Australia_Bicentenary_Gold_Cup

Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

Association football tournament

The 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup was a one-off association football tournament to celebrate the bincentennial of first settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was contested by 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners Saudi Arabia, 1986 FIFA World Cup winners Argentina, world number one-ranked side Brazil and host nation Australia.[1][2][3]

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The tournament was particularly notable for Australian fans for a remarkable extreme-long range goal scored by Charlie Yankos in Australia's unexpected 4–1 win over then World Champions Argentina.[4] Brazil were eventual winners, beating Australia 2–0 in the final.[5] Argentina took out 3rd place beating Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the third place match.

Participants

Format

Teams played each other once in a round robin group stage. Each team was awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from the group played in a final and the bottom two teams played in a 3rd place match.[6]

Summary

Group stage

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More information Argentina, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 9,664
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)
More information 0–1, Brazil ...
Attendance: 11,214
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
More information 3–0, Saudi Arabia ...
Attendance: 11,396
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)
More information Brazil, 0–0 ...
Referee: Donald Campbell (Australia)
More information Brazil, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
More information 4–1, Argentina ...
Attendance: 18,985
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

Third place

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Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

Final

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Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Donald Campbell (Australia)
Australia
Brazil
GK1Jeff Olver
RB2Wally Savordownward-facing red arrow
CB15Charlie Yankos
CB21Robbie Dunn
LB3Graham Jennings
RM4Paul Wade
CM12Alan Davidson(c)
CM6Frank Farinadownward-facing red arrow
LM19Oscar Crino
CF17Graham Arnold
CF10Scott Ollerenshaw
Substitutions:
MF5Vlado Bozinovskiupward-facing green arrow
FW7Robbie Slaterupward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Frank Arok
GK1Cláudio Taffarel
RB13Jorginho
CB3Aloisio
CB14Ricardo Gomes
LB6Nelsinho
RM8Andrade
CM5Valdo
LM10Geovani
RF7Müller
CF9Edmar(c)downward-facing red arrow
LF11Romario
Substitutions:
DF2Winckupward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Silva

Awards

 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup 

Brazil
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Forgotten Story of ... Australia's defeat to Fiji - Vince Rugari". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  2. [2]
    "The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  3. [3]
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  4. [4]
    "Yankos vs Argentina 4-1 Best Ever Goal". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-04-21.[dead YouTube link]
  5. [5]
    "Socceroo 1988 Matches". Ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  6. [6]
    Miller, Toby; Lawrence, Geoffrey; McKay, Jim; Rowe, David (12 July 2001). Globalization and Sport. ISBN 9780761959694. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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