# 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between 16 February and 3 March 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place across four cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if.

## Qualification

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | Saudi Arabia |
| AFC (Asia) | 1988 AFC Youth Championship | Iraq Syria |
| CAF (Africa) | 1989 African Youth Championship | Mali Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Costa Rica United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1988 South American U-20 Championship | Argentina Brazil Colombia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1988 UEFA European Under-18 Championship | Czechoslovakia East Germany Norway Portugal Soviet Union Spain |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.
    2.^ Replaced Mexico, who was disqualified from the tournament due to the Cachirules scandal.

## Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

## Group stages

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

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |

## Knockout stages

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 25 - Riyadh | February 25 - Riyadh | | | |
| Portugal | 1 | | | |
| Portugal | 1 | February 28 - Riyadh | February 28 - Riyadh | | |
| Colombia | 0 | February 28 - Riyadh | February 28 - Riyadh | |
| Colombia | 0 | Portugal | 1 | |
| February 25 - Jeddah | February 25 - Jeddah | | Portugal | 1 | |
| February 25 - Jeddah | February 25 - Jeddah | Brazil | 0 | |
| Brazil | 1 | Brazil | 0 | |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | March 3 - Riyadh | March 3 - Riyadh |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | March 3 - Riyadh | March 3 - Riyadh |
| Argentina | 0 | | | | Portugal | 2 |
| February 25 - Dammam | February 25 - Dammam | | | | | Portugal | 2 |
| February 25 - Dammam | February 25 - Dammam | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 4 (3) | | | | Nigeria | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 4 (3) | February 28 - Jeddah | February 28 - Jeddah | | | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 4 (5) | February 28 - Jeddah | February 28 - Jeddah | | | |
| Nigeria (pen.) | 4 (5) | Nigeria (aet) | 2 | | | |
| February 25 - Taif | February 25 - Taif | | Nigeria (aet) | 2 | | | |
| February 25 - Taif | February 25 - Taif | United States | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 1 | United States | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 1 | | | | March 3 - Riyadh | March 3 - Riyadh |
| United States | 2 | | | | March 3 - Riyadh | March 3 - Riyadh |
| United States | 2 | | | | Brazil | 2 |
| | | | | | United States | 0 |

### Final
## Result

* 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship winners
* Portugal First title

## Awards

| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
| Oleg Salenko | Bismarck | United States |

## Goalscorers

Oleg Salenko of Soviet Union won the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals. In total, 81 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

### 5 goals

* Oleg Salenko

### 3 goals

* Bismarck
* Marcelo Henrique
* Sonny Anderson
* Mutiu Adepoju
* Steve Snow

### 2 goals

* Ricardo França
* Wilson Muñoz
* Radoslav Látal
* Wali Kareem
* Christopher Ohenhen
* Jorge Couto
* Bakhva Tedeev
* Sergei Kiriakov
* Antonio Pinilla
* Abdul Latif Helou
* Troy Dayak

### 1 goal

* Diego Simeone
* Humberto Biazotti
* Martín Ubaldi
* Cássio
* Leonardo Araújo
* Diego Osorio
* Danilo Brenes
* Rónald González Brenes
* Henri Fuchs
* Stephan Prausse
* Uwe Jahnig
* Laith Hussein
* Naeem Saddam
* Radhi Shenaishil
* Christopher Nwosu
* Oladimeji Lawal
* Nduka Ugbade
* Samuel Elijah
* Bjørn Johansen
* Lars Bohinen
* Oystein Drillestad
* Oyvind Mellemstrand
* Kante Nfaly
* Abel Silva
* João Pinto
* Jorge Amaral
* Paulo Alves
* Hamad Al Debaikhi
* Khaled Al Harbi
* Khalid Al Rowaihi
* Saadoun Al Suraiti
* Andrei Timoshenko
* Oleg Matveev
* David Villabona
* Moisés García León
* Mohammad Afash
* Yasser Sibai
* Chris Henderson
* Dario Brose

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Portugal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Champions |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | United States | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Iraq | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |