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The 1989
FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...
took place in
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between 16 February and 3 March 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place across four cities:
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Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
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Dammam Dammam ( ar, الدمّام ') is the fifth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. It is the capital of the Eastern Province. With a total population of 1,252,523 as of 2020. The judicial and administrative ...
, and
Ta'if Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...
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Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut. :2.Replaced , who was disqualified from the tournament due to the
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scandal.


Match officials

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Neji Jouini Neji Jouini ( ar, ناجي الجويني; born 12 August 1949) is a former Tunisian football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1990 and two in 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, cl ...
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;Europe *
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Tullio Lanese Tullio Lanese (born 10 January 1947, in Messina) is a former Italian football referee and a former President of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA. Referee From 1987 to 1992 he held the qualification of international referee, officia ...
* Neil Midgley *
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* Aron Schmidhuber *
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Alexey Spirin Alexey Nikolayevich Spirin (russian: Алексей Николаевич Спирин; born 4 January 1952, in Ruzayevka, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former football referee from Russia. He refereed one match in the 1990 FIF ...
* Marcel van Langenhove ;North, Central America and Caribbean *
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Arturo Brizio Carter Arturo Brizio Carter (born 9 March 1956) is a Mexican former association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup, three each in 1994 and 1998. He gave seven red cards ( a record for the tournament) ...
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José Torres Cadena José Joaquín Torres Cadena (born July 15, 1952), also known as J.J. Torres, is a former association football referee from Colombia. Torres served as a FIFA referee for several international tournaments, including the 1989 FIFA World Youth C ...


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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stages


Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place play-off

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Final


Result


Awards


Goalscorers

Oleg Salenko of Soviet Union won the Golden Shoe 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 *
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Bismarck Barreto Faria Bismarck Barreto Faria, better known as Bismarck (born 11 November 1969) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Bismarck was born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro State. His professional career ...
* Marcelo Henrique *
Sonny Anderson Anderson da Silva (born 19 September 1970), better known as Sonny Anderson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer at the club level, he was best known for his spells with Lyon, Monaco (he pl ...
* Christopher Ohenhen *
Mutiu Adepoju Mutiu Adepoju (born 22 December 1970) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 175 games and 22 goals over the course of seven se ...
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Steve Snow Stephen Leonard Snow (born March 2, 1971) is a retired United States, American soccer Striker (association football), forward who was a dominant goal scorer at the high school, college and junior national level. He played professionally in Belgiu ...
;2 goals * Ricardo França *
Wilson Muñoz Wilson Muñoz Brenes (born 5 February 1975) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Muñoz started his career with Costa Rican side Alajuelense, forming a midfield partnership with Costa Rica internat ...
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Radoslav Látal Radoslav Látal (born 6 January 1970) is a Czech Republic, Czech football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Látal is currently in charge of I liga side Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza. Club career At a club level, Látal began t ...
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* Jorge Couto *
Bakhva Tedeev Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev (russian: Бахва Отарович Тедеев, os, Тедеты Отары фырт Бахвæ) (born 18 September 1969, in Tskhinvali) is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladi ...
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Sergei Kiriakov Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (russian: Серге́й Вячеславович Кирьяков; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast. Career Kiriakov ...
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Antonio Pinilla Antonio Pinilla Miranda (born 25 February 1971) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. Best known for his stints with Tenerife and Gimnàstic – he began playing professionally for Barcelona, but had vi ...
* Abdul Latif Helou *
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* Humberto Biazotti * Martín Ubaldi * Cássio *
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* Diego Osorio * Danilo Brenes * Rónald González Brenes *
Henri Fuchs Henri Fuchs (born 23 June 1970) is a German football manager and former striker. He is currently the head responsible of the youth academy at FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Club career Fuchs played for 1. FC Köln, Chemnitzer FC, Dynamo Dresden, VfB L ...
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* Uwe Jahnig *
Laith Hussein Laith Hussein Shihaib Al-Tawlid ( ar, ليث حسين شهيب التولد; born 13 October 1968) is an Iraqi former football player who was the captain of the Iraqi national team. He was vital to speaking out against Uday Hussein, the chairman ...
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Naeem Saddam Naeem Saddam (born 15 August 1969) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq between 1988 and 1993. He is the younger brother of Karim Saddam Karim Saddam Menshid (born 26 May 1960) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Ira ...
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Radhi Shenaishil Radhi Shenaishil Swadi ( ar, راضي شنيشل سوادي; born 11 August 1969) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team, and currently manages Iraq U23. Playing career Radhi Shenaishil was born and ...
* Christopher Nwosu *
Nduka Ugbade Nduka Ugbade (born 6 September 1969) is the head coach of the Nigeria under-17 national football team and a former football player. Player As a youth player, fresh from St. Finbarrs College Akoka-Lagos, Ugbade was captain of the Nigeria U-16 m ...
* Samuel Elijah * Bjørn Johansen *
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* Oystein Drillestad * Oyvind Mellemstrand * Kante Nfaly *
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* Joao Manuel Vieira Pinto * Jorge Amaral Rodrigues * Paulo Alves * Hamad Al Debaikhi * Khaled Al Harbi * Khalid Al Rowaihi * Saadoun Al Suraiti * Andrei Timoshenko * Oleg Matveev *
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* Moisés García León *
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Final ranking


Notes


External links


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