1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
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.
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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 81 (2.53 per match) |
Attendance | 643,815 (20,119 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
Qualification
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | Host nation | ![]() |
1988 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() | |
CAF (Africa) | 1989 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1988 South American U-20 Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
- 2.^ Replaced
Mexico, who was disqualified from the tournament due to the Cachirules scandal.
Match officials
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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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
Source:
(H) Host.
(H) Host.
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Al Suraiti 16’ | (Report) | Adepoju 52’ Ohenhen 87’ |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Látal 52’ |
Nigeria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | João Pinto 79’ |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al Harbi 52’ Al Rowaihi 56’ Al Debaikhi 83’ |
(Report) |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Source:
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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González 88’ | (Report) |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Matveev 84’ |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Brenes 80’ | (Report) | Helou 16’, 45’ Afash 30’ |
Colombia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Muñoz 5’ | (Report) | Timoshenko 25’ Salenko 29’, 32’ |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
Source:
Brazil ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Marcelo Henrique 35’ França 68’ |
(Report) |
Mali ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Nfaly 42’ | (Report) | Snow 11’ |
Brazil ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Cássio 50’ Bismarck 53’, 83’ Sonny Anderson 66’, 80’ |
(Report) |
East Germany ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Dayak 47’ Snow 87’ (pen.) |
Brazil ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Bismarck 39’ Marcelo Henrique 44’ Sonny Anderson 55’ |
(Report) | Dayak 10’ |
East Germany ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Prausse 28’ Fuchs 46’ Jahnig 55’ |
(Report) |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
Source:
Norway ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Drillestad 43’ Johansen 47’ Bohinen 58’ Mellemstrand 90’ |
(Report) | Pinilla 46’, 49’ |
Iraq ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Shenaishil 67’ (pen.) | (Report) |
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
February 25 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
February 28 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
February 25 - Jeddah | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
March 3 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
February 25 - Dammam | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 (3) | |||||||||
February 28 - Jeddah | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 (5) | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
February 25 - Taif | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
March 3 - Riyadh | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Portugal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Jorge Couto 40’ | (Report) |
Soviet Union ![]() | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Marcelo Henrique 15’ | (Report) |
Iraq ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Kareem 35’ | (Report) | Henderson 17’ Brose 56’ |
Semifinals
Final
Portugal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Abel Silva 44' Jorge Couto 76' |
(Report) |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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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
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
Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto
Jorge Amaral Rodrigues
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
Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 |
Notes
- The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- Actually Slovakia, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
External links
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