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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA World Youth Championship
| year = 1979
| other_titles = 1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権
| image = 
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = {{flagdeco|Japan}} [[Japan]]
| dates = 25 August – 7 September
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 5
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = Argentina
| count = 1
| second = USSR
| second-flagvar = 1955
| third = Uruguay 
| fourth = Poland
| fourth-flagvar = 1928
| matches = 32
| goals = 83
| attendance = 454500
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Ramón Díaz]] (8 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Diego Maradona]]
| fair_play = {{fbu|20|POL|1928}}
| prevseason = [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977]]
| nextseason = [[1981 FIFA World Youth Championship|1981]]
}}
The '''1979 FIFA World Youth Championship''', the second staging of the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA World Youth Championship]], was held in [[Japan]] from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — [[Kobe]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Yokohama]] — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage.

[[Argentina under-20 national football team|Argentina]] won the trophy after beating holders [[Soviet Union national under-20 football team|Soviet Union]] 3–1, in a [[1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final|final]] held at Tokyo's [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]]. [[Argentina under-20 national football team|Argentina]] fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of [[Diego Maradona]] and [[Ramón Díaz]], who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of [[Argentina under-20 national football team|Argentina's]] 20 goals (70%).

== Qualification ==
{| class=wikitable
!Confederation
!Qualifying Tournament
!Qualifier(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
||Host nation
|{{fbu|20|JPN|1947}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[1978 AFC Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|IDN}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|KOR|1949}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|[[1979 African Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|ALG}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|GUI}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF <br /> (North, Central America & Caribbean)]]
|[[1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]]
|{{fbu|20|CAN}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|MEX}}
|-
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[1979 South American Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|ARG}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|PAR|1954}} <br /> {{fbu|20|URU}}
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[1978 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|HUN|1957}} <br /> {{fbu|20|POL|1928}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|POR}}{{Ref|1|1}} <br /> {{fbu|20|URS|1955}} <br /> {{fbu|20|ESP|1977}}<br /> {{fbu|20|YUG}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|}
{{refbegin}}
:1.{{Note|1}}Teams that made their debut.
{{refend}}

== Squads ==
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see ''[[1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads]]''.

== Venues ==
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=160|[[Tokyo]]!!rowspan=8|
{{location map+|Japan|float=center|width=400|caption=|places=
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.678056|long=139.714722|label=[[Tokyo]]|position=right}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.916303|long=139.633377|label=[[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]]|position=left}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=34.656744|long=135.168967|label=[[Kobe]]|position=left}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.469156|long=139.603744|label=[[Yokohama]]|position=bottom}}
}}
!width=160|[[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]]
|-
|[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]] || [[NACK5 Stadium Omiya|Omiya Stadium]]
|-
|[[Image:Yamazaki-nabisco-Cup final 2004.jpg|200px]] || [[Image:Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium, R1068484.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Capacity: '''48,000''' || Capacity: '''15,500'''
|-
!width=160|[[Kobe]] || [[Yokohama]]
|-
|[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]] || [[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]]
|-
|   || [[Image:Mitsuzawa1.jpg|200px]]
|-
|Capacity: '''13,000''' || Capacity: '''15,000'''
|}
</div>

== Group stage ==
=== Group A ===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/u-20-h-wm-1979-in-japan-gruppe-a/0/ WorldFootball.net]

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{fbu|20|ESP|1977}}
|team2=ALG|name_ALG={{fbu|20|ALG}}
|team3=MEX|name_MEX={{fbu|20|MEX}}
|team4=JPN|name_JPN={{fbu|20|JPN|1947}}

|win_ESP=2|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=1|gf_ESP=3|ga_ESP=2
|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=2|loss_ALG=0|gf_ALG=2|ga_ALG=1
|win_MEX=0|draw_MEX=2|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=3|ga_MEX=4
|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=2|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=1|ga_JPN=2|status_JPN=H
|res_col_header=Group stage result|result1=KO|result2=KO
|col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}
{{footballbox|date=25 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MEX}} |score=1–1 |team2={{fbu|20|ALG}} |goals1=[[Enrique Hernández Velázquez|Hernández]] {{goal|24}} |goals2=[[Hocine Yahi|Yahi]] {{goal|67}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 30,000  | referee = [[Anatoly Milchenko]] ([[Football Federation of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30647/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=25 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1947}} |score=0–1 |team2={{fbu|20|ESP|1977}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Manuel Zúñiga|Zúñiga]] {{goal|51}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 30,000  | referee = [[Marjan Raus]] ([[Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30649/index.html}}
----
{{footballbox|date=27 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP|1977}} |score=2–1 |team2={{fbu|20|MEX}} |goals1=[[Joaquín Pichardo|Joaquín]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Luis Miguel Gail|Gail]] {{goal|74}} |goals2=[[Mario Díaz (Mexican footballer)|Díaz]] {{goal|56}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 28,000  | referee = [[José Roberto Wright]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30656/index.html}}
----
{{footballbox|date=27 August 1979 |time=19:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ALG}} |score=0–0 |team2={{fbu|20|JPN|1947}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 32,000  | referee = [[Héctor Ortíz Ramírez]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30657/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=29 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP|1977}} |score=0–1 |team2={{fbu|20|ALG}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Derradji Bendjaballah|Bendjaballah]] {{goal|15}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 20,000  | referee = [[Kosasih Kartadiredja]] ([[Football Association of Indonesia|Indonesia]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30664/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=29 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1947}} |score=1–1 |team2={{fbu|20|MEX}} |goals1=[[Takashi Mizunuma|Mizunuma]] {{goal|58}} |goals2=[[Armando Romero Manríquez|Romero]] {{goal|69}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 38,000  | referee = [[Laszlo Padar]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30665/index.html}}

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/u-20-h-wm-1979-in-japan-gruppe-b/0/ WorldFootball.net]

|team1=ARG|name_ARG={{fbu|20|ARG}}
|team2=POL|name_POL={{fbu|20|POL|1928}}
|team3=YUG|name_YUG={{fbu|20|YUG}}
|team4=IDN|name_IDN={{fbu|20|IDN}}
|win_ARG=3|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=0|gf_ARG=10|ga_ARG=1
|win_POL=2|draw_POL=0|loss_POL=1|gf_POL=9|ga_POL=4
|win_YUG=1|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=2|gf_YUG=5|ga_YUG=3
|win_IDN=0|draw_IDN=0|loss_IDN=3|gf_IDN=0|ga_IDN=16
|res_col_header=Group stage result|result1=KO|result2=KO
|col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{footballbox|date=26 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|POL|1928}} |score=2–0 |team2={{fbu|20|YUG}} |goals1=[[Andrzej Pałasz|Pałasz]] {{goal|49}} <br /> [[Krzysztof Frankowski|Frankowski]] {{goal|76}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 14,000  | referee = [[Augusto Lamo Castillo]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30652/index.html#overview}}
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{{footballbox|date=26 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1= {{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} |score=5–0 |team2={{fbu|20|IDN}} |goals1=[[Ramón Díaz|Díaz]] {{goal|10||23||25}} <br /> [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|19||39}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 15,500  | referee = [[Rolando Fusco]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30653/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=28 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|YUG}} |score=0–1 |team2={{fbu|20|ARG}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Osvaldo Escudero|Escudero]] {{goal|55}} |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 9,500  | referee = [[Andre Daina]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30660/index.html#nosticky}}
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{{footballbox|date=28 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|IDN}} |score=0–6 |team2={{fbu|20|POL|1928}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Andrzej Pałasz|Pałasz]] {{goal|11||37}} <br /> [[Jan Janiec|Janiec]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Krzysztof Baran (footballer, born 1960)|Baran]] {{goal|22||31}} <br /> [[Kazimierz Buda|Buda]] {{goal|73}} |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 9,000  | referee = [[Kazuo Yasudo]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30661/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=30 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|POL|1928}} |score=1–4 |team2={{fbu|20|ARG}}|goals1=[[Andrzej Pałasz|Pałasz]] {{goal|27}} |goals2=[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|7}} <br /> [[Gabriel Calderón|Calderón]] {{goal|23||70}} <br /> [[Juan Simon|Simón]] {{goal|35}} |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 12,500  | referee = [[Marcel van Langenhove (referee)|Marcel van Langenhove]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30668/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=30 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])|team1={{fbu-rt|20|YUG}} |score=5–0 |team2={{fbu|20|IDN}} |goals1=[[Haris Smajić|Smajić]] {{goal|5||77}} <br /> [[Nedeljko Milosavljević|Milosavljević]] {{goal|19||63}} <br /> [[Marko Mlinarić|Mlinarić]] {{goal|73}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 7,500  | referee = [[Toshio Asami]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30669/index.html#nosticky}}

=== Group C ===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/u-20-h-wm-1979-in-japan-gruppe-c/0/ WorldFootball.net]

|team1=PAR|name_PAR={{fbu|20|PAR|1954}}
|team2=POR|name_POR={{fbu|20|POR}}
|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{fbu|20|KOR|1949}}
|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|win_PAR=2|draw_PAR=0|loss_PAR=1|gf_PAR=6|ga_PAR=1
|win_POR=1|draw_POR=1|loss_POR=1|gf_POR=2|ga_POR=3
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=1|ga_KOR=3
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=2|gf_CAN=3|ga_CAN=5
|res_col_header=Group stage result|result1=KO|result2=KO
|col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{footballbox|date=25 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|CAN}} |score=3–1 |team2={{fbu|20|POR}} |goals1=[[Branko Segota|Segota]] {{goal|7||66}} <br /> [[Louis Nagy|Nagy]] {{goal|79}} |goals2=[[Joao Grilo|Grilo]] {{goal|46}} |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 10,000  | referee = [[Juan Daniel Cardellino]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30650/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=25 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|PAR|1954}} |score=3–0 |team2={{fbu|20|KOR|1949}} |goals1=[[Julio César Romero|Romero]] {{goal|5}} <br /> [[Roberto Cabañas|Cabañas]] {{goal|70||74}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 13,000  | referee = [[Mohamed Hansal]] ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30651/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=27 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|POR}} |score=1–0 |team2={{fbu|20|PAR|1954}} |goals1=[[Rui Ferreira|Ferreira]] {{goal|23}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 5,000  | referee = [[Alojzy Jarguz]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30658/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=27 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|KOR|1949}} |score=1–0 |team2={{fbu|20|CAN}} |goals1=[[Lee Tae-ho]] {{goal|63}} |goals2= |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 5,000  | referee = [[George Joseph (football referee)|George Joseph]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30659/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=29 August 1979 |time=16:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|CAN}} |score=0–3 |team2={{fbu|20|PAR|1954}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Julio César Romero|Romero]] {{goal|37||58}} <br /> [[Ramon Isasi|Isasi]] {{goal|40}}  |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 7,500  | referee = [[Morisaburo Kuramochi]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30666/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=29 August 1979 |time=19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]]) |team1={{fbu-rt|20|POR}} |score=0–0 |team2={{fbu|20|KOR|1949}} |goals1= |goals2= |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 7,500  | referee = [[Mario Rubio Vázquez]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30667/index.html}}

=== Group D ===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete|winpoints=2
|source=[https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/u-20-h-wm-1979-in-japan-gruppe-d/0/ WorldFootball.net]

|team1=URU|name_URU={{fbu|20|URU}}
|team2=URS|name_URS={{fbu|20|URS|1955}}
|team3=HUN|name_HUN={{fbu|20|HUN|1957}}
|team4=GUI|name_GUI={{fbu|20|GUI}}
|win_URU=3|draw_URU=0|loss_URU=0|gf_URU=8|ga_URU=0
|win_URS=2|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=1|gf_URS=8|ga_URS=2
|win_HUN=1|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN=3|ga_HUN=7
|win_GUI=0|draw_GUI=0|loss_GUI=3|gf_GUI=0|ga_GUI=10
|res_col_header=Group stage result|result1=KO|result2=KO
|col_KO=green1|text_KO=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{footballbox|date=26 August 1979 |time=16:20 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|URS|1955}} |score=5–1 |team2={{fbu|20|HUN|1957}} |goals1=[[Igor Ponomaryov|Ponomaryov]] {{goal|24}} <br /> [[Sergei Stukashov|Stukashov]] {{goal|41}} <br /> [[Aleksandr Zavarov|Zavarov]] {{goal|57}} <br /> [[Oleg Taran|Taran]] {{goal|71||78}} |goals2=[[József Kardos|Kardos]] {{goal|9}} |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 7,000  | referee = [[Arturo Andrés Ithurralde]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30654/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=26 August 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}} |score=5–0 |team2={{fbu|20|GUI}} |goals1=[[Hector Molina|Molina]] {{goal|7}} <br /> [[Felipe Revelez|Revelez]] {{goal|22||74}} <br /> [[Rubén Paz|Paz]] {{goal|53}} <br /> [[Ernesto Vargas|Vargas]] {{goal|76}} |goals2= |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 8,000  | referee = [[Melvyn D'Souza]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30655/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=28 August 1979 |time=16:20 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|HUN|1957}} |score=0–2 |team2={{fbu|20|URU}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Ernesto Vargas|Vargas]] {{goal|23}} <br /> [[Rubén Paz|Paz]] {{goal|35}} |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 4,000  | referee = [[Marcel van Langenhove (referee)|Marcel van Langenhove]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30662/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=28 August 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|GUI}} |score=0–3 |team2={{fbu|20|URS|1955}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Mikhail Olefirenko|Olefirenko]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Vladimir Mikhalevsky|Mikhalevsky]] {{goal|59}} <br /> [[Anatoli Radenko|Radenko]] {{goal|80}} |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 4,000  | referee = [[Suk Han-Kyu]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30663/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=30 August 1979 |time=16:20 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|URS|1955}} |score=0–1 |team2={{fbu|20|URU}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Daniel Martínez (Uruguayan footballer)|Martínez]] {{goal|66}} |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 5,000  | referee = [[César Correia Diaz da Luz]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30670/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=30 August 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|HUN|1957}} |score=2–0 |team2={{fbu|20|GUI}} |goals1=[[Sándor Segesvári|Segesvári]] {{goal|17}} <br /> [[György Kerepeczky|Kerepeczky]] {{goal|80}} |goals2= |stadium=[[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]] | attendance = 5,000  | referee = [[Thomson Chan Tam Sun]] ([[Hong Kong Football Association|Hong Kong]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191082/match=30671/index.html}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|2 September – [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]] |'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}''' |'''5''' |{{fbu|20|ALG}} |0
|2 September – [[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama]] |'''{{fbu|20|URU}} {{aet}}'''|'''1''' |{{fbu|20|POR}} |0
|2 September – [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] |{{fbu|20|ESP|1977}} |0 (3) |'''{{fbu|20|POL|1928}} {{pso}}'''|'''0 (4)'''
|2 September – [[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Kobe]] |{{fbu|20|PAR|1954}} |2 (5) |'''{{fbu|20|URS}} {{pso}}'''|'''2 (6)'''
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|4 September – [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]] |'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}''' |'''2''' |{{fbu|20|URU}} |0
|4 September – [[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Kobe]] |{{fbu|20|POL|1928}} |0 |'''{{fbu|20|URS|1955}}''' |'''1'''
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|7 September – [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]] |'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}''' |'''3''' |{{fbu|20|URS}} |1
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|6 September – [[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]] |'''{{fbu|20|URU}} {{pso}}'''|'''1 (5)''' |{{fbu|20|POL|1928}} |1 (3)
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{footballbox|date=2 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP|1977}} |score=0–0 |aet=yes |penaltyscore=3–4 |team2={{fbu|20|POL|1928}} |goals1= |goals2= |penalties1=[[José Joaquín Pichardo Fernández|Pichardo]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Luis Miguel Gail|Gail]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[José Manuel Martínez Toral|Manolo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Manuel Zúñiga|Zúñiga]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Miguel Tendillo|Tendillo]] {{penmiss}} |penalties2={{pengoal}} [[Marek Chojnacki|Chojnacki]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Andrzej Buncol|Buncol]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Krzysztof Jarosz|Jarosz]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Andrzej Pałasz|Pałasz]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Piotr Skrobowski|Skrobowski]] |stadium=[[Omiya Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Omiya]] | attendance = 10,000  | referee = [[José Roberto Wright]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191088/match=30672/index.html}}
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{{footballbox|date=2 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} |score=5–0 |team2={{fbu|20|ALG}} |goals1=[[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|25}}<br /> [[Gabriel Calderón|Calderón]] {{goal|34}}<br /> [[Ramón Díaz|Díaz]] {{goal|39||51||66}} |goals2= |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 20,000  | referee = [[George Joseph (football referee)|George Joseph]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191088/match=30673/index.html}}
----
{{footballbox|date=2 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|PAR|1954}} |score=2–2 |aet=yes |penaltyscore=5–6 |team2={{fbu|20|URS|1955}} |goals1=[[Julio César Romero|Romero]] {{goal|7}}<br /> [[Julio Achucarro|Achucarro]] {{goal|22}} |goals2=[[Yaroslav Dumansky|Dumansky]] {{goal|3}}<br /> [[Igor Ponomaryov|Ponomaryov]] {{goal|70}} |penalties1=[[Fidel Miño|Miño]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Ricardo Valinotti|Valinotti]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Julio César Romero|Romero]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Candido Giménez|Giménez]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Arnaldo Vera|Vera]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Carlos Olmedo (footballer)|Olmedo]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Eulalio Mora|Mora]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Luis García (Paraguyan footballer)|Garcia]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Juan Ramón Isasi|Isasi]] {{penmiss}} |penalties2={{penmiss}} [[Igor Ponomaryov|Ponomaryov]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Aleksandr Polukarov|Polukarov]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[:ru:Овчинников, Сергей Анатольевич (футболист)|Ovchinnikov]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Sergei Stukashov|Stukashov]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Ihar Hurynovich|Hurynovich]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[:ru:Михалевский, Владимир Иванович|Mikhalevsky]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ashot Khachatryan|Khachatryan]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Yaroslav Dumanskyi|Dumanskyi]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Viktor Chanov|Chanov]] |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 8,500  | referee = [[André Daina]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191088/match=30674/index.html}}
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{{footballbox
| date = 2 September 1979
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
| score = 1–0 {{aet}}
| team2 = {{fbu|20|POR}}
| goals1 = [[Rubén Paz|Paz]] {{goal|94}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium|Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium]], [[Yokohama]]
| attendance = 4,000
| referee = [[Marcel van Langenhove (referee)|Marcel van Langenhove]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
| report = https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191088/match=30675/index.html
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{footballbox|date=4 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}|score=2–0 |team2={{fbu|20|URU}} |goals1=[[Ramón Díaz|Díaz]] {{goal|52}}<br /> [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|74}} |goals2= |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 20,000  | referee = [[Augusto Lamo Castillo]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191089/match=30676/index.html}}
----
{{footballbox|date=4 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|POL|1928}} |score=0–1 |team2={{fbu|20|URS|1955}} |goals1= |goals2=[[Igor Ponomaryov|Ponomaryov]] {{goal|50}} |stadium=[[Kobe Central Football Stadium|Chuo Stadium]], [[Kobe]] | attendance = 5,000  | referee = [[Marcel van Langenhove (referee)|Marcel van Langenhove]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/japan1979/matches/round=191089/match=30677/index.html}}

=== Third place play-off ===
{{footballbox|date=6 September 1979 |time=19:00 |team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}} |score=1–1|aet=yes|penaltyscore=5–3|team2={{fbu|20|POL|1928}} |goals1=[[Rubén Paz|Paz]] {{goal|9}} |goals2=[[Andrzej Pałasz|Pałasz]] {{goal|26}} |stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)|National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]] | attendance = 8,000  | referee = [[Thomson Chan Tam Sun]] ([[Hong Kong Football Association|Hong Kong]]) |report=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191090/match=30678/index.html}}

=== Final ===
{{main|1979 FIFA World Youth Championship Final}}
{{#lst:1979 FIFA World Youth Championship Final|Final}}

== Result ==
{{winners|fbu|20|FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 winners|Argentina|First}}

== Awards ==
[[File:Maradona balon oro 1979.jpg|thumb|Diego Maradona was awarded the ''Golden Ball'' as the best player of the tournament]]
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!width=150px| Golden Shoe
!width=150px| Golden Ball
!width=150px| Fair Play Award
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ramón Díaz]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]] 
|{{fbu|20|POL|1928}}
|}
{{-}}

== Goalscorers ==
Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
[[File:Ramon diaz juvenil.jpg|thumb|130px|Ramón Díaz, top scorer of the tournament]]
;8 goals
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ramón Díaz]]
;6 goals
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
;5 goals
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Andrzej Pałasz]]
;4 goals
* {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Julio César Romero]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Igor Ponomaryov]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Rubén Paz]]
;3 goals
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Calderón]]
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Branko Segota]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Roberto Cabañas]]
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Krzysztof Baran (footballer, born 1960)|Krzysztof Baran]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Oleg Taran]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Ernesto Vargas]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Felipe Revelez]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Haris Smajić]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Nedeljko Milosavljević]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Derradji Bendjaballah]]
* {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Hocine Yahi]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hugo Alves]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Simón]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Osvaldo Escudero]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Louis Nagy]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1957}} [[György Kerepeczky]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1957}} [[József Kardos]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1957}} [[Sándor Segesvári]]
* {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Takashi Mizunuma]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Lee Tae-Ho]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Armando Romero Manríquez]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Enrique Hernández Velázquez]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mario Diaz (Mexican footballer)|Mario Diaz]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Julio Achucarro]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Ramon Isasi]]
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Jan Janiec]]
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Kazimierz Buda]]
* {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Krzysztof Frankowski]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Joao Grilo]]
* {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Ferreira]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Aleksandr Zavarov]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Anatoli Radenko]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Mikhail Olefirenko]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Sergei Stukashov]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Mikhalevsky]]
* {{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Yaroslav Dumansky]]
* {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Joaquín Pichardo]]
* {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Luis Miguel Gail]]
* {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Manuel Zúñiga]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Daniel Martínez (Uruguayan footballer)|Daniel Martínez]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Hector Molina]]
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Marko Mlinarić]]
{{colend}}

== Final ranking ==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2

|team1=ARG|name_ARG={{fbu|20|Argentina}}
|team2=URS|name_URS={{fbu|20|Soviet Union|1955}}
|team3=URU|name_URU={{fbu|20|Uruguay}}
|team4=POL|name_POL={{fbu|20|Poland|1928}}
|team5=PAR|name_PAR={{fbu|20|Paraguay|1954}}
|team6=ESP|name_ESP={{fbu|20|Spain|1977}}
|team7=ALG|name_ALG={{fbu|20|Algeria}}
|team8=POR|name_POR={{fbu|20|Portugal}}
|team9=KOR|name_KOR={{fbu|20|South Korea|1949}}
|team10=YUG|name_YUG={{fbu|20|Yugoslavia}}
|team11=MEX|name_MEX={{fbu|20|Mexico}}
|team12=JPN|name_JPN={{fbu|20|Japan|1947}}
|team13=CAN|name_CAN={{fbu|20|Canada}}
|team14=HUN|name_HUN={{fbu|20|Hungary|1957}}
|team15=GUI|name_GUI={{fbu|20|Guinea}}
|team16=INA|name_INA={{fbu|20|Indonesia}}
|win_ARG=6|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=0|gf_ARG=20|ga_ARG=2
|win_URS=3|draw_URS=1|loss_URS=2|gf_URS=12|ga_URS=7
|win_URU=4|draw_URU=1|loss_URU=1|gf_URU=10|ga_URU=3
|win_POL=2|draw_POL=2|loss_POL=2|gf_POL=10|ga_POL=6
|win_PAR=2|draw_PAR=1|loss_PAR=1|gf_PAR=8|ga_PAR=3
|win_ESP=2|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=1|gf_ESP=3|ga_ESP=2
|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=2|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=2|ga_ALG=6
|win_POR=1|draw_POR=1|loss_POR=2|gf_POR=2|ga_POR=4
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=1|ga_KOR=3
|win_YUG=1|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=2|gf_YUG=5|ga_YUG=3
|win_MEX=0|draw_MEX=2|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=3|ga_MEX=4
|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=2|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=1|ga_JPN=2|status_JPN=H
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=2|gf_CAN=3|ga_CAN=5
|win_HUN=1|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN=3|ga_HUN=7
|win_GUI=0|draw_GUI=0|loss_GUI=3|gf_GUI=0|ga_GUI=10
|win_INA=0|draw_INA=0|loss_INA=3|gf_INA=0|ga_INA=16

|result1=1st|result2=2nd|result3=3rd|result4=4th
|result5=QF|result6=QF|result7=QF|result8=QF
|result9=GS|result10=GS|result11=GS|result12=GS|result13=GS|result14=GS|result15=GS|result16=GS
|split4=yes|split8=yes

|res_col_header=Final result
|col_1st=#FFD700|text_1st=Champions
|col_2nd=#C0C0C0|text_2nd=Runners-up
|col_3rd=#CD7F32|text_3rd=Third place
|text_4th=Fourth place
|text_QF=Eliminated in<br />[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|text_GS=Eliminated in<br />[[#Group stage|Group stage]]
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc79.html rsssf.com]
}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/japan1979/index.html FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304162351/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/japan1979/index.html |date=2020-03-04 }}, FIFA.com
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc79.html RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220063203/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/06/61/wyc%5f79%5ftr%5f211.pdf FIFA Technical Report]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170622151510/https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/ All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170622151510/https://jogosdaselecaobrasileira.wordpress.com/ Todos os Jogos da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol]

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