1980 Mundialito
Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay '80 | |
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Uruguayan goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez raising the Mundialito trophy | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Uruguay |
Dates |
December 30, 1980 – January 10, 1981 |
Teams | 6 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 19 (2.71 per match) |
Attendance | 255,000 (36,429 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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 December 30, 1980, to January 10, 1981, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. The national teams invited were Uruguay (hosts), Italy, West Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, and Argentina, at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations except for the Netherlands – 1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up – replacing England, who declined the invitation.
Participating teams
Team | Notes |
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Hosts, 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cup Champions |
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1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup Champions |
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1954 and 1974 FIFA World Cup Champions |
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1958, 1962 and 1970 FIFA World Cup Champions |
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1978 FIFA World Cup Champions |
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1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up, replacing ![]() |
England, the 1966 FIFA World Cup champions, declined to participate.
Format
The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group "A" was composed of Netherlands, 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.
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
7 January 1981 |
Brazil ![]() |
4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Júnior ![]() Toninho Cerezo ![]() Serginho ![]() Zé Sérgio ![]() |
Allofs ![]() |
Final
Scorers
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
Ramón Díaz
Diego Maradona
Edevaldo
Junior
Serginho
Sócrates
Toninho Cerezo
Zé Sérgio
Klaus Allofs
Horst Hrubesch
Jan Peters
Carlo Ancelotti
Jorge Barrios
Julio Morales
Venancio Ramos
- Own goals
Manfred Kaltz (against Argentina)
See also
External links
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