The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first

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, 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

First 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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Second round

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 *

Victor Hermans Victor Jacobus Hermans (born 17 March 1953 in Maastricht) is a Dutch futsal coach who has managed 6 different national teams and guided 3 to the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Career Hermans started his career by playing outdoor football for his ho ...

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

Lars Olsen Lars Christian Olsen (born 2 February 1961) is a Danish former footballer and current manager, who was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He started his coaching career with Randers in 2003, guiding them to promot ...

* Raoul Albani * Jose Sanchez ;3 goals * Khaled Lounici * Alain Fostier * Nico Papanicolaou * Marquinhos * Neimar * Mario Faber * Daniel Armora * Domingo Valencia *

Tab Ramos Tabaré "Tab" Ramos Ricciardi (born September 21, 1966) is an American former soccer player and coach. Over his thirteen-year professional career, Ramos played as a midfielder in Spain, Mexico, and the United States. The first player to sign wi ...

;2 goals * Fernando Lozano * Oscar Crino * Paul Trimboli * Adílio * Dirceu * John Fitzgerald * Kurt Joergensen * Sandor Olajos * Laszlo Qiriko * Franco Albanesi * Paolo Minicucci * Giovanni Roma * Tsuyoshi Kitazawa * Andre Bakker * Michel Seintner * Francisco Alcaraz * Luis Jara * Mario Ruiz-Diaz * Safouk Al-Temyat * Sergio Bonilla * Antonio Ferre * José Iglesias * Eric Eichmann * Brent Goulet *

Mike Windischmann Michael Windischmann (born December 6, 1965, in Nuremberg, West Germany) is an American retired soccer defender who played in both the Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He earned fifty caps with the U.S. national ...

* Clayton Munemo * Herman Beyers ;1 goal * Lakhdar Belloumi * Abderrahmane Dahnoune * Ramon Alvarez * Hugo Castaneira * Gabriel Valarin * Alan Davidson * Žarko Odžakov * Raf Hernalsteen * Karel Janssen * Luc Reul * Cadinho * Carlos Alberto * Gilson * Eddy Berdusco * Alex Bunbury * Tony Nocita * Peter Sarantopoulos * 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 * Doc Lawson * Bruce Murray * Gyula Visnyei * Antony Kambani

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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are counted as draws.

References

External links

FIFA Futsal World Championship Netherlands 1989
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:1989 Fifa Futsal World Championship 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments Fifa Futsal World Championship, 1989 1988–89 in Dutch football International futsal competitions hosted by the Netherlands