1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Scotland
Dates	June 10 – June 24, 1989
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)	Fode Camara
Best player	Joe Simpson
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The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1989 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.

Qualified Teams

Africa (African U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1989)

•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria

Asia (AFC U-16 Championship 1988)

•  Bahrain
•  China PR
•  Saudi Arabia

Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1989)

•  East Germany
•  Portugal

North America (CONCACAF U-16 Championship 1988)

•  Canada
•  Cuba
•  United States

South America (Sudamericano Sub-16 1988)

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Colombia

Oceania (OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1989)

•  Australia

Host Nation Automatic Qualification

•  Scotland

Squads

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

Referees

Matches

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	5
Scotland	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	4
Ghana	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
Cuba	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1

June 10, 1989 14:00	Scotland	0–0	Ghana	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Armando Perez Hoyos
		(Report)

June 10, 1989 15:45	Cuba	0–3	Bahrain	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Luis Felix Ferreira
		(Report)	Jasem  40' (pen.), 52' (pen.), 76' (pen.)

June 12, 1989 18:30	Scotland	3–0	Cuba	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen
	Lindsay  30' McGoldrick  32', 39'	(Report)

June 12, 1989 20:15	Ghana	0–1	Bahrain	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wieland Ziller
		(Report)	Ebrahim  42'

June 14, 1989 18:30	Scotland	1–1	Bahrain	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Ricardo Calabria
	Beattie  2'	(Report)	Abdulaziz  33'

June 14, 1989 20:15	Cuba	2–2	Ghana	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Gary Fleet
	Zerguera  9' Rosette  24'	(Report)	Aryee  22' Asare  72'

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	0	1	7	4	3	4
Brazil	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	4
United States	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	3
Australia	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1

June 10, 1989 14:00	East Germany	1–0	Australia	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 3,300 Referee: James McCluskey
	Manke  51'	(Report)

June 10, 1989 15:45	United States	1–0	Brazil	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Mohamed Hafez
	Baba  37'	(Report)

June 12, 1989 18:30	East Germany	5–2	United States	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Mohd Noor Jaafar
	Konetzke  7', 33' Seifert  12', 31' Rydlewicz  45'	(Report)	Baba  36' Wood  76'

June 12, 1989 20:15	Australia	1–3	Brazil	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 2,300 Referee: David Brummitt
	Corica  50'	(Report)	Carlos  11', 34' Marcio  36'

June 14, 1989 18:30	East Germany	1–2	Brazil	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot
	Knuth  29'	(Report)	Márcio  4' Fred  70'

June 14, 1989 20:15	Australia	2–2	United States	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Kil Ki-Chul
	Pangallo  71' Suzor  73'	(Report)	Wood  6' Haskins  70'

Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	7	0	7	5
Argentina	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	4
China PR	3	1	1	1	1	3	-2	3
Canada	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	0

June 10, 1989 14:00	Argentina	0–0	China PR	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Juan Escobar Lopez
		(Report)

June 10, 1989 15:45	Nigeria	4–0	Canada	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohammad Riyahi
	Keshiro  27', 75' Oguntunase  56' Ikpeba  78'	(Report)

June 12, 1989 18:30	Argentina	0–0	Nigeria	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot
		(Report)

June 12, 1989 20:15	China PR	1–0	Canada	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dodji Hounnake-Kouassi
	Gao  34'	(Report)

June 14, 1989 18:30	Argentina	4–1	Canada	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hafidhi Ally
	Paris  9' Castro  38' Castagno  40' Dascanio  74'	(Report)	Medero  19' (o.g.)

June 14, 1989 20:15	China PR	0–3	Nigeria	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Wieland Ziller
		(Report)	Fetuga  12' Ikpeba  22' Umoru  39'

Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	1	2	0	6	5	1	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	4
Guinea	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
Colombia	3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1

June 10, 1989 14:00	Guinea	1–1	Colombia	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Brummitt
	Camara  2'	(Report)	Gaibao  60' (pen.)

June 10, 1989 15:45	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Portugal	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ricardo Calabria
	Al Shamrani  60', 80'	(Report)	Figo  17' (pen.) Gil[disambiguation needed ]  23'

June 12, 1989 18:30	Guinea	2–2	Saudi Arabia	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Arlington Success
	Oulare  56' Camara  62'	(Report)	Fofana  52' (o.g.) Al Romaihi  71'

June 12, 1989 20:15	Colombia	2–3	Portugal	Tynecastle, Dundee Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Arie Frost
	Moreno  27' Nieto  79'	(Report)	Canate  2' (o.g.) Gil[disambiguation needed ]  44' Adalberto  78'

June 14, 1989 18:30	Guinea	1–1	Portugal	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 4,000 Referee: James McCluskey
	Camara  24'	(Report)	Lourenço  80'

June 14, 1989 20:15	Colombia	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mohamed Hafez
		(Report)	Al Romaihi  80'

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	June 17 - Motherwell
	Bahrain (PSO)	0 (4)
					June 20 - Motherwell
	Brazil	0 (1)
					Bahrain	0
	June 17 - Dundee
					Saudi Arabia	1
	Nigeria	0 (0)
									June 24 - Glasgow
	Saudi Arabia (PSO)	0 (2)
									Saudi Arabia (PSO)	2 (5)
	June 17 - Aberdeen
									Scotland	2 (4)
	East Germany	0
					June 20 - Edinburgh
	Scotland	1
					Portugal	0			Third place
	June 17 - Edinburgh
					Scotland	1
	Portugal	2							Bahrain	0
	Argentina	1							Portugal	3
									June 23 - Edinburgh

Quarter-finals

June 17 , 1989 15:00	Bahrain	0–0 (AET)	Brazil	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Hafidhi Ally
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Habib Hassan Ali Abdulaziz	4 – 1	Andrei Fred Marcio

June 17, 1989 15:00	East Germany	0–1	Scotland	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar
		(Report)	Lindsay 80'

June 17, 1989 15:00	Nigeria	0–0 (AET) (0–2 PSO)	Saudi Arabia	Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos
		(Report)

June 17, 1989 21:00	Portugal	2–1	Argentina	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Arie Frost
	Figo 23' Tulipa 46'	(Report)	Selenzo 8'

Semifinals

June 20, 1989 19:30	Bahrain	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wieland Ziller
		(Report)	Al Romaihi 47'

June 20, 1989 20:15	Portugal	0–1	Scotland	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Jean-Marie Lartigot
		(Report)	O'Neil 54'

Playoff for 3rd place

June 23, 1989 19:30	Bahrain	0–3	Portugal	Tynecastle, Edinburgh Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hafidhi Ally
		(Report)	Tulipa  24', 64' Gil[disambiguation needed ]  52'

Final

June 24 , 1989 15:00	Saudi Arabia	2–2 (AET) (5–4 PSO)	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50,956 Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar Lopez
	Sulaiman 49' Al Teriar 65'	(Report)	Downie 7' Dickov 25'

Result

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

Controversy

The victorious Saudis were accused by people in many quarters, including then SFA Secretary Ernie Walker, of playing over-age players. This allegation still taints the Saudi victory over the host nation, Scotland, in the final. [1]

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Fode Camara	3
	Khalid Al Romaihi	3
	Gil[disambiguation needed ]	3
	Tulipa	3
	Khaled Jasem	3

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-16 World Championship Scotland 1989
• Scottish Football Association: U16 World Cup Squad of 1989 Reunite