1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
1989 بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates February 16–March 3
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 Brazil Bismarck

The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between February 16 and March 3, 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place in four venues: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if.

Qualification

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1988 AFC Youth Championship  Iraq
 Syria
CAF (Africa) 1989 African Youth Championship  Mali
 Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Costa Rica
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1988 South American Youth Championship Argentina Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
UEFA (Europe) 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Czechoslovakia
 East Germany
 Norway
 Portugal
 Soviet Union
 Spain
Host nation  Saudi Arabia

Match officials

Africa
Asia
  • Saudi Arabia Abdul Al Nasri
  • China Chen Shengcai
  • Bahrain Ahmed Mohammed Jassim
Europe

North, Central America and Caribbean
South America

Squads

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

King Fahd International Stadium

Tournament

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
 Portugal 43201231
 Nigeria 33111330
 Czechoslovakia 33111220
 Saudi Arabia 2310243+1

February 16, 1989
18:00
Saudi Arabia  12  Nigeria
Al Suraiti 16’ (Report) Adepoju 52’
Ohenhen 87’

February 17, 1989
18:00
Czechoslovakia  01  Portugal
(Report) Alves 88’


February 20, 1989
18:00
Nigeria  01  Portugal
(Report) João Pinto 79’
King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)

February 22, 1989
15:45
Saudi Arabia  30  Portugal
Al Harbi 52’
Al Rowaihi 56’
Al Debaikhi 83’
(Report)

February 22, 1989
18:00
Nigeria  11  Czechoslovakia
Nwosu 72’ (Report) Látal 14’

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Soviet Union 6330072+5
 Colombia 23102341
 Syria 23102462
 Costa Rica 23102242

February 17, 1989
15:45
Costa Rica  10  Colombia
González 88’ (Report)
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

February 17, 1989
18:00
Soviet Union  31  Syria
Tedeev 29’
Salenko 49’, 83’
(Report) Sibai 65’
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Juan Antonio Bava (Argentina)

February 19, 1989
18:00
Costa Rica  01  Soviet Union
(Report) Matveev 84’

February 20, 1989
18:00
Colombia  20  Syria
Muñoz 42’
Osorio 85’
(Report)
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Attendance: 9,545
Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

February 22, 1989
15:45
Costa Rica  13  Syria
Brenes 80’ (Report) Helou 16’, 45’
Afash 30’

February 22, 1989
18:00
Colombia  13  Soviet Union
Muñoz 5’ (Report) Timoshenko 25’
Salenko 29’, 32’

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 63300101+9
 United States 33111440
 East Germany 23102341
 Mali 13012198

February 17, 1989
16:30
Brazil  20  East Germany
Marcelo Henrique 35’
França 68’
(Report)

February 17, 1989
18:45
Mali  11  United States
Nfaly 42’ (Report) Snow 11’

February 19, 1989
18:45
Brazil  50  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)

February 20, 1989
18:45
East Germany  02  United States
(Report) Dayak 47’
Snow 87’ (pen.)
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

February 22, 1989
16:30
Brazil  31  United States
Bismarck 39’
Marcelo Henrique 44’
Sonny Anderson 55’
(Report) Dayak 10’

February 22, 1989
18:45
East Germany  30  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
 Iraq 6330040+4
Argentina Argentina 23102330
 Norway 23102451
 Spain 23102473

February 17, 1989
16:30
Norway  01  Iraq
(Report) Saddam 66’
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

February 17, 1989
18:45
Argentina Argentina 12  Spain
Simeone 12’ (Report) Moisés 26’
Villabona 58' (pen.)
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union) [1]

February 19, 1989
18:45
Norway  02 Argentina Argentina
(Report) Biazotti 5’
Ubaldi 89’

February 20, 1989
18:45
Iraq  20  Spain
Kareem 41’
Hussein 51’
(Report)
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Chen Shengcai (China)

February 22, 1989
16:30
Norway  42  Spain
Drillestad 43’
Johansen 47’
Bohinen 58’
Mellemstrand 90’
(Report) Pinilla 46’, 49’
King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

February 22, 1989
18:45
Iraq  10 Argentina 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 Argentina  0  
  Portugal  2
February 25 - Dammam
    Nigeria  0
  Soviet Union  4 (3)
February 28 - Jeddah
  Nigeria (pen.)  4 (5)  
  Nigeria (aet)  2 Third place
February 25 - Taif
    United States  1  
  Iraq  1   Brazil  2
  United States  2     United States  0
March 3 - Riyadh

Quarterfinals

February 25, 1989
18:00
Portugal  10  Colombia
Jorge Couto 40’ (Report)

February 25, 1989
18:00
Soviet Union  44 (a.e.t.)
(3-5 pen.)
 Nigeria
Kiriakov 30’, 58’
Tedeev 45’
Salenko 46’
(Report) Ohenhen 61’, 75’
Elijah 83’
Ugbade 84’

February 25, 1989
18:45
Brazil  10 Argentina Argentina
Marcelo Henrique 15’ (Report)

February 25, 1989
18:45
Iraq  12  United States
Kareem 35’ (Report) Henderson 17’
Brose 56’

Semifinals

February 28, 1989
18:00
Portugal  10  Brazil
Amaral 68' (Report)

February 28, 1989
18:45
Nigeria  21 (a.e.t.)  United States
Adepoju 47', 93' (Report) Snow 52' (pen.)

Third place play-off

March 3, 1989
15:45
Brazil  20  United States
Franca 65'
Leonardo 69'
(Report)

Final

March 3, 1989
18:00
Portugal  20  Nigeria
Abel Silva 44'
Jorge Couto 76'
(Report)

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

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 650163+310
2  Nigeria 6222910–16
3  Brazil 6501132+1110
4  United States 621379–25
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Soviet Union 4310116+57
6  Iraq 430152+36
7 Argentina Argentina 410334–14
8  Colombia 410335–24
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Czechoslovakia 31112203
10  Saudi Arabia 310243+12
11  Norway 310245–12
12  East Germany 310234–12
13  Syria 310246–22
14  Costa Rica 310224–22
15  Spain 310247–32
16  Mali 301219–81

Notes

  1. The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  2. 1 2 Actually Slovakia, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

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