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FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 27 June 1977 to 10 July 1977
  • Final: 10 July 1977
  • Matches: 28
  • Goals Scored: 70 (average 2.5 per match)
  • Attendance: 22000 (average 785)
      • Winner: Soviet Union
      • Runners-Up: Mexico
      • Third: Brazil
      • Fourth: Uruguay
      • adidas Golden Ball: Vladimir BESSONOV (RUS)
          • Golden Shoe: QUINA (BRA)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil

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