1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
International football competition
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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]
Host countryScotland
Dates10–24 June
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
| 3rd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Scotland |
| Dates | 10–24 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venues | 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 | James Will |
| Fair play award | Bahrain |
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Qualified teams
Squads
For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
Referees
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group stage
Group A
| Scotland | 3–0 |  Cuba |
|---|---|---|
Lindsay  30'McGoldrick 32', 39' |
(Report) |
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 | |
 United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated |
 Australia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| United States | 1–0 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Baba 37' |
(Report) |
| Australia | 2–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Pangallo 71' Suzor 73' |
(Report) | Wood 6' Haskins 70' |
Group C
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 | |
| Guinea |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated |
 Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 |
| Guinea | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Oularé 56' Camara 62' |
(Report) | Fofana  52' (o.g.)Al Rowaihi 71' |
| Colombia | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| (Report) | Al Rowaihi 80' |
Knockout stage
| 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 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Nigeria | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Saudi Arabia |
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| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 0–2 | ||
Semifinals
| Bahrain | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Al Rowaihi 47' |
Playoff for 3rd place
Final
Result
| 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners |
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 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 | |