1989 FIFA World Youth Championship





































































1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
1989 بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم
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)
Soviet Union Oleg Salenko (5 goals)
Best player(s)
Brazil Bismarck
Fair play award
 United States

Chile 1987


Portugal 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.




Contents






  • 1 Qualification


  • 2 Match officials


  • 3 Squads


  • 4 Group Stages


    • 4.1 Group A


    • 4.2 Group B


    • 4.3 Group C


    • 4.4 Group D




  • 5 Knockout stages


    • 5.1 Quarterfinals


    • 5.2 Semifinals


    • 5.3 Third place play-off


    • 5.4 Final




  • 6 Result


  • 7 Awards


  • 8 Goalscorers


  • 9 Final ranking


  • 10 Notes


  • 11 External links





Qualification





































Confederation
Qualifying Tournament
Qualifier(s)

AFC (Asia)

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 Youth Championship

 Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia

UEFA (Europe)

1988 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship

 Czechoslovakia
 East Germany
 Norway1
 Portugal
 Soviet Union
 Spain
Host nation

 Saudi Arabia

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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





























































Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Status

 Portugal
4 3 2 0 1 2 3 −1 Advanced to the quarter finals

 Nigeria
3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0

 Czechoslovakia
3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0

 Saudi Arabia
2 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1


16 February 1989
18:00












Saudi Arabia  1–2  Nigeria

Al Suraiti 16’
(Report)
Adepoju 52’
Ohenhen 87’


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Marcel van Langenhove (Belgium)






17 February 1989
18:00












Czechoslovakia  0–1  Portugal
(Report)
Alves 88’


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)






19 February 1989
18:00












Saudi Arabia  0–1  Czechoslovakia
(Report)
Látal 52’


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)






20 February 1989
18:00












Nigeria  0–1  Portugal
(Report)
João Pinto 79’


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)






22 February 1989
15:45












Saudi Arabia  3–0  Portugal

Al Harbi 52’
Al Rowaihi 56’
Al Debaikhi 83’
(Report)


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)






22 February 1989
18:00












Nigeria  1–1  Czechoslovakia

Nwosu 72’
(Report)
Látal 14’


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)






Group B





























































Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Status

 Soviet Union
6 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 Advanced to the quarter finals

 Colombia
2 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1

 Syria
2 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2

 Costa Rica
2 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2


17 February 1989
15:45












Costa Rica  1–0  Colombia

González 88’
(Report)


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)






17 February 1989
18:00












Soviet Union  3–1  Syria

Tedeev 29’
Salenko 49’, 83’
(Report)
Sibai 65’


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Juan Antonio Bava (Argentina)






19 February 1989
18:00












Costa Rica  0–1  Soviet Union
(Report)
Matveev 84’


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)






20 February 1989
18:00












Colombia  2–0  Syria

Muñoz 42’
Osorio 85’
(Report)


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 9,545

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)






22 February 1989
15:45












Costa Rica  1–3  Syria

Brenes 80’
(Report)
Helou 16’, 45’
Afash 30’


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Badara Sene (Senegal)






22 February 1989
18:00












Colombia  1–3  Soviet Union

Muñoz 5’
(Report)
Timoshenko 25’
Salenko 29’, 32’


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)






Group C





























































Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Status

 Brazil
6 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 Advanced to the quarter finals

 United States
3 3 1 1 1 4 4 0

 East Germany
2 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1

 Mali
1 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8


17 February 1989
16:30












Brazil  2–0  East Germany

Marcelo Henrique 35’
França 68’
(Report)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Neil Midgley (England)






17 February 1989
18:45












Mali  1–1  United States

Nfaly 42’
(Report)
Snow 11’


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)






19 February 1989
18:45












Brazil  5–0  Mali

Cássio 50’
Bismarck 53’, 83’
Sonny Anderson 66’, 80’
(Report)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ahmed Mohammed Jassim (Bahrain)






20 February 1989
18:45












East Germany  0–2  United States
(Report)
Dayak 47’
Snow 87’ (pen.)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)






22 February 1989
16:30












Brazil  3–1  United States

Bismarck 39’
Marcelo Henrique 44’
Sonny Anderson 55’
(Report)
Dayak 10’


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)






22 February 1989
18:45












East Germany  3–0  Mali

Prausse 28’
Fuchs 46’
Jahnig 55’
(Report)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: José Carlos Ortiz (Colombia)






Group D





























































Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Status

 Iraq
6 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 Advanced to the quarter finals

 Argentina
2 3 1 0 2 3 3 0

 Norway
2 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1

 Spain
2 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3


17 February 1989
16:30












Norway  0–1  Iraq
(Report)
Saddam 66’


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)






17 February 1989
18:45












Argentina  1–2  Spain

Simeone 12’
(Report)
Moisés 26’
Villabona 58' (pen.)


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union) [1]






19 February 1989
18:45












Norway  0–2  Argentina
(Report)
Biazotti 5’
Ubaldi 89’


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)






20 February 1989
18:45












Iraq  2–0  Spain

Kareem 41’
Hussein 51’
(Report)


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Chen Shengcai (China)






22 February 1989
16:30












Norway  4–2  Spain

Drillestad 43’
Johansen 47’
Bohinen 58’
Mellemstrand 90’
(Report)
Pinilla 46’, 49’


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)






22 February 1989
18:45












Iraq  1–0  Argentina

Shenaishil 67’ (pen.)
(Report)


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia) [2]




Knockout stages
































































































































































 
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



25 February 1989
18:00












Portugal  1–0  Colombia

Jorge Couto 40’
(Report)


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)






25 February 1989
18:00


















Soviet Union  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria

Kiriakov 30’, 58’
Tedeev 45’
Salenko 46’
(Report)
Ohenhen 61’, 75’
Elijah 83’
Ugbade 84’
Penalties

Salenko Penalty scored
Bezhenar Penalty scored
Qosimov Penalty missed
Benko Penalty scored
3–5
Penalty scoredOhen
Penalty scoredOgaba
Penalty scoredOnyemachara
Penalty scoredAdepoju
Penalty scoredElijah


Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)






25 February 1989
18:45












Brazil  1–0  Argentina

Marcelo Henrique 15’
(Report)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)






25 February 1989
18:45












Iraq  1–2  United States

Kareem 35’
(Report)
Henderson 17’
Brose 56’


King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)






Semifinals



28 February 1989
18:00












Portugal  1–0  Brazil

Amaral 68'
(Report)


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia) [2]






28 February 1989
18:45












Nigeria  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States

Adepoju 47', 93'
(Report)
Snow 52' (pen.)


Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Neil Midgley (England)






Third place play-off



3 March 1989
15:45












Brazil  2–0  United States

Franca 65'
Leonardo 69'
(Report)


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)






Final



3 March 1989
18:00












Portugal  2–0  Nigeria

Abel Silva 44'
Jorge Couto 76'
(Report)


King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)




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


  • Soviet Union Oleg Salenko

3 goals



  • Brazil Bismarck Barreto Faria


  • Brazil Marcelo Henrique


  • Brazil Sonny Anderson


  • Nigeria Christopher Ohenhen


  • Nigeria Mutiu Adepoju


  • United States Steve Snow


2 goals










1 goal











Final ranking

















































































































































































































Rank
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
1

 Portugal
6 5 0 1 6 3 +3
10
2

 Nigeria
6 2 2 2 9 10 –1
6
3

 Brazil
6 5 0 1 13 2 +11
10
4

 United States
6 2 1 3 7 9 –2
5

Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5

 Soviet Union
4 3 1 0 11 6 +5
7
6

 Iraq
4 3 0 1 5 2 +3
6
7

 Argentina
4 1 0 3 3 4 –1
4
8

 Colombia
4 1 0 3 3 5 –2
4

Eliminated at the group stage
9

 Czechoslovakia
3 1 1 1 2 2 0
3
10

 Saudi Arabia
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


Notes





  1. ^ The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.


  2. ^ ab Actually Slovakia, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.




External links




  • FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989, FIFA.com

  • RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1989


  • FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)









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