1980 World Champions' Gold Cup

See also: Little World Cup (disambiguation)

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^[1][2] and recognized before its inception by then FIFA President João Havelange.^[3] 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."^[3] 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.

1980–81 World Champions' Gold Cup

Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Uruguay 1980–81
Charrúa, the official mascot
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	30 December 1980 – 10 January 1981
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay
Runners-up	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	255,000 (36,429 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Waldemar Victorino (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Ruben Paz

The tournament gathered the national teams of Uruguay, Italy, West Germany, Brazil, and Argentina,^[4] 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."^[5]

Participating teams

Team	Notes
Uruguay	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,^[6] while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again.^[6]

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: ^[7]
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'

30 December 1980

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Enrique Labo (Peru)

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Uruguay	2–0	Italy
Morales 67' (pen.) Victorino 81'

3 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Emilio Guruceta (Spain)

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Italy	1–1	Netherlands
Ancelotti 7'		Peters 15'

6 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: 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: ^[7]
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'

1 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

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Brazil	1–1	Argentina
Edevaldo 47'	Report	Maradona 30'

4 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

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Brazil	4–1	West Germany
Júnior 56' Cerezo 61' Serginho 76' Zé Sérgio 82'		Allofs 54'

7 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Juan Silvagno (Chile)

Final

Uruguay	2–1	Brazil
Barrios 50' Victorino 80'		Sócrates 62' (pen.)

10 January 1981

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 71,250

Referee: 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  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  36' Manager: 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  81' Substitutes: FW 17 Serginho  51' FW 18 Éder  81' Manager: Telê Santana

Scorers

3 goals

• Waldemar Victorino

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

• FIFA Confederations Cup
• FIFA World Cup