1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

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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 →

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.

Qualification[]

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  
 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[]

Squads[]

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

King Fahd International Stadium

Group stages[]

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[]

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   3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  Saudi Arabia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Nigeria
Goal 16' (Report) Adepoju Goal 52'
Ohenhen Goal 87'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)
 0–1 Portugal
(Report) Alves Goal 88'
Attendance: 7,000
Saudi Arabia 0–1 
(Report) Látal Goal 52'
Attendance: 20,000
Nigeria 0–1 Portugal
(Report) João Pinto Goal 79'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Norway)
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Portugal
Goal 52'
Al Rowaihi Goal 56'
Goal 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Nigeria 1–1 
Goal 72' (Report) Látal Goal 14'
Attendance: 8,000

Group B[]

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 Goal 88' (Report)
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)
Soviet Union 3–1 Syria
Tedeev Goal 29'
Salenko Goal 49', 83'		 (Report) Sibai Goal 65'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: (Argentina)
Costa Rica 0–1 Soviet Union
(Report) Matveev Goal 84'
Attendance: 5,000
Colombia 2–0 Syria
Muñoz Goal 42'
Osorio Goal 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,545
Referee: (New Zealand)
Costa Rica 1–3 Syria
Goal 80' (Report) Helou Goal 16', 45'
Afash Goal 30'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badara Sene (Senegal)
Colombia 1–3 Soviet Union
Muñoz Goal 5' (Report) Timoshenko Goal 25'
Salenko Goal 29', 32'
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Group C[]

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 Goal 35'
Goal 68'		 (Report)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 35,000
Mali 1–1 United States
Goal 42' (Report) Snow Goal 11'
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)
Brazil 5–0 Mali
Cássio Goal 50'
Bismarck Goal 53', 83'
Sonny Anderson Goal 66', 80'		 (Report)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Bahrain)
East Germany 0–2 United States
(Report) Dayak Goal 47'
Snow Goal 87' (pen.)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Mauritania)
Brazil 3–1 United States
Bismarck Goal 39'
Marcelo Henrique Goal 44'
Sonny Anderson Goal 55'		 (Report) Dayak Goal 10'
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 25,000
East Germany 3–0 Mali
Goal 28'
Fuchs Goal 46'
Jahnig Goal 55'		 (Report)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Colombia)

Group D[]

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 Goal 66'
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 14,000
Argentina 1–2 Spain
Simeone Goal 12' (Report) Moisés Goal 26'
Villabona Goal 58' (pen.)
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 14,000
Norway 0–2 Argentina
(Report) Biazotti Goal 5'
Ubaldi Goal 89'
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 3,000
Iraq 2–0 Spain
Goal 41'
Hussein Goal 51'		 (Report)
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: (China)
Norway 4–2 Spain
Goal 43'
Johansen Goal 47'
Bohinen Goal 58'
Mellemstrand Goal 90'		 (Report) Pinilla Goal 4', 49'
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Iraq 1–0 Argentina
Shenaishil Goal 67' (pen.) (Report)
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia) [2]

Knockout stages[]

 
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[]

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

Semifinals[]

Portugal 1–0 Brazil
Amaral Goal 68' (Report)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia) [2]
Nigeria 2–1 (a.e.t.) United States
Adepoju Goal 47', 93' (Report) Snow Goal 52' (pen.)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 40,000

Third place play-off[]

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

Final[]

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

Result[]

 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners 

Portugal
First title

Awards[]

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

Goalscorers[]

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[]

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   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) Host

Notes[]

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

External links[]

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