1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

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. The official mascot of this World Youth Championship was Kickaburra, a Kookaburra which is a common Australian bird.

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.

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 Helmy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 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)