# 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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.
The winning team was later accused of fielding several over-age players, but no formal investigation was conducted.

## 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 |
| UEFA (Europe) | 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.

## Group stage
### Group A

| 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 | Eliminated |

### Group B

| 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | Eliminated |

### Group C

| 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | Eliminated |

### Group D

| 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
| Guinea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 | Eliminated |

## Knockout stage

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

### Final
## 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

* Khaled Jasem
* Fode Camara
* Gil Gomes
* Tulipa
* Khalid Al Rowaihi

### 2 goals

* Márcio
* Carlos
* Frank Seifert
* Toralf Konetzke
* Kayode Keshiro
* Victor Ikpeba
* Luís Figo
* John Lindsay
* Kevin McGoldrick
* Jabarti Al Shamrani
* Anthony Wood
* Imad Baba

### 1 goal

* Claudio Paris
* Diego Castagno Suárez
* Gabriel Dascanio
* Jose Castro
* Leonardo Selenzo
* Anthony Pangallo
* Jeff Suzor
* Steve Corica
* Hussain Ebrahim
* Faisal Abdul aziz
* 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)

## Final ranking

| 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 |