# 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup

The 1980–81 FIFA World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for "Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"), also known as Mundialito ("Little World Cup"), was an international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and supported by FIFA and recognized before its inception by then FIFA President João Havelange. At the July 4, 1980 FIFA congress, the president publicly stated: "At FIFA we have welcomed the initiative of the Uruguayan Football Association, granting official status to the Gold Cup. FIFA actively participates in the organization and offers its experience." The tournament commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first FIFA World Cup, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. It was held at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981.
The tournament gathered the national teams of Uruguay, Italy, West Germany, Brazil, and Argentina, five of the six World Cup-winning nations at the time, with the addition of the Netherlands –1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up– who had been invited to replace England, who declined the invitation. After the final, FIFA celebrated the success of the tournament via their official newsletter, declaring Uruguay as "champions of all world champions."

## Participating teams

| Team | Notes |
| Uruguay | 1924 and 1928 Olympic champions; Hosts, 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cup champions |
| Italy | 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup champions |
| West Germany | 1954 and 1974 FIFA World Cup champions |
| Brazil | 1958, 1962, and 1970 FIFA World Cup champions |
| Argentina | 1978 and reigning FIFA World Cup champions |
| Netherlands | 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up, replacing England (1966 FIFA World Cup champions) |

## Format

The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group A was composed of the Netherlands, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B consisted of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.

## Squads

Each team had a squad of 18 players (two of which had to be goalkeepers).

## Outcome

Uruguay and Brazil won their respective groups and played the final, with Uruguay defeating Brazil 2–1 with a late goal, the same result that had occurred 30 years earlier between the two teams in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup. Uruguay's coach during the Mundialito, Roque Máspoli, had also been Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1950 match.
Dutch manager Jan Zwartkruis resigned from his position as soon as he returned to the Netherlands, while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 | Final |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
* Points
* Goal difference
* Number of goals scored
* Drawing of lots

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | Final |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
* Points
* Goal difference
* Number of goals scored
* Drawing of lots

## Final

Team details :
Uruguay
Brazil
GK 1Rodolfo Rodríguez
DF15 Víctor Diogo
DF2Walter Olivera
DF3Hugo De León
DF6Daniel Martínez
MF8Eduardo de la Peña 36'
MF5Ariel Krasouski
MF10Rubén Paz
FW7Venancio Ramos
FW9Waldemar Victorino
FW11Julio César Morales
Substitutes:
MF17Jorge Barrios 36'
Manager:
Roque Máspoli
GK12João Leite
DF2Edevaldo
DF3Oscar
DF4Luizinho
DF6Júnior
MF5Batista
MF8Toninho Cerezo
MF16Paulo Isidoro
MF9Sócrates
FW7Tita 51'
FW11Zé Sérgio 81'
Substitutes:
FW17Serginho 51'
FW18Éder 81'
Manager:
Telê Santana :

## Scorers
### 3 goals

* Waldemar Victorino

### 1 goal

* Ramón Díaz
* Diego Maradona
* Edevaldo
* Junior
* Serginho
* Sócrates
* Toninho Cerezo
* Zé Sérgio
* Klaus Allofs
* Horst Hrubesch
* Jan Peters
* Carlo Ancelotti
* Jorge Barrios
* Julio Morales
* Venancio Ramos

### Own goals

* Manfred Kaltz (against Argentina)