1980 Mundialito

1980 World Champions' Gold Cup
Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales; Uruguay '80
	250px Uruguayan goalkeeper Rodolfo Rodríguez raising the Mundialito trophy
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	December 30, 1980 –; January 10, 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)	Victorino (3 goals)

The 1980 Mundialito (Spanish for "little World Cup"), or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ("World Champions' Gold Cup"), was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from December 30, 1980, to January 10, 1981, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. The national teams invited were Uruguay (hosts), Italy, West Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, and Argentina, at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations except for the Netherlands – 1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up – replacing England, who declined the invitation.

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 FIFA World Cup Champions
Netherlands	1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up, replacing England

England, the 1966 FIFA World Cup champions, declined to participate.

Format

The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group "A" was composed of Netherlands, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B, of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.

Squads

For a list of all the rosters of the tournament, read 1980 Mundialito squads.

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.