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The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the 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, 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 won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. 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's 20 goals (70%).
Qualification
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Venues
Group stage
= Group A
== Group B
== Group C
== Group D
=Knockout stage
= Quarter-finals
== Semi-finals
== Third place play-off
== Final
=Result
Awards
Goalscorers
Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Boot award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
8 goals
Ramón Díaz
6 goals
Diego Maradona
5 goals
Andrzej Pałasz
4 goals
Julio César Romero
Igor Ponomaryov
Rubén Paz
3 goals
Gabriel Calderón
2 goals
1 goal
Final ranking
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Japan 1979 Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979
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