1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
3rd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup
Tournament details
Host countryScotland
Dates10–24 June
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Scotland
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored77 (2.41 per match)
Attendance256,000 (8,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bahrain Khaled Jasem
Guinea Fode Camara
Portugal Gil Gomes
Portugal Tulipa
Saudi Arabia Khalid Al Rowaihi
(3 goals each)
Best playerScotland 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 May 2026, they are the only Asian men's team to win any FIFA tournament.[1][2]

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-17 Championship  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 321051+45Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Scotland 312041+34
 Ghana 302123–12Eliminated
 Cuba 301228–61


Scotland 0–0 Ghana
(Report)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos
Cuba 0–3 Bahrain
(Report) Jasem 40' (pen.), 52' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Luis Felix Ferreira
Scotland 3–0 Cuba
Lindsay 30'
McGoldrick 32', 39'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Ghana 0–1 Bahrain
(Report) Ebrahim 42'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Wieland Ziller
Scotland 1–1 Bahrain
Beattie 2' (Report) Abdulaziz 33'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Ricardo Calabria
Cuba 2–2 Ghana
Zerguera 9'
Rosette 24'		 (Report) Aryee 22'
Asare 72'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Gary Fleet

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 East Germany 320174+34Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Brazil 320153+24
 United States 311157–23Eliminated
 Australia 301236–31


East Germany 1–0 Australia
Manke 51' (Report)
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: James McCluskey
United States 1–0 Brazil
Baba 37' (Report)
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Mohamed Hafez
East Germany 5–2 United States
Konetzke 7', 33'
Seifert 12', 31'
Rydlewicz 45'		 (Report) Baba 36'
Wood 76'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Mohd Noor Jaafar
Australia 1–3 Brazil
Corica 50' (Report) Carlos 11', 34'
Marcio 36'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: David Brummitt
East Germany 1–2 Brazil
Knuth 29' (Report) Márcio 4'
Fred 70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot
Australia 2–2 United States
Pangallo 71'
Suzor 73'		 (Report) Wood 6'
Haskins 70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kil Ki-Chul

Group C

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Nigeria 321070+75Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Argentina 312041+34
 China 311113–23Eliminated
 Canada 300319–80


Argentina 0–0 China
(Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Juan Escobar Lopez
Nigeria 4–0 Canada
Keshiro 27', 75'
Oguntunase 56'
Ikpeba 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohammad Riyahi
Argentina 0–0 Nigeria
(Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot
China 1–0 Canada
Gao Feng 34' (Report)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi
Argentina 4–1 Canada
Paris 9'
Castro 38'
Castagno Suárez 40'
Dascanio 74'		 (Report) Medero red-colored football 19' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hafidhi Ally
China 0–3 Nigeria
(Report) Fetuga 12'
Ikpeba 22'
Umoru 39'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Wieland Ziller

Group D

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Portugal 312065+14Advanced to the quarter-finals
 Saudi Arabia 312054+14
 Guinea 30304403Eliminated
 Colombia 301235–21


Guinea 1–1 Colombia
Camara 2' (Report) Gaibao 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: David Brummitt
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Portugal
Al Shamrani 60', 80' (Report) Figo 17' (pen.)
Gil 23'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ricardo Calabria
Guinea 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Oularé 56'
Camara 62'		 (Report) Fofana red-colored football 52' (o.g.)
Al Rowaihi 71'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Arlington Success
Colombia 2–3 Portugal
Moreno 27'
Nieto 79'		 (Report) Canate red-colored football 2' (o.g.)
Gil 44'
Adalberto 78'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Arie Frost
Guinea 1–1 Portugal
Camara 24' (Report) Lourenço 80'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: James McCluskey
Colombia 0–1 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al Rowaihi 80'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohamed Hafez

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
June 17 – Motherwell
 
 
 Bahrain (pen.)0 (4)
 
June 20 – Motherwell
 
 Brazil0 (1)
 
 Bahrain0
 
June 17 – Dundee
 
 Saudi Arabia1
 
 Nigeria0 (0)
 
June 24 – Glasgow
 
 Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (2)
 
 Saudi Arabia (pen.)2 (5)
 
June 17 – Aberdeen
 
 Scotland2 (4)
 
 East Germany0
 
June 20 – Edinburgh
 
 Scotland1
 
 Portugal0
 
June 17 – Edinburgh
 
 Scotland1 Third place
 
 Portugal2
 
June 23 – Edinburgh
 
 Argentina1
 
 Bahrain0
 
 
 Portugal3
 

Quarter-finals

Bahrain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
(Report)
Penalties
Habib football with check mark
Hassan football with check mark
Ali football with check mark
Abdulaziz football with check mark		 4–1 football with check mark Andrei
football with red X Fred
football with red X Marcio
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Hafidhi Ally
East Germany 0–1 Scotland
(Report) Lindsay 80'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar Lopez
Nigeria 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
(Report)
Penalties
0–2
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos
Portugal 2–1 Argentina
Figo 23'
Tulipa 46'		 (Report) Selenzo 8'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Arie Frost

Semifinals

Bahrain 0–1 Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al Rowaihi 47'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Wieland Ziller
Portugal 0–1 Scotland
(Report) O'Neil 54'
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot

Playoff for 3rd place

Bahrain 0–3 Portugal
(Report) Tulipa 24', 64'
Gil 52'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hafidhi Ally

Final

Saudi Arabia 2–2 (a.e.t.) Scotland
Sulaiman 49'
Al Teriar 65'		 (Report) Downie 7'
Dickov 25'
Penalties
Al Hammali football with check mark
Al Mousa football with check mark
Al Shamrani football with red X
Al Theneyan football with check mark
Al Teriar football with check mark
Al Alawi football with check mark		 5–4 football with red X Dickov
football with check mark Bollan
football with check mark McLaren
football with check mark Bain
football with check mark Marshall
football with red X O'Neil
Attendance: 50,956
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar Lopez

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
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Argentina Luis Medero (against Canada)
  • Colombia Omar Canate (against Portugal)
  • Guinea Mory Fofana (against Saudi Arabia)

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 624086+28
2  Scotland 633083+59
3  Portugal 6321117+48
4  Bahrain 62225506
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Nigeria 422070+76
6  Brazil 421153+25
7  East Germany 420275+24
8  Argentina 412153+24
Eliminated at the group stage
9  United States 311157–23
10  China 311113–23
11  Guinea 30304403
12  Ghana 302123–12
13  Colombia 301235–21
14  Australia 301236–31
15  Cuba 301228–61
16  Canada 300319–80


Aftermath

After the tournament allegations were made that the Saudi Arabia players were engaged in Age fraud.[3][4][5]

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. ↑ Vallance, Matt (23 May 2004). "Caught in Time: Scotland reach World Youth Cup final in 1989".
  3. ↑ Ralston, Gary (1 July 2012). "EX-SFA chief still raging 20 years on from day Scotland were cheated in a World Cup final". Daily Record.
  4. ↑ "History Of The 1989 FIFA U-16 World Cup: Champion, Saudi Arabia Suspected Of Stealing Age". VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan.
  5. ↑ "How Scotland almost won a World Cup at Hampden in 1989". BBC Sport. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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