1989 U-16 World Cup

1989 FIFA U-16 World Cup
FIFA U-16 World Tournament 1989
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
venue	Scotland
Opening game	June 10, 1989
Endgame	June 24, 1989
Games	32
Gates	77  (⌀: 2.41 per game)
spectator	192,100  (⌀: 6,003 per game)
Top scorer	Fode Camara Khalid Al-Roaihi Gil Khaled Jasem Tulipa (3 each)
Best player	James Will
yellow cards	68  (⌀: 2.13 per game)
Red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)

The 3rd U-16 World Cup took place in Scotland from June 10 to 24, 1989 . The defending champion was the national team of the Soviet Union , which could not qualify for this tournament. The new title holder was the national team of Saudi Arabia .

From the German-speaking area, only the selection of the GDR under coach Eberhard Vogel qualified for the tournament. She was the winner of Group B in the preliminary round, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Scotland just 1-0. Some of the selection players later played in renowned Bundesliga clubs.

Venues

Glasgow Motherwell Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh

Venues 1989 in Scotland

• Glasgow , Hampden Park : 2 group A preliminary round matches (including opening match) and the final
• Edinburgh , Tynecastle Stadium : 6 Group D preliminary round games, 1 quarter-finals, 1 semi-final and the third place match
• Motherwell , Fir Park : 4 Group A preliminary round games, 1 quarter-finals and 1 semi-finals
• Aberdeen , Pittodrie Stadium : 6 group B preliminary round matches and 1 quarter-finals
• Dundee , Dens Park : 6 Group C preliminary round matches and 1 quarter-finals

Attendees

3 from Europe	GDR	Portugal	Scotland
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia
3 from North and Central America	Canada	Cuba	United States
3 from Africa	Ghana	Guinea	Nigeria
3 from Asia	Bahrain	China	Saudi Arabia
1 from Oceania	Australia

Placements of the participants

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFV selection

player	society
1 Frank Rost	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
2 Thomas Petzold	1. FC Union Berlin
3 Sven Manke	BFC Dynamo
4 Torsten Möhler	HFC chemistry
5 Thomas Bleck	FC Forward Frankfurt
6 Rico Kauerhof	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
7 Steffen Binke	SG Dynamo Dresden
8 Sven Oldenburg	Hansa Rostock
9 René Seib	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
10 Frank Seifert	SG Dynamo Dresden
11 René Rydlewicz	BFC Dynamo
12 Marco Vogel	FC Forward Frankfurt
13 Toralf Konetzke	BFC Dynamo
14 Daniel Knuth	1. FC Union Berlin
15 Lars fight	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
16 Jörg Lucke	FC Forward Frankfurt
17 Erik Schulz	HFC chemistry
18 Klaus Hering	FC Forward Frankfurt

• Trainer: Eberhard Vogel

mode

• The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reached the quarter-finals.
• From the quarterfinals onwards, the knockout system continued.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bahrain	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	05: 10
2.	Scotland	3	1	2	0	004: 100	+3	04: 20
3.	Ghana	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02: 40
4th	Cuba	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01: 50

06/10/1989
Scotland	-	Ghana	0-0
Cuba	-	Bahrain	0: 3
06/12/1989
Scotland	-	Cuba	3-0
Ghana	-	Bahrain	0: 1
06/14/1989
Scotland	-	Bahrain	1: 1
Ghana	-	Cuba	2: 2

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	04: 20
2.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	04: 20
3.	United States	3	1	1	1	005: 700	−2	03: 30
4th	Australia	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01: 50

06/10/1989
GDR	-	Australia	1-0
United States	-	Brazil	1-0
06/12/1989
GDR	-	United States	5: 2
Australia	-	Brazil	1: 3
06/14/1989
GDR	-	Brazil	1: 2
Australia	-	United States	2: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	2	1	0	007-000	+7	05: 10
2.	Argentina	3	1	2	0	004: 100	+3	04: 20
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	1	1	001: 300	−2	03: 30
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	001: 900	−8	00: 60

06/10/1989
Argentina	-	China	0-0
Nigeria	-	Canada	4-0
06/12/1989
Argentina	-	Nigeria	0-0
China	-	Canada	1-0
06/14/1989
Argentina	-	Canada	4: 1
China	-	Nigeria	0: 3

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	1	2	0	006: 500	+1	04: 20
2.	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	04: 20
3.	Guinea	3	0	3	0	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
4th	Colombia	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01: 50

06/10/1989
Guinea	-	Colombia	1: 1
Saudi Arabia	-	Portugal	2: 2
06/12/1989
Guinea	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 2
Colombia	-	Portugal	2: 3
06/14/1989
Guinea	-	Portugal	1: 1
Colombia	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1

Final round

Quarter finals

06/17/1989
Bahrain	-	Brazil	0: 0 n.V., 4: 1 i. E.
GDR	-	Scotland	0: 1
Nigeria	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 0 n.v., 0: 2 i. E.
Portugal	-	Argentina	2: 1

Semifinals

06/20/1989
Bahrain	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1
Portugal	-	Scotland	0: 1

3rd place match

06/23/1989
Bahrain	-	Portugal	0: 3

final

06/24/1989
Saudi Arabia	-	Scotland	2: 2 n.v., 5: 4 i. E.

Best goal scorers

The top scorers of the 1989 U-16 World Cup are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Fodé Camara	3
	Gil Gomes	3
	Khaled Jasem	3
	Khalid Al Rowaihi	3
	Tulipa	3

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition