Football at the 1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

1983 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Russian SFSR
Dates 16 July – 3 August
Teams 17
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR (1st title)
Runners-up Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR
Third place Moscow Moscow
Fourth place Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 58
Goals scored 177 (3.05 per match)

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. The competition took place on July 16 through August 3, 1983 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

The competition included footballers under 20 years of age (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 (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Team progressed to the semifinals
Team progressed to the tournament of third places
Team progressed to the tournament of last places
Group 1 (Moscow)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Moscow Moscow 321060+65
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic RSFSR 312030+34
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakhstan 311162+43
Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Kyrgyzia 3003114-130
Group 2 (Ryazan)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukraine 3300111+106
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenia 320135-24
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbekistan 310236-32
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan 300305-50
Group 3 (Tula)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuania 421183+55
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belorussia 421165+15
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmenia 420246−24
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonia 420276+14
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Latvia 410338-52

Lithuania finished first ahead of Belorussia based on their goal difference.
Turkmenia finished third ahead of Estonia based on their head-to-head match up.

Group 4 (Ivanovo)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavia 321053+24
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgia 320143+13
Saint Petersburg Leningrad 31112203
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Tajikistan 300325-32

Semifinals groups

Group A (Moscow)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuania 321052+35
Moscow Moscow 312085+34
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgia 302156-12
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenia 301227-51
Group B (Ryazan)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic RSFSR 321031+25
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukraine 320172+54
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belorussia 311124−23
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavia 300316-50

Final playoffs

Further reading

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