Youth Championship	Algeria1 Guinea1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada1 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	1979 South American Youth Championship	Argentina1 Paraguay Uruguay
UEFA (Europe)	1978 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Hungary Poland1 Portugal1 Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia1

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Venues

Tokyo	Tokyo Omiya Kobe Yokohama	Omiya
National Stadium		Omiya Stadium
Capacity: 48,000		Capacity: 15,500
Kobe		Yokohama
Chuo Stadium		Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Capacity: 13,000		Capacity: 15,000

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
Algeria	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2
Japan	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
Poland	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	2
Indonesia	3	0	0	3	0	16	-16	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	4
Portugal	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	3
South Korea	3	1	1	1	1	3	-2	3
Canada	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
Hungary	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	2
Guinea	3	0	0	3	0	10	-10	0

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
									Third place