# 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in tournament history. The USSR U20s defeated Mexico U20s in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.
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 |
| CAF (Africa) | 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 began play in the group stage of the tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

## Venues

| Tunis | TunisSousseSfax | Tunis |
| Stade El Menzah | TunisSousseSfax | Stade Chedly Zouiten |
| Capacity: 45,000 | TunisSousseSfax | Capacity: 18,000 |
| Sousse | TunisSousseSfax | Sfax |
| Stade Olympique de Sousse | TunisSousseSfax | Stade Ameur El-Gargouri |
| Capacity: 10,000 | TunisSousseSfax | Capacity: 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 July – Tunis | 6 July – Tunis |
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| Mexico (pen.) | 1 (5) | 10 July – Tunis | 10 July – Tunis |
| Brazil | 1 (3) | 10 July – Tunis | 10 July – Tunis |
| Brazil | 1 (3) | Mexico | 2 (8) |
| 7 July – Tunis | 7 July – Tunis | | Mexico | 2 (8) |
| 7 July – Tunis | 7 July – Tunis | Soviet Union (pen.) | 2 (9) |
| Uruguay | 0 (3) | Soviet Union (pen.) | 2 (9) |
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 0 (4) | | |
| Soviet Union (pen.) | 0 (4) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 9 July – Tunis | 9 July – Tunis |
| | | Brazil | 4 |
| | | Uruguay | 0 |

### Final
## 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 Boot 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

* Guina

### 3 goals

* Hussein Saeed
* Agustin Manzo
* Luis Placencia
* Vladimir Bessonov

### 2 goals

* Cléber
* Paulinho
* Paulo Roberto
* Moharam Asheri
* Hussein Luaibi
* Fernando Garduno
* Pedro López
* Valeri Petrakov
* Ricardo Escobar Palacios
* Amaro Nadal

### 1 goal

* Heinz Weiss
* Jorge Luís
* Júnior Brasília
* Tião
* Andre Wiss
* Gerard Bacconnier
* Thierry Meyer
* Gilberto Yearwood
* José Enrique Duarte
* Prudencio Norales
* Imre Nagy
* János Kerekes
* Zoltán Péter
* Reza Rajabi
* Abdolreza Barzegar
* Haddi Hammadi
* Luigi Capuzzo
* Honore Ya Semon
* Lucien Kouassi
* Eduardo Moses
* Eduardo Rergis
* Hugo Rodríguez
* Eugenio Giménez
* Domingo Salmaniego
* Juan Battaglia
* Víctor Morel
* Andrei Bal
* Vagiz Khidiyatullin
* José Casas
* Ali Ben Fattoum
* Alberto Bica
* Daniel Enrique
* Venancio Ramos
* Víctor Diogo

## 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 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 7 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 9 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Tunisia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |