1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship


The 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the third edition of the tournament, was held in the Scottish cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Motherwell, Aberdeen, and Dundee between 10 June and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 could participate in this tournament. Saudi Arabia won the tournament and became the first Asian team to win a FIFA tournament. As of November 2019, they also became 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

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier
AFC 1988 AFC U-16 Championship

CAF 1989 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup

CONCACAF
1988 CONCACAF U-16 Tournament

CONMEBOL 1988 South American U-16 Championship

OFC 1989 OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament
UEFA Host nation
UEFA 1989 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

Squads

For full squad lists for the 1989 U-16 World Championship see 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.

Referees

Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
South America
Europe
Oceania

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.
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