FIFA_World_Youth_Championship_1989
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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' |
(Report) |
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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
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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' |
(Report) |
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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
More information Pos, Team ...
| 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.