Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

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Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
Organising bodyFootball Australia
Founded1988
Abolished1988; 33 years ago (1988)
RegionAustralia
Number of teams4
Last champions Brazil

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]

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[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5
 Australia 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 4
 Argentina 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Argentina 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Díaz Goal 27', 50' (pen.) Report Majed Abdullah Goal 41'
Díaz Goal 61' (o.g.)
Australia 0–1 Brazil
Report Romario Goal 31'
Attendance: 11,214
Australia 3–0 Saudi Arabia
Ollerenshaw Goal 6'
Farina Goal 42', 81'		 Report
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Brazil 4–1 Saudi Arabia
Geovani Goal 27' (pen.), 50' (pen.)
Jorginho Goal 28'
Edmar Goal 40'		 Report Majed Abdullah Goal 65'
Australia 4–1 Argentina
Wade Goal 2'
Yankos Goal 42', 67' (pen.)
Bozinovski Goal 80'		 Report Ruggeri Goal 31'
Attendance: 18,985

Third place[]

Argentina 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Simeone Goal 4'
Dertycia Goal 23'		 Report
Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Final[]

Australia 0–2 Brazil
Report Romario Goal 56'
Müller Goal 67'
Attendance: 28,161

See also[]

  • 1988 in Brazilian football

References[]

  1. ^ "The Forgotten Story of ... Australia's defeat to Fiji - Vince Rugari". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  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. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Yankos vs Argentina 4-1 Best Ever Goal". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  5. ^ "Socceroo 1988 Matches". Ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  6. ^ Miller, Toby; Lawrence, Geoffrey; McKay, Jim; Rowe, David (12 July 2001). Globalization and Sport. Google.com.au. ISBN 9780761959694. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

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