1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
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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.
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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]
For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||||||
Playoff for 3rd place
| 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
- 2 goals
- 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)
| 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 | |
- ^ "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.