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 | |
| 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 | |
← 1987 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 Taif.
Qualification
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Venues
| Riyadh | Jeddah | |
|---|---|---|
| King Fahd International Stadium | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium | |
| Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
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| Dammam | Taif | |
| Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
King Fahd Stadium | |
| Capacity: 22 042 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
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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
Group stage
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) Hosts
(H) Hosts
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Suraiti |
(Report) | Adepoju Ohenhen |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Látal |
| Nigeria | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | João Pinto |
| Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Harbi Al Rowaihi Al Debaikhi |
(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 | |
|---|---|---|
| González |
(Report) |
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)
| Soviet Union | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tedeev Salenko |
(Report) | Sibai |
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Juan Antonio Bava (Argentina)
| Costa Rica | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Matveev |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
| Colombia | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Muñoz Osorio |
(Report) |
Attendance: 9,545
Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)
| Costa Rica | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brenes |
(Report) | Helou Afash |
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badara Sene (Senegal)
| Colombia | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Muñoz |
(Report) | Timoshenko Salenko |
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Henrique França |
(Report) |
| Mali | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nfaly |
(Report) | Snow |
| East Germany | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Dayak Snow |
| Brazil | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bismarck Marcelo Henrique Sonny Anderson |
(Report) | Dayak |
| East Germany | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Prausse Fuchs Jahnig |
(Report) |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
| Iraq | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shenaishil |
(Report) |
Knockout stage
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Couto |
(Report) |
| Soviet Union | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Kiriakov Tedeev Salenko |
(Report) | Oladimeji Ohenhen Elijah Ugbade |
| Penalties | ||
| Salenko Bezhenar Qosimov Benko |
3–5 | |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
| Brazil | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Henrique |
(Report) |
| Iraq | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kareem |
(Report) | Henderson Brose |
Semifinals
Third place play-off
| Brazil | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Franca Leonardo |
(Report) |
Final
| Portugal | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abel Silva Jorge Couto |
(Report) |
Result
| 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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Portugal 1st title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
Goalscorers
Oleg Salenko of Soviet Union won the Golden Boot 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
Christopher Ohenhen
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
Oladimeji Lawal
Nduka Ugbade
Samuel Elijah
Bjørn Johansen
Lars Bohinen
Oystein Drillestad
Oyvind Mellemstrand
Kante Nfaly
Abel Silva
João Pinto
Jorge Amaral
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |




