Claim: The Uruguay national football team won the 1980 Mundialito, beating France in the final match.

The 1980 Mundialito -LRB- Spanish for `` little World Cup '' -RRB- , or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales -LRB- `` World Champions ' Gold Cup '' -RRB- , was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo , Uruguay , from December 30 , 1980 , to January 10 , 1981 , in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament , which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue . The national teams invited were Uruguay -LRB- hosts -RRB- , Italy , West Germany , Brazil , Netherlands , and Argentina , at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations except for the Netherlands -- 1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up -- replacing England , who declined the invitation .