1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
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 June 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 August 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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 77 (2.41 per match) |
Attendance | 256,000 (8,000 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The winning team was later accused of fielding several over-age players, but no formal investigation was conducted.[1][2]
Qualified teams
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1988 AFC U-16 Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CAF (Africa) | 1989 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) |
1988 CONCACAF U-16 Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1988 South American U-16 Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC (Oceania) | 1989 OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | ![]() |
1989 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | ![]() ![]() |
Squads
For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
Referees
Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group stage
Group A
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | Eliminated |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 |
Scotland ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Lindsay ![]() McGoldrick ![]() |
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Group B
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Baba ![]() |
(Report) |
East Germany ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Konetzke ![]() Seifert ![]() Rydlewicz ![]() |
(Report) | Baba ![]() Wood ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Pangallo ![]() Suzor ![]() |
(Report) | Wood ![]() Haskins ![]() |
Group C
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 |
Group D
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 |
Guinea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Oularé ![]() Camara ![]() |
(Report) | Fofana ![]() Al Rowaihi ![]() |
Colombia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Al Rowaihi ![]() |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
June 17–Motherwell | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
June 20–Motherwell | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (1) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
June 17–Dundee | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (0) | |||||||||
June 24–Glasgow | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (2) | |||||||||
![]() | 2 (5) | |||||||||
June 17–Aberdeen | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
June 20–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
June 17–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
June 23–Edinburgh | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Nigeria ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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(Report) | ||
Penalties | ||
0–2 |
Semifinals
Bahrain ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Al Rowaihi 47' |
Result
1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners |
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![]() 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
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)
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 |
References
- "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.