| Tourney Name: | FIFA World Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1977 |
| Other Titles: | بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم 1977 |
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Dates: | 27 June – 10 July |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Champion: | USSR |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Mexico |
| Third: | Brazil |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1968 |
| Fourth: | Uruguay |
| Matches: | 28 |
| Goals: | 70 |
| Top Scorer: |  Guina (4 goals) |
| Player: | Vladimir Bessonov |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in tournament history. The USSR U20s defeated Mexico U20s in a penalty shootout, in the final held at Tunis's Stade El Menzah.
The Tournament Committee was chaired by FIFA Vice-President Harry Cavan, who had spearheaded the creation of the World Youth Championship.
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 1977 AFC Youth Championship | | |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation | ||
| 1977 African Youth Qualifying for World Cup | | ||
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1976 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1977 South American Youth Championship | | |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1976 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | |
For a list of all squads that began play in the group stage of the tournament, see 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
| width=160 | Tunis! | width=160 | ||
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| Stade Chedly Zouiten | ||||
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |||
| width=160 | Sfax | |||
| Stade Ameur El-Gargouri | ||||
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 4,000 |
The group winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
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Guina of Brazil won the Golden Boot award for scoring four goals. In total, 70 goals were scored by 49 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
Guina
Hussein Saeed
Agustin Manzo Luis Placencia Cléber Paulinho Paulo Roberto
Moharam Asheri Hussein Luaibi Fernando Garduno
Ricardo Escobar Palacios
Heinz Weiss Jorge Luís Júnior Brasília Tião
Andre Wiss Gerard Bacconnier Thierry Meyer
Imre Nagy János Kerekes Zoltán Péter Reza Rajabi Abdolreza Barzegar Haddi Hammadi
Luigi Capuzzo
Honore Ya Semon Lucien Kouassi Eduardo Moses Eduardo Rergis Hugo Rodríguez José Casas
Ali Ben Fattoum