1989_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship
1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
1989 بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Saudi Arabia |
Dates | 16 February – 3 March |
Teams | 16 (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 played | 32 |
Goals scored | 81 (2.53 per match) |
Attendance | 643,815 (20,119 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Oleg Salenko (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Bismarck |
Fair play award | United States |
← 1987 1991 → |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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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 |
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
- 2.^ Replaced Mexico, who was disqualified from the tournament due to the Cachirules scandal.
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
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
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 1–2 ...
Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | Nigeria |
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Al Suraiti 16' | (Report) | Adepoju 52' Ohenhen 87' |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 3–0 ...
Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | Portugal |
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Al Harbi 52' Al Rowaihi 56' Al Debaikhi 83' |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
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More information Soviet Union, 3–1 ...
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More information Costa Rica, 1–3 ...
Costa Rica | 1–3 | Syria |
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Brenes 80' | (Report) | Helou 16', 45' Afash 30' |
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More information Colombia, 1–3 ...
Colombia | 1–3 | Soviet Union |
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Muñoz 5' | (Report) | Timoshenko 25' Salenko 29', 32' |
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Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
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More information Brazil, 2–0 ...
Brazil | 2–0 | East Germany |
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Marcelo Henrique 35' França 68' |
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More information Brazil, 5–0 ...
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More information East Germany, 0–2 ...
East Germany | 0–2 | United States |
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(Report) | Dayak 47' Snow 87' (pen.) |
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More information Brazil, 3–1 ...
Brazil | 3–1 | United States |
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Bismarck 39' Marcelo Henrique 44' Sonny Anderson 55' |
(Report) | Dayak 10' |
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More information East Germany, 3–0 ...
East Germany | 3–0 | Mali |
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Prausse 28' Fuchs 46' Jahnig 55' |
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Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
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More information Argentina, 1–2 ...
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More information Norway, 4–2 ...
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
February 25 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||
February 28 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||||||
February 25 - Jeddah | ||||||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
March 3 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
February 25 - Dammam | ||||||||||
Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 4 (3) | |||||||||
February 28 - Jeddah | ||||||||||
Nigeria (pen.) | 4 (5) | |||||||||
Nigeria (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
February 25 - Taif | ||||||||||
United States | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
Iraq | 1 | |||||||||
March 3 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Main article: Miracle of Dammam
More information Soviet Union, 4–4 (a.e.t.) ...
Soviet Union | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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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 |
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More information Iraq, 1–2 ...
Iraq | 1–2 | United States |
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Kareem 35' | (Report) | Henderson 17' Brose 56' |
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Semifinals
More information Nigeria, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
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Third place play-off
Final
More information Portugal, 2–0 ...
Portugal | 2–0 | Nigeria |
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Abel Silva 44' Jorge Couto 76' |
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1989 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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Portugal First title |
More information Golden Shoe, Golden Ball ...
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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Oleg Salenko | Bismarck | United States |
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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
- Ricardo França
- Wilson Muñoz
- Radoslav Látal
- Wali Kareem
- Jorge Couto
- Bakhva Tedeev
- Sergei Kiriakov
- Antonio Pinilla
- Abdul Latif Helou
- Troy Dayak
- 1 goal
- Diego Simeone
- Humberto Biazotti
- Martín Ubaldi
- Cássio
- Leonardo Araújo
- Diego Osorio
- Danilo Brenes
- Rónald González Brenes
- Henri Fuchs
- Stephan Prausse
- Uwe Jahnig
- Laith Hussein
- Naeem Saddam
- Radhi Shenaishil
- Christopher Nwosu
- Nduka Ugbade
- Samuel Elijah
- Bjørn Johansen
- Lars Bohinen
- Oystein Drillestad
- Oyvind Mellemstrand
- Kante Nfaly
- Abel Silva
- João Pinto
- Jorge Amaral
- Paulo Alves
- Hamad Al Debaikhi
- Khaled Al Harbi
- Khalid Al Rowaihi
- Saadoun Al Suraiti
- Andrei Timoshenko
- Oleg Matveev
- David Villabona
- Moisés García León
- Mohammad Afash
- Yasser Sibai
- Chris Henderson
- Dario Brose
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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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 |
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- The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.