1980 World Champions' Gold Cup

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1980 World Champions' Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay '80
Mundialito charrua.png
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
ChampionsFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Runners-upFlag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance255,000 (36,429 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Uruguay.svg Waldemar Victorino
(3 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Uruguay.svg Ruben Paz

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The 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for "Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"), also known as Mundialito ("Little World Cup"), was a friendly international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and supported by FIFA [1] [2] –although not officially recognized [3] [4] [5] –in 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, Netherlands, and Argentina, [6] 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 due to an already crowded fixture list. The World Champions' Gold Cup was held in the middle of the European football season (December/January) and the English league (as well as its clubs) were reluctant to release their players for a long journey to another continent.

Participating teams

TeamNotes
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Hosts, 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cup champions
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup champions
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1954 and 1974 FIFA World Cup champions
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1958, 1962, and 1970 FIFA World Cup champions
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1978 and reigning FIFA World Cup champions
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up, replacing Flag of England.svg  England (1966 FIFA World Cup champions)

Format

Uruguayan goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodriguez raising the Mundialito trophy RodolfoRodriguez-Mundialito1980.jpg
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

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, [7] while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again. [7]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 220040+44Final
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 201113−21
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 201113−21
Source: [8]
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Ramos Soccerball shade.svg31'
Victorino Soccerball shade.svg45'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Enrique Labo (Peru)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–0Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Morales Soccerball shade.svg67' (pen.)
Victorino Soccerball shade.svg81'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Emilio Guruceta (Spain)
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Ancelotti Soccerball shade.svg7' Peters Soccerball shade.svg15'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 211052+33Final
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 211032+13
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 200226−40
Source: [8]
Rules for classification:
  1. Points
  2. Goal difference
  3. Number of goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Kaltz Soccerball shade.svg84' (o.g.)
Díaz Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Hrubesch Soccerball shade.svg41'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg1–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Edevaldo Soccerball shade.svg47' Report Maradona Soccerball shade.svg30'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg4–1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Júnior Soccerball shade.svg56'
Cerezo Soccerball shade.svg61'
Serginho Soccerball shade.svg76'
Zé Sérgio Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Allofs Soccerball shade.svg54'
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Juan Silvagno (Chile)

Final

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–1Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Barrios Soccerball shade.svg50'
Victorino Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Sócrates Soccerball shade.svg62' (pen.)
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 71,250
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Scorers

3 goals
1 goal
Own goals

See also

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  4. ↑ "FIFA Competition Trophies" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Join our Content Developer Jennifer for a sneak peek into our new extension of the FIFA World Cup Gallery". FIFA Museum.
  6. ↑ Mundialito 1980 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
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