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1980–81 World Champions' Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay 1980–81
Charrúa, the official mascot
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates30 December 1980 –
10 January 1981
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance255,000 (36,429 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Waldemar Victorino
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Uruguay Ruben Paz
International football competition

The 1980–81 FIFA World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for "Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"), also known as Mundialito ("Little World Cup"), was an international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and supported by FIFA and recognized before its inception by then FIFA President João Havelange. At the July 4, 1980 FIFA congress, the president publicly stated: "At FIFA we have welcomed the initiative of the Uruguayan Football Association, granting official status to the Gold Cup. FIFA actively participates in the organization and offers its experience." The tournament commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first FIFA World Cup, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. It was held at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981.

The tournament gathered the national teams of Uruguay, Italy, West Germany, Brazil, and Argentina, five of the six World Cup-winning nations at the time, with the addition of the Netherlands –1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up– who had been invited to replace England, who declined the invitation. After the final, FIFA celebrated the success of the tournament via their official newsletter, declaring Uruguay as "champions of all world champions."

Participating teams

Team Notes
 Uruguay 1924 and 1928 Olympic champions; Hosts, 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cup champions
 Italy 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup champions
 West Germany 1954 and 1974 FIFA World Cup champions
 Brazil 1958, 1962, and 1970 FIFA World Cup champions
 Argentina 1978 and reigning FIFA World Cup champions
 Netherlands 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up, replacing  England (1966 FIFA World Cup champions)

Format

Uruguayan goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez raising the Mundialito trophy

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

Squads

Further information: 1980 Mundialito 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.

Dutch manager Jan Zwartkruis resigned from his position as soon as he returned to the Netherlands, while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4 Final
2  Italy 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
3  Netherlands 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source:
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Uruguay 2–0 Netherlands
Ramos 31'
Victorino 45'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 65,000Referee: Enrique Labo (Peru)
Uruguay 2–0 Italy
Morales 67' (pen.)
Victorino 81'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 55,000Referee: Emilio Guruceta (Spain)
Italy 1–1 Netherlands
Ancelotti 7' Peters 15'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 15,000Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3 Final
2  Argentina 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
3  West Germany 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source:
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Argentina 2–1 West Germany
Kaltz 84' (o.g.)
Díaz 88'		 Hrubesch 41'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 60,000Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Brazil 1–1 Argentina
Edevaldo 47' Report Maradona 30'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 60,000Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Brazil 4–1 West Germany
Júnior 56'
Cerezo 61'
Serginho 76'
Zé Sérgio 82'		 Allofs 54'
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 50,000Referee: Juan Silvagno (Chile)

Final

Uruguay 2–1 Brazil
Barrios 50'
Victorino 80'		 Sócrates 62' (pen.)
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 71,250Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Team details
Uruguay Brazil

GK 1 Rodolfo Rodríguez
DF 15 Víctor Diogo
DF 2 Walter Olivera
DF 3 Hugo De León
DF 6 Daniel Martínez
MF 8 Eduardo de la Peña upward-facing green arrow 36'
MF 5 Ariel Krasouski
MF 10 Rubén Paz
FW 7 Venancio Ramos
FW 9 Waldemar Victorino
FW 11 Julio César Morales
Substitutes:
MF 17 Jorge Barrios upward-facing green arrow 36'
Manager:
Uruguay Roque Máspoli
GK 12 João Leite
DF 2 Edevaldo
DF 3 Oscar
DF 4 Luizinho
DF 6 Júnior
MF 5 Batista
MF 8 Toninho Cerezo
MF 16 Paulo Isidoro
MF 9 Sócrates
FW 7 Tita downward-facing red arrow 51'
FW 11 Zé Sérgio downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
FW 17 Serginho upward-facing green arrow 51'
FW 18 Éder upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Brazil Telê Santana

Scorers

3 goals
1 goal
Own goals

See also

References

  1. ElPais (9 January 2021). "La verdad sobre la Copa de Oro, una gloria celeste olvidada". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. "A 40 años de la Copa de Oro, un título único - AUF". www.auf.org.uy. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  3. ^ "FIFA President Joao Havelange on the 1980–81 World Champions Gold Cup | 4 Stars - Media Archive". UruguayFootyHistory. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  4. Mundialito 1980 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
  5. "FIFA 1981 World Champions Gold Cup document.png | 4 Stars - Media Archive". UruguayFootyHistory. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  6. ^ Petrossian, Shahan. "Mundialito 1980 (Copa de Oro)". theantiquefootball.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Mundialito 1980". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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