The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fourth edition FIFA World Youth Championship tournament, hosted from 2 June to 19 June 1983 in seven venues in Mexico — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. Brazil U20 defeated Argentina, 1–0, at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium to claim its inaugural tournament title of five.
This edition still retains the record average daily attendance of 36,099 in the tournament's history. This test of Mexico's capacity and capability to host a major FIFA tournament was recognized in May to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Qualification ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1982 AFC Youth Championship CAF (Africa)1983 African Youth Championship CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)Host nation1982 CONCACAF U-20 TournamentCONMEBOL (South America)1983 South American Youth Championship OFC (Oceania)1982 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)1982 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 1983 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 Ball Golden ShoeFair Play Award Geovani Faria da Silva Geovani Faria da Silva
All-Star XI
Goalkeeper: Luis Islas Sweeper: Neale Cooper Left defender: Kim Pan-keun Central defender: Paul McStay Right defender: Fabián Basualdo Left midfielder: Roberto Oscar Zárate Central midfielder: Gerald Vanenburg Right midfielder: Geovani Faria da Silva Left forward: Paul Moreno Central forward: Bebeto Right forward: Mauricinho
Goalscorers
Geovani of Brazil won the Golden Boot award for scoring six goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 61 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.
6 goals Geovani 5 goals Joachim Klemenz 4 goals Jorge Luis Gabrich 3 goals
Roberto Oscar Zárate Stanislav Dostal Shin Yon-ho Carlos Aguilera
2 goals
Gilmar Popoca Marinho Ra Vlastimil Kula Marco van Basten Mario Been Adrian Szczepański Marek Leśniak Jim Dobbin Kim Jong-boo Rubén Sosa
1 goal
Claudio García Jorge Borelli Julio César Gaona Mario Vanemerak Oscar Acosta Oscar Dertycia Fabio Incantalupo Frank Farina Jim Patikas Rodney Brown Bebeto Dunga Duan Ju Guo Yijun Li Huayun Liu Haiguang Mai Chao Karel Kula Miroslav Hirko Pavel Karoch Leopold Didi Lucien Kassy Marcelino Bernal Martin Reyna Henk Duut Tarila Okoronwanta Mirosław Myśliński Wiesław Krauze Wiesław Wraga Wojciech Gorgoń Paul McStay Steve Clarke Kim Chong-kon Lee Kee-keun No In-woo Fanas Salimov Hennadiy Litovchenko Oleh Protasov George Gelnovatch Hugo Pérez Jeff Hooker Jorge Martínez José Zalazar
Own goals Mikhail Agapov (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
Notes
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1983 FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team Todos os Jogos da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol