The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in across venues in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney where a total of 32 matches were played. The championship winner was West Germany, who defeated Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. The official mascot was the kookaburra 'Kickaburra'.
Qualification ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1980 AFC Youth Championship CAF (Africa)1981 African Youth Championship CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament CONMEBOL (South America)1981 South American Youth Championship OFC (Oceania)Host nationUEFA (Europe)1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFair Play Award Romulus Gabor Romulus Gabor
Goalscorers
Romulus Gabor of Romania won the Golden Boot award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
4 goals
Romulus Gabor Mark Koussas Taher Abouzaid Ralf Loose Roland Wohlfarth
3 goals
Ronaldo Hisham Saleh Michael Small Neil Webb Badr Bilal Khalid Salman
2 goals
Bonaventure Djonkep Dariusz Dziekanowski Choi Soon-Ho Chano Holger Anthes Jorge da Silva
1 goal
Claudio Morresi Jorge Cecchi Juan Jose Urruti David Mitchell Ian Hunter Djalma Baia Leomir Paulo Roberto Bertin Olle Olle Mohamed Helmy Anthony Finnigan Geoffrey Dey John Cooke Pietro Mariani Agustín Coss González Farfán Ildefonso Ríos José Enrique Vaca Piotr Rzepka Jerzy Kowalik Ali Alsada Augustin Eduard Cornel Fisic Dorel Zamfir Stere Sertov Kwak Sung-Ho Lee Kyung-Nam Francisco López Jorge Fabregat Sebastián Nadal Mark Devey Carlos Berruetta Javier López Báez Carlos Aguilera Jorge Villazán Alfred Schön Martin Trieb
Own goals Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt) Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
Notes
External links FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1981 FIFA Technical Report