The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from August 26 to September 7, 1979. The tournament took place in four venues — 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. The winner was Argentina, who beat holders Soviet Union by 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	4	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9
	4	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
	2	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2
	0	3	0	0	3	0	16	−16

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	4	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5
	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2
	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	6	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
	4	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6
	2	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
	0	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Ramón Díaz	Diego Maradona

Notes

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship 1979
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1979