User:Foghe/1980 Mundialito

The 1980 Mundialito (Spanish for "little World Cup"), or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ("World Champions' Gold Cup"), was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. It was organised by FIFA. The national teams invited were Uruguay (hosts), Italy, West Germany, Brazil, England, and Argentina, at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations. The Mundialito was held in the middle of the European football season (December/January) and the English league (as well as its clubs) were reluctant to release their players for a long journey to another continent.

Format
The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group "A" was composed of England, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B, of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.

Squads
Each team had a squad of 18 players (two of which had to be goalkeepers).

Outcome
Uruguay and Brazil won their respective groups and played the final, with Uruguay defeating Brazil 2–1 with a late goal, the same result that had occurred 30 years earlier between the two teams in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup. Uruguay's coach during the Mundialito, Roque Máspoli, had also been Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1950 match.

Scorers

 * 3 goals
 * Waldemar Victorino


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇷 Ramón Díaz
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona
 * 🇧🇷 Edevaldo
 * 🇧🇷 Junior
 * 🇧🇷 Serginho
 * 🇧🇷 Sócrates
 * 🇧🇷 Toninho Cerezo
 * 🇧🇷 Zé Sérgio
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jan Peters
 * Klaus Allofs
 * Horst Hrubesch
 * 🇮🇹 Carlo Ancelotti
 * Jorge Barrios
 * Julio Morales
 * Venancio Ramos


 * Own goals
 * Manfred Kaltz (against Argentina)