1977 FIFA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

The '1977 FIFA World Youth Championship' was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship and was held in Tunisia from June 27 to July 10, 1977. The tournament took place in four venues — Tunis, Rades, Sousse and Sfax — where a total of 28 matches were played, the smallest number in its history. The winner was USSR, who beat Mexico by a penalty shootout, in a final held at Rades'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.

Contents

Group stage

External link

Group stage

===Group A (Tunis)===

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'4'	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6
	'3'	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	'3'	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	'2'	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6

Date Time Team Score Team Report June 27, 1977 12:00 1–2 Report June 27, 1977 16:00 6–0 Report June 30, 1977 12:00 1–1 Report June 30, 1977 16:00 0–1 Report July 3, 1977 12:00 1–1 Report July 3, 1977 16:00 0–1 Report

===Group B (Tunis)===

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'6'	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
	'4'	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2
	'2'	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
	'0'	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6

Date Time Team Score Team Report June 28, 1977 12:00 0–1 Report June 28, 1977 16:00 2–1 Report July 1, 1977 12:00 0–1 Report July 1, 1977 16:00 2–0 Report July 4, 1977 12:00 0–2 Report July 4, 1977 16:00 3–0 Report

===Group C (Sousse)===

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'5'	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
	'3'	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
	'2'	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2
	'2'	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3

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|June 27, 1977
|12:00
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|1–1
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|June 27, 1977
|16:00
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|5–1
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|June 30, 1977
|12:00
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|0–0
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|June 30, 1977
|16:00
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|1–1
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|July 3, 1977
|12:00
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|3–0
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|July 3, 1977
|16:00
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|2–0
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===Group D (Sfax)===
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!width=175|Team
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!width=20|D
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!width=20|GF
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|'5'||3||2||1||0||5||2||+3
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|'4'||3||2||0||1||6||2||+4
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|'2'||3||1||0||2||6||8||−2
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|'1'||3||0||1||2||1||6||−5
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!width=10%|Date
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!width=15%|Team
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!width=15%|Team
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|June 28, 1977
|12:00
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|3–1
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|Report
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|June 28, 1977
|16:00
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|0–1
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|Report
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|July 1, 1977
|12:00
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|5–1
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|Report
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|July 1, 1977
|16:00
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|1–2
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|Report
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|July 4, 1977
|12:00
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|4–0
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|July 4, 1977
|16:00
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|0–0
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|Report
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==Knockout stage (Tunis)

Awards==
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!FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 Winners
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'USSR'
'1st Title'
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!Golden Shoe
!Golden Ball
!Fair Play Award
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| Guina
| Vladimir Bessonov
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External link

★ FIFA.com: 1977 World Youth Championship