The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first ever FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international

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championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of

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. It was held between 5 and 15 January 1989 in the

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. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.

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won the tournament.

Participants

16 countries were invited to participate to the tournament. 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from North America, Africa and Asia respectively and 1 from Oceania.

Venues

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Squads

Round 1

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Round 2

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Semi-finals

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3rd Place

Final

Champions

Awards

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Laszlo Zsadanyi ;6 goals * Rudi Schreurs * Benatti * Mihaly Borostyan *

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;5 goals * Eric Maes * Raul * Toca * Laszlo Rozsa * Andrea Famà * Marcel Loosveld * Jim Gabarra ;4 goals * Juan Ávalos * Nicolas Hidalgo * Átila *

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* Raoul Albani * Jose Sanchez ;3 goals *

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* Alain Fostier * Nico Papanicolaou * Marquinhos * Neimar * Mario Faber * Daniel Armora * Domingo Valencia *

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;2 goals * Fernando Lozano *

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* Adílio * Dirceu * John Fitzgerald * Kurt Joergensen * Sandor Olajos * Laszlo Qiriko * Franco Albanesi * Paolo Minicucci * Giovanni Roma *

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* Andre Bakker * Michel Seintner * Francisco Alcaraz * Luis Jara * Mario Ruiz-Diaz * Safouk Al-Temyat * Sergio Bonilla * Antonio Ferre * José Iglesias *

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* Clayton Munemo * Herman Beyers ;1 goal *

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* Abderrahmane Dahnoune * Ramon Alvarez * Hugo Castaneira * Gabriel Valarin * Alan Davidson * Žarko Odžakov * Raf Hernalsteen * Karel Janssen * Luc Reul * Cadinho * Carlos Alberto * Gilson *

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* Torben Johansen * Ole Moeller Nielsen * Janos Mozner * Paolo de Simoni * Alfredo Filippini * Toshinori Yato * Eduard Demandt * Jeffrey Foree * Andre Tielens * Adolfo Jara * Omar Espineda * Luis Flor * Víctor López * Khaled Al-Behair * Abdullah Abu Humoud * Mario Gonzalez * Carlos Navarro * A.J. Lachowecki *

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* Bruce Murray * Gyula Visnyei * Antony Kambani

Tournament ranking

References

External links

FIFA Futsal World Championship Netherlands 1989
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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