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1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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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 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.

The winning team was later accused of fielding several over-age players, but no formal investigation was conducted.

Qualified teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
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

Squads

For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.

Referees

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

Scotland	0–0	Ghana
	(Report)

Cuba	0–3	Bahrain
	(Report)	Jasem 40' (pen.), 52' (pen.), 76' (pen.)

Scotland	3–0	Cuba
Lindsay 30' McGoldrick 32', 39'	(Report)

Ghana	0–1	Bahrain
	(Report)	Ebrahim 42'

Scotland	1–1	Bahrain
Beattie 2'	(Report)	Abdulaziz 33'

Cuba	2–2	Ghana
Zerguera 9' Rosette 24'	(Report)	Aryee 22' Asare 72'

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

East Germany	1–0	Australia
Manke 51'	(Report)

United States	1–0	Brazil
Baba 37'	(Report)

East Germany	5–2	United States
Konetzke 7', 33' Seifert 12', 31' Rydlewicz 45'	(Report)	Baba 36' Wood 76'

Australia	1–3	Brazil
Corica 50'	(Report)	Carlos 11', 34' Marcio 36'

East Germany	1–2	Brazil
Knuth 29'	(Report)	Márcio 4' Fred 70'

Australia	2–2	United States
Pangallo 71' Suzor 73'	(Report)	Wood 6' Haskins 70'

Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

Argentina	0–0	China
	(Report)

Nigeria	4–0	Canada
Keshiro 27', 75' Oguntunase 56' Ikpeba 78'	(Report)

Argentina	0–0	Nigeria
	(Report)

China	1–0	Canada
Gao Feng 34'	(Report)

Argentina	4–1	Canada
Paris 9' Castro 38' Castagno Suárez 40' Dascanio 74'	(Report)	Medero 19' (o.g.)

China	0–3	Nigeria
	(Report)	Fetuga 12' Ikpeba 22' Umoru 39'

Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
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

Guinea	1–1	Colombia
Camara 2'	(Report)	Gaibao 60' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Portugal
Al Shamrani 60', 80'	(Report)	Figo 17' (pen.) Gil 23'

Guinea	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Oularé 56' Camara 62'	(Report)	Fofana 52' (o.g.) Al Rowaihi 71'

Colombia	2–3	Portugal
Moreno 27' Nieto 79'	(Report)	Canate 2' (o.g.) Gil 44' Adalberto 78'

Guinea	1–1	Portugal
Camara 24'	(Report)	Lourenço 80'

Colombia	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Al Rowaihi 80'

Knockout stage

	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

Bahrain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	(Report)
Penalties
Habib Hassan Ali Abdulaziz	4–1	Andrei Fred Marcio

East Germany	0–1	Scotland
	(Report)	Lindsay 80'

Nigeria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)
Penalties
	0–2

Portugal	2–1	Argentina
Figo 23' Tulipa 46'	(Report)	Selenzo 8'

Semifinals

Bahrain	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Al Rowaihi 47'

Portugal	0–1	Scotland
	(Report)	O'Neil 54'

Playoff for 3rd place

Bahrain	0–3	Portugal
	(Report)	Tulipa 24', 64' Gil 52'

Final

Saudi Arabia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Scotland
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

Result

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners
Saudi Arabia First title

Goalscorers

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
• Hussain Ebrahim
• Faisal Abdul aziz
• 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)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

References

1. "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.
2. "How Scotland almost won a World Cup at Hampden in 1989". BBC Sport. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

External links

• FIFA U-16 World Championship Scotland 1989, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)
• Scottish Football Association: U16 World Cup Squad of 1989 Reunite via archive.org

• 1989 in Scottish sport
• 1989 in youth association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Scotland
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments
• June 1989 sports events in the United Kingdom
• Sports competitions in Aberdeen
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