The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney—The winner was West Germany, who beat surprise package Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. Qualification 1.Teams that made their debut. Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Result Awards Goalscorers Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. 4 goals Mark Koussas Taher Abouzaid Ralf Loose Roland Wohlfarth 3 goals Ronaldão Hisham Saleh Michael Small Neil Webb Badr Bilal Khalid Salman 2 goals Bonaventure Djonkep Dariusz Dziekanowski Romulus Gabor Choi Soon-Ho Chano Holger Anthes Jorge da Silva 1 goal Claudio Morresi Jorge Cecchi Juan Jose Urruti David Mitchell Ian Hunter Djalma Baia Leomir Paulo Roberto Bertin Olle Olle Mohamed Helmi Anthony Finnigan Geoffrey Dey John Cooke Pietro Mariani Agustín Coss González Farfán Ildefonso Ríos José Enrique Vaca Piotr Rzepka Jerzy Kowalik Ali Alsada Augustin Eduard Cornel Fisic Dorel Zamfir Stere Sertov Kwak Sung-Ho Lee Kyung-Nam Francisco López Jorge Fabregat Sebastián Nadal Mark Devey Carlos Berruetta Javier López Báez Carlos Aguilera Jorge Villazán Alfred Schön Martin Trieb Own goals Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt) Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil) Final ranking Notes External links FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1981 FIFA Technical Report FIFA World Youth Championship International association football competitions hosted by Australia Fifa World Youth Championship, 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship Fifa World Youth Championship, 1981 October 1981 sports events in Australia