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Football at the 1983 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union Olympic football team among the Olympic reserves and the third football tournament at the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. The competition took place on July 16 through August 3, 1983 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR. The football team of Moscow were the two-times defending champions.

The competition included footballers under 20 years of age (U-20, born between 1963 and 1965). All participating teams at first were split in four groups with top two team in each of them advancing to the next round forming two semifinal groups of four in each. Depending on their standing in their groups, teams would play off with another team that placed the same place in another group.

Competition

Preliminary games

All times local ()

Group 1 (Moscow)

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Group 2 (Ryazan)

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Group 3 (Tula)

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Lithuania finished first ahead of Byelorussia based on their goal difference.<br> Turkmenia finished third ahead of Estonia based on their head-to-head match up.

  • Right after the game Anatoliy Komarov (Turkmen SSR) and Valeriy Loginov (Belarusian SSR) grabbed each other's jersey and shoved one another. On the way to locker rooms Anatoliy Komarov (Turkmen SSR) hit Igor Omelchenko (Turkmen SSR).
Group 4 (Ivanovo)

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Semifinals groups

Group A (Moscow)

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Group B (Ryazan)

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Final playoffs

  • 7th place playoff (Tula). Moldavian SSR &ndash; Armenian SSR 3:2
  • 5th place playoff (Ryazan). Georgian SSR &ndash; Byelorussian SSR 2:2, pen. 8:7
  • 3rd place playoff (Moscow). Moscow &ndash; Ukrainian SSR 1:1, pen. 3:1
  • 1st place playoff (Moscow). Lithuanian SSR &ndash; RSFSR 1:0

Teams composition

Moscow

Russian SFSR

Kyrgyz SSR

Kazakh SSR

Ukrainian SSR

Belarusian SSR

Georgian SSR

Further reading

  • Football-84: Handbook-calendar / compiled by N.Kiselyov — "Lenizdat", 1984
  • "Football-Hockey". № 30, 24 July 1983

References

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