1983 FIFA World Youth Championship Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83 Host country Mexico Dates 2–19 June Teams 16 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) Champions Brazil (1st title) Runners-up Argentina Third place Poland Fourth place South Korea Matches played 32 Goals scored 91 (2.84 per match) Attendance 1,155,160 (36,099 per match) Top scorer(s) Geovani (6 goals)Best player(s) Geovani Fair play award South Korea
International football competition
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
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
Claudio García (left) with the ball in the Argentina v China match
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 winners
Brazil First title
Awards
All-Star XI
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
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
Final ranking
Notes
External links
Tournaments Finals Squads Qualification