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 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

Qualification

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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   Czechoslovakia
  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

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Squads

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


Group stages

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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

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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   Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4   Saudi Arabia (H) 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia  1–2  Nigeria
Al Suraiti   16' (Report) Adepoju   52'
Ohenhen   87'

Czechoslovakia  0–1  Portugal
(Report) Alves   88'

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

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

Saudi Arabia  3–0  Portugal
Al Harbi   52'
Al Rowaihi   56'
Al Debaikhi   83'
(Report)

Nigeria  1–1  Czechoslovakia
Nwosu   72' (Report) Látal   14'

Group B

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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   88' (Report)

Soviet Union  3–1  Syria
Tedeev   29'
Salenko   49', 83'
(Report) Sibai   65'

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

Colombia  2–0  Syria
Muñoz   42'
Osorio   85'
(Report)

Costa Rica  1–3  Syria
Brenes   80' (Report) Helou   16', 45'
Afash   30'

Colombia  1–3  Soviet Union
Muñoz   5' (Report) Timoshenko   25'
Salenko   29', 32'

Group C

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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   35'
França   68'
(Report)

Mali  1–1  United States
Nfaly   42' (Report) Snow   11'

Brazil  5–0  Mali
Cássio   50'
Bismarck   53', 83'
Sonny Anderson   66', 80'
(Report)

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

Brazil  3–1  United States
Bismarck   39'
Marcelo Henrique   44'
Sonny Anderson   55'
(Report) Dayak   10'

East Germany  3–0  Mali
Prausse   28'
Fuchs   46'
Jahnig   55'
(Report)

Group D

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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   66'
Attendance: 14,000

Argentina  1–2  Spain
Simeone   12' (Report) Moisés   26'
Villabona   58' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000

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

Iraq  2–0  Spain
Kareem   41'
Hussein   51'
(Report)
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Chen Shengcai (China)

Norway  4–2  Spain
Drillestad   43'
Johansen   47'
Bohinen   58'
Mellemstrand   90'
(Report) Pinilla   46', 49'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Iraq  1–0  Argentina
Shenaishil   67' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 17,000

Knockout stages

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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

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Portugal  1–0  Colombia
Jorge Couto   40' (Report)

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  
Bezhenar  
Qosimov  
Benko  
3–5   Ohen
  Ogaba
  Onyemachara
  Adepoju
  Elijah

Brazil  1–0  Argentina
Marcelo Henrique   15' (Report)

Iraq  1–2  United States
Kareem   35' (Report) Henderson   17'
Brose   56'

Semifinals

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Portugal  1–0  Brazil
Amaral   68' (Report)

Nigeria  2–1 (a.e.t.)  United States
Adepoju   47', 93' (Report) Snow   52' (pen.)

Third place play-off

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Brazil  2–0  United States
Franca   65'
Leonardo   69'
(Report)

Final

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Portugal  2–0  Nigeria
Abel Silva   44'
Jorge Couto   76'
(Report)

Result

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 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 
 
Portugal
First title

Awards

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

Goalscorers

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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

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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   Czechoslovakia 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) Hosts

Notes

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