1980 World Champions' Gold Cup

Little World Cup (disambiguation) World Champions' Gold Cup 1980–81 Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay 1980–81 Mundialito charrua.png 180 Charrúa, the official mascot Uruguay 30 December 1980 – 10 January 1981 2 6 1 Uruguay Brazil 1968 7 19 376250 URU Waldemar Victorino(3 goals) URU Ruben Paz The 1980–81 World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for "Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"), also known as Mundialito ("Little World Cup") or FIFA 1980 Gold Cup, was an international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and granted official status by FIFAElPais La verdad sobre la Copa de Oro, una gloria celeste olvidada https://www.elpais.com.uy/ovacion/futbol/copa-oro-gloria-celeste-olvidada.html 2022-04-29 Diario EL PAIS Uruguay 9 January 2021 spanishA 40 años de la Copa de Oro, un título único - AUF https://www.auf.org.uy/a-40-anos-de-la-copa-de-oro-un-titulo-unico/ 2022-04-29 www.auf.org.uy and recognized before its inception by then FIFA President João Havelange.FIFA President Joao Havelange on the 1980–81 World Champions Gold Cup Media Archive https://archive.org/details/archive-mundialito-world-champions-gold-cup-1980 2024-06-17 UruguayFootyHistory en It was a championship of the previous FIFA World Cup champions to get a Champion of the Champions to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup. 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 was held at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, where the World Cup began, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981. The tournament gathered the national teams of Uruguay, Italy, West Germany, Brazil, and Argentina,Mundialito 1980 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF 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 due to scheduling conflicts. After the final, FIFA celebrated the success of the tournament via their official newsletter, officially declaring Uruguay as "champions of all world champions".FIFA 1981 World Champions Gold Cup document.png Media Archive https://archive.org/details/archive-mundialito-world-champions-gold-cup-1980 2024-06-17 UruguayFootyHistory en Venue The host Country of the Champions of World Cup Champions was Uruguay thumb|350px| Centrario Stadium Montevideo Participating teams Team Notes Uruguay Hosts, 2-time Olympic champions (1924, 1928) and 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 1968 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 thumb|180px|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 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 final-match. FIFA deemed the event a big success, and formally announced Uruguay as the first, "Champions of world champions." In Europe, Dutch manager Jan Zwartkruis resigned from his position as soon as he returned to the Netherlands,Petrossian Shahan Mundialito 1980 (Copa de Oro) http://theantiquefootball.com/post/131509896968/mundialito-1980-copa-de-oro theantiquefootball.com 2 April 2019 while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their countries again. Group stage Group A main WDL complete Mundialito 1980 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mund80.html RSSSF 5 May 2017 2 URU ITA NED FIN 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 URU ITA NED Points Goal difference Number of goals scored Drawing of lots Q green1 Final 30 December 1980 URU 2–0 NED Ramos 31Victorino 45 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 65,000 Enrique Labo (Peru) 3 January 1981 URU 2–0 ITA Morales 67 pen.Victorino 81 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 55,000 Emilio Guruceta (Spain) 6 January 1981 ITA 1–1 NED Ancelotti 7 Peters 15 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 15,000 Franz Wöhrer (Austria) Group B main WDL complete 2 BRA ARG FRG FIN 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 BRA 1968 ARG FRG Points Goal difference Number of goals scored Drawing of lots Q green1 Final 1 January 1981 ARG 2–1 FRG Kaltz 84 o.g.Díaz 88 Hrubesch 41 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000 Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) 4 January 1981 BRA 1968 1–1 https://www.futeboldaselecaobrasileira.com.br/1981/01/brasil-1-x-1-argentina.html ARG Edevaldo 47 Maradona 30 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000 Erich Linemayr (Austria) 7 January 1981 BRA 1968 4–1 FRG Júnior 56Cerezo 61Serginho 76Zé Sérgio 82 Allofs 54 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 50,000 Juan Silvagno (Chile) Final 10 January 1981 URU 2–1 BRA 1968 Barrios 50Victorino 80 Sócrates 62 pen. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 71,250 Erich Linemayr (Austria) Team details _whitelines _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _whitelines _adidas_sky_blue _3_sky_stripes 79A6E7 79A6E7 79A6E7 000000 000000 Uruguay _greenborder _collargreen _greenborder _white_border _brazil1954 ffcc00 ffcc00 ffcc00 0000ff ffffff 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 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 36Manager: URU 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 51 FW 11 Zé Sérgio 81Substitutes: FW 17 Serginho 51 FW 18 Éder 81Manager: BRA Telê Santana Scorers 3 goals URU Waldemar Victorino 1 goal 22em ARG Ramón Díaz ARG Diego Maradona BRA 1968 Edevaldo BRA 1968 Junior BRA 1968 Serginho BRA 1968 Sócrates BRA 1968 Toninho Cerezo BRA 1968 Zé Sérgio FRG Klaus Allofs FRG Horst Hrubesch NED Jan Peters ITA Carlo Ancelotti URU Jorge Barrios URU Julio Morales URU Venancio Ramos Own goals FRG Manfred Kaltz (against Argentina) See also FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA World Cup References 1980 Mundialito m m m m m m m m m m m m w w m m m m 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980 1980