1977 FIFA World Youth Championship

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The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural edition of FIFA's international tournament for under-20 national teams, held in Tunisia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international youth football tournament
ageLimit under 20
alsoKnownAs 1977 FIFA U-20 World Cup NERFINISHED
bestPlayer Vladimir Bessonov NERFINISHED
bestPlayerTeam Soviet Union national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
category 1977 in association football
FIFA U-20 World Cup tournaments NERFINISHED
International association football competitions hosted by Tunisia
champion Soviet Union national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
championConfederation UEFA NERFINISHED
continent Africa
edition inaugural edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship
endDate 1977-07-10
finalCity Tunis NERFINISHED
finalDecidedBy penalty shoot-out
finalMatchScore Soviet Union 2–2 Mexico
finalVenue Stade El Menzah NERFINISHED
fourthPlace Uruguay national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
groupStageFormat four groups of four teams
hostCity Sfax NERFINISHED
Sousse NERFINISHED
Tunis NERFINISHED
hostConfederation CAF NERFINISHED
hostCountry Tunisia NERFINISHED
knockoutStage semi-finals and final
nextEdition 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship NERFINISHED
numberOfConfederations 5
numberOfGoals 70
numberOfHostCities 3
numberOfMatches 28
numberOfTeams 16
numberOfVenues 3
officialName FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977 NERFINISHED
organiser FIFA NERFINISHED
runnerUp Mexico national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
sport association football
startDate 1977-06-27
thirdPlace Brazil national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
topScorer Guina NERFINISHED
topScorerGoals 4
topScorerTeam Brazil national under-20 football team NERFINISHED
tournamentLevel under-20
venue Stade El Menzah NERFINISHED
Stade Olympique de Sousse NERFINISHED
Stade Taïeb Mhiri NERFINISHED
year 1977

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