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1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between 16 February and 3 March 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place across four cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if.

1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
1989 بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates16 February – 3 March
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored81 (2.53 per match)
Attendance643,815 (20,119 per match)
Top scorer(s)Soviet Union Oleg Salenko (5 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bismarck
Fair play award United States
← 1987
1991 →

Qualification edit

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation   Saudi Arabia
1988 AFC Youth Championship   Iraq
  Syria1
CAF (Africa) 1989 African Youth Championship   Mali1
  Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Costa Rica1
  United States2
CONMEBOL (South America) 1988 South American U-20 Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Colombia
UEFA (Europe) 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship   Czechoslovakia
  East Germany
  Norway1
  Portugal
  Soviet Union
  Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.
2.^ Replaced   Mexico, who was disqualified from the tournament due to the Cachirules scandal.

Match officials edit

Squads edit

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squads


Group stages edit

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 2 3 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3   Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4   Saudi Arabia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia  1–2  Nigeria
Al Suraiti   16' (Report) Adepoju   52'
Ohenhen   87'
Attendance: 70,000
Czechoslovakia  0–1  Portugal
(Report) Alves   88'
Attendance: 7,000
Saudi Arabia  0–1  Czechoslovakia
(Report) Látal   52'
Attendance: 20,000
Nigeria  0–1  Portugal
(Report) João Pinto   79'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Portugal
Al Harbi   52'
Al Rowaihi   56'
Al Debaikhi   83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Nigeria  1–1  Czechoslovakia
Nwosu   72' (Report) Látal   14'
Attendance: 8,000

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Colombia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
3   Syria 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
4   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica  1–0  Colombia
González   88' (Report)
Attendance: 11,000
Soviet Union  3–1  Syria
Tedeev   29'
Salenko   49', 83'		 (Report) Sibai   65'
Attendance: 11,000
Costa Rica  0–1  Soviet Union
(Report) Matveev   84'
Attendance: 5,000
Colombia  2–0  Syria
Muñoz   42'
Osorio   85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,545
Costa Rica  1–3  Syria
Brenes   80' (Report) Helou   16', 45'
Afash   30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badara Sene (Senegal)
Colombia  1–3  Soviet Union
Muñoz   5' (Report) Timoshenko   25'
Salenko   29', 32'
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3   East Germany 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
4   Mali 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil  2–0  East Germany
Marcelo Henrique   35'
França   68'		 (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Mali  1–1  United States
Nfaly   42' (Report) Snow   11'
Attendance: 35,000
Brazil  5–0  Mali
Cássio   50'
Bismarck   53', 83'
Sonny Anderson   66', 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,000
East Germany  0–2  United States
(Report) Dayak   47'
Snow   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Brazil  3–1  United States
Bismarck   39'
Marcelo Henrique   44'
Sonny Anderson   55'		 (Report) Dayak   10'
Attendance: 25,000
East Germany  3–0  Mali
Prausse   28'
Fuchs   46'
Jahnig   55'		 (Report)
Attendance: 25,000

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Iraq 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 2
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
4   Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Norway  0–1  Iraq
(Report) Saddam   66'
Attendance: 14,000
Argentina  1–2  Spain
Simeone   12' (Report) Moisés   26'
Villabona   58' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Norway  0–2  Argentina
(Report) Biazotti   5'
Ubaldi   89'
Attendance: 3,000
Iraq  2–0  Spain
Kareem   41'
Hussein   51'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Chen Shengcai (China)
Norway  4–2  Spain
Drillestad   43'
Johansen   47'
Bohinen   58'
Mellemstrand   90'		 (Report) Pinilla   46', 49'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Iraq  1–0  Argentina
Shenaishil   67' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 17,000

Knockout stages edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
February 25 - Riyadh
 
 
  Portugal 1
 
February 28 - Riyadh
 
  Colombia0
 
  Portugal1
 
February 25 - Jeddah
 
  Brazil0
 
  Brazil1
 
March 3 - Riyadh
 
  Argentina0
 
  Portugal2
 
February 25 - Dammam
 
  Nigeria0
 
  Soviet Union 4 (3)
 
February 28 - Jeddah
 
  Nigeria (pen.) 4 (5)
 
  Nigeria (aet)2
 
February 25 - Taif
 
  United States1 Third place
 
  Iraq1
 
March 3 - Riyadh
 
  United States2
 
  Brazil2
 
 
  United States 0
 

Quarterfinals edit

Portugal  1–0  Colombia
Jorge Couto   40' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Main article: Miracle of Dammam
Soviet Union  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria
Kiriakov   30', 58'
Tedeev   45'
Salenko   46'		 (Report) Ohenhen   61', 75'
Elijah   83'
Ugbade   84'
Penalties
Salenko  
Bezhenar  
Qosimov  
Benko  		 3–5   Ohen
  Ogaba
  Onyemachara
  Adepoju
  Elijah
Attendance: 10,000
Brazil  1–0  Argentina
Marcelo Henrique   15' (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Iraq  1–2  United States
Kareem   35' (Report) Henderson   17'
Brose   56'
Attendance: 18,000

Semifinals edit

Portugal  1–0  Brazil
Amaral   68' (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Nigeria  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States
Adepoju   47', 93' (Report) Snow   52' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000

Third place play-off edit

Brazil  2–0  United States
Franca   65'
Leonardo   69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Final edit

Portugal  2–0  Nigeria
Abel Silva   44'
Jorge Couto   76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 65,000

Result edit

 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 
 
Portugal
First title

Awards edit

Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
  Oleg Salenko   Bismarck   United States

Goalscorers edit

Oleg Salenko of Soviet Union won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 81 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Portugal 6 5 0 1 6 3 +3 10 Champions
2   Nigeria 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1 6 Runners-up
3   Brazil 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 10 Third place
4   United States 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5 Fourth place
5   Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 11 6 +5 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Iraq 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 6
7   Argentina 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 2
8   Colombia 4 1 0 3 3 5 −2 2
9   Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Saudi Arabia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
11   Norway 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
12   East Germany 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
13   Syria 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
14   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
15   Spain 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 2
16   Mali 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes edit

  1. ^ The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  2. ^ a b Actually Slovakia, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

External links edit

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