The 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the third edition of the
tournament
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, was held in the Scottish cities of
Glasgow
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,
Edinburgh
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,
Motherwell,
Aberdeen
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, and
Dundee between 10 June and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 could participate in this tournament.
Saudi Arabia
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won the tournament and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of December 2022, 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
Squads
For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see
.
Referees
Asia
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Mohammad Riyani
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Wan Rashid Jaafar
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Kil Ki-Chul
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Arie Frost
Africa
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Mohamed Hafez
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Ally Hafidhi
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M Hounake-Kouassi
CONCACAF
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David Brummitt
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Juan Pablo Escobar
* Arlington Success
South America
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Ricardo Calabria
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Luís Félix Ferreira
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Armando Pérez Hoyos
Europe
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Jean-Marie Lartigot
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Peter Mikkelsen
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George Smith
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*Wieland Wagner (1917–1966), grandson of Richard Wagner
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Oceania
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Gary Fleet
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semifinals
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Playoff for 3rd place
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Final
Result
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
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Fode Camara
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Gil Gomes
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Tulipa
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Khalid Al Rowaihi
;2 goals
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Márcio
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Carlos
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Frank Seifert
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Toralf Konetzke
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Kayode Keshiro
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Victor Ikpeba
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Luís Figo
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John Lindsay
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Kevin McGoldrick
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Jabarti Al Shamrani
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Anthony Wood
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Imad Baba
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;1 goal
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Claudio Paris
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Diego Castagno Suárez
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Gabriel Dascanio
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Jose Castro
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Leonardo Selenzo
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Anthony Pangallo
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Jeff Suzor
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Steve Corica
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Hassan Ebrahim
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Mohamed Abdulaziz
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Gao Feng
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Alfredo Nieto
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Carlos Moreno
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Modesto Gaibao
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Bernardo Rosette
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Geosmany Zerguera
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Daniel Knuth
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Knuth was born in Mabel, Minnesota and graduated from Mabel High School. He received his bachelor ...
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Rene Rydlewicz
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Sven Manke
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Bernard Aryee
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Isaac Asare
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Souleymane Oularé
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Career
Oularé was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won ...
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Babajide Oguntunase
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Olusegun Fetuga
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Sunny Umoru
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Adalberto
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Sérgio Lourenço
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Alreshoudi Sulaiman
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Waleed Al Terair
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Brian O'Neil
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Ian Downie
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James Beattie
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Paul Dickov
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Todd Haskins
;Own goal
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Luis Medero (against Canada)
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Omar Canate (against Portugal)
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Mory Fofana (against Saudi Arabia)
Final ranking
References
External links
FIFA U-16 World Championship Scotland 1989 FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
an
(Part 3)Scottish Football Association: U16 World Cup Squad of 1989 Reunite
via archive.org
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