1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

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The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between February 16 and March 3, 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Tournament 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 2.4 Group D 3 Knockout stages 3.1 Quarterfinals 3.2 Semifinals 3.3 Third place play-off 3.4 Final 3.5 Top Scorers

[edit] Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Saudi Arabia did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Africa (CAF)  Nigeria  Mali Asia (AFC)  Saudi Arabia  Iraq  Syria North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)  Costa Rica  United States

South America (CONMEBOL)  Colombia  Brazil  Argentina Europe (UEFA)  Czechoslovakia  Portugal  Soviet Union  East Germany  Norway  Spain

[edit] Tournament

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Portugal 4 3 2 0 1 2 3 Nigeria 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 Czechoslovakia 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 Saudi Arabia 2 3 1 0 2 4 3

Saudi Arabia 1 - 2 Nigeria Czechoslovakia 0 - 1 Portugal Saudi Arabia 0 - 1 Czechoslovakia Nigeria 0 - 1 Portugal Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Portugal Nigeria 1 - 1 Czechoslovakia

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Soviet Union 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 Colombia 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 Syria 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 Costa Rica 2 3 1 0 2 2 4

Costa Rica 1 - 0 Colombia Soviet Union 3 - 1 Syria Costa Rica 0 - 1 Soviet Union Colombia 2 - 0 Syria Costa Rica 1 - 3 Syria Colombia 1 - 3 Soviet Union

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Brazil 6 3 3 0 0 10 1 United States 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 East Germany 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 Mali 1 3 0 1 2 1 9

Brazil 2 - 0 East Germany Mali 1 - 1 United States Brazil 5 - 0 Mali East Germany 0 - 2 United States Brazil 3 - 1 United States East Germany 3 - 0 Mali

[edit] Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Iraq 6 3 3 0 0 4 0 Argentina 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 Norway 2 3 1 0 2 4 5 Spain 2 3 1 0 2 4 7

Norway 0 - 1 Iraq Argentina 1 - 2 Spain Norway 0 - 2 Argentina Iraq 2 - 0 Spain Norway 4 - 2 Spain Iraq 1 - 0 Argentina

[edit] Knockout stages

[edit] Quarterfinals

• February 25 - 1 - 0
• February 25 - 4(3) - 4(5) (pen)
• February 25 - 1 - 0
• February 25 - 1 - 2

[edit] Semifinals

• February 28 - 1 - 0
• February 28 - 2 - 1 (aet)

[edit] Third place play-off

March 3, 1989 15:45
	Brazil	2–0	USA	Riyadh Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Neji Jouini
	Franca 65' Leonardo 69'	(Report)

[edit] Final

March 3, 1989 18:00
	Portugal	2–0	Nigeria	Riyadh Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber
	Abel 44' Jorge Couto 76'	(Report)

[edit] Top Scorers

1. Oleg Salenko, Soviet Union - 4 goals
2. Mutiu Adepoju, Nigeria - 3 goals
3. Sonny Anderson, Brazil - 3 goals
4. Faria Bismarck, Brazil - 3 goals
5. Marcelo Henrique, Brazil - 3 goals
6. Christopher Ohenhen, Nigeria - 3 goals
7. Steve Snow, United States - 3 goals

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