1989_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship
1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
International football competition
The 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the third edition of the tournament, was held in the Scottish cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Motherwell, Aberdeen, and Dundee between 10 and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 could participate in this tournament. Saudi Arabia won the tournament and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of December 2023, they are the only Asian men's team to win any FIFA tournament.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Scotland |
| Dates | 10–24 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Saudi Arabia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Scotland |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Bahrain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 77 (2.41 per match) |
| Attendance | 256,000 (8,000 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Khaled Jasem Fode Camara Gil Gomes Tulipa Khalid Al Rowaihi(3 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | James Will |
| Fair play award | Bahrain |
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The winning team was later accused of fielding several over-age players, but no formal investigation was conducted.[1][2]
More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | 1988 AFC U-16 Championship | Bahrain China Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | 1989 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup |  Ghana Guinea Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) |
1988 CONCACAF U-16 Tournament |  Canada Cuba  United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1988 South American U-16 Championship |  Argentina Brazil Colombia |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1989 OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament |  Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | Scotland |
| 1989 UEFA European Under-16 Championship |  East Germany Portugal |
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For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group A
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| Bahrain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Scotland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| Ghana |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Cuba |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 |
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More information Cuba, 0–3 ...
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More information Cuba, 2–2 ...
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Group B
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| East Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Australia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
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More information East Germany, 5–2 ...
| East Germany | 5–2 | United States |
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Konetzke  7', 33'Seifert 12', 31'Rydlewicz 45' |
(Report) | Baba 36' Wood 76' |
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More information Australia, 1–3 ...
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More information East Germany, 1–2 ...
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More information Australia, 2–2 ...
| Australia | 2–2 | United States |
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| Pangallo 71' Suzor 73' |
(Report) | Wood 6' Haskins 70' |
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Group C
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Argentina |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| China |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 |
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More information Nigeria, 4–0 ...
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More information Argentina, 4–1 ...
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Group D
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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| Portugal |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| Guinea |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 2–2 ...
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More information Guinea, 2–2 ...
| Guinea | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Oularé 56' Camara 62' |
(Report) | Fofana 52' (o.g.) Al Rowaihi 71' |
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More information Colombia, 2–3 ...
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| June 17–Motherwell | ||||||||||
| Bahrain (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| June 20–Motherwell | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||
| June 17–Dundee | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 (0) | |||||||||
| June 24–Glasgow | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia (pen.) | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia (pen.) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| June 17–Aberdeen | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| East Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| June 20–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 1 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| June 17–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| June 23–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information Bahrain, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
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More information Nigeria, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Nigeria | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Saudi Arabia |
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| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 0–2 | ||
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More information Portugal, 2–1 ...
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Semifinals
Playoff for 3rd place
Final
More information Saudi Arabia, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
| Saudi Arabia | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Scotland |
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| Sulaiman 49' Al Teriar 65' |
(Report) | Downie 7' Dickov 25' |
| Penalties | ||
Al Hammali  Al Mousa Al Shamrani  Al Theneyan Al Teriar Al Alawi |
5–4 | Dickov Bollan McLaren Bain Marshall O'Neil |
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| 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners |
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 Saudi Arabia First title |
Fode Camara of Guinea won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 77 goals were scored by 55 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.
- 3 goals
Khaled Jasem
Fode Camara
Gil Gomes- Tulipa
Khalid Al Rowaihi
- 2 goals
Márcio- Carlos
Frank Seifert- Toralf Konetzke
Kayode Keshiro- Victor Ikpeba
- Luís Figo
John Lindsay- Kevin McGoldrick
- Jabarti Al Shamrani
Anthony Wood- Imad Baba
- 1 goal
Claudio Paris- Diego Castagno Suárez
- Gabriel Dascanio
- Jose Castro
- Leonardo Selenzo
Anthony Pangallo- Jeff Suzor
- Steve Corica
- Hassan Ebrahim
- Mohamed Abdulaziz
- Marcello Melli
Gao Feng
Alfredo Nieto- Carlos Moreno
- Modesto Gaibao
Bernardo Rosette- Geosmany Zerguera
- Daniel Knuth
- Rene Rydlewicz
- Sven Manke
Bernard Aryee- Isaac Asare
- Souleymane Oularé
- Babajide Oguntunase
- Olusegun Fetuga
- Sunny Umoru
- Adalberto
- Sérgio Lourenço
- Alreshoudi Sulaiman
- Waleed Al Terair
- Brian O'Neil
- Ian Downie
- James Beattie
- Paul Dickov
- Todd Haskins
- Own goal
- Luis Medero (against Canada)
- Omar Canate (against Portugal)
- Mory Fofana (against Saudi Arabia)
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 2 | Scotland |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Portugal |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Bahrain |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Nigeria |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Brazil |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 7 | East Germany |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
| 8 | Argentina |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | |
| 10 | China |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Guinea |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | Ghana |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 | |
| 14 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | |
| 15 | Cuba |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 | |
| 16 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | |
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- "Freeze frame: FIFA under-16 World Cup Final, 24 June 1989 Scotland 2 Saudi Arabia 2 (after extra time): Saudi Arabia won 5-4 on penalties". The Scotsman. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- "How Scotland almost won a World Cup at Hampden in 1989". BBC Sport. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.