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1989 FIFA World Youth Championship

1989 FIFA World Youth Championship
1989 بطولة العالم للشباب لكرة القدم
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates February 16–March 3
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 81 (2.53 per match)
Attendance 643,815 (20,119 per match)
Top scorer(s) Soviet Union Oleg Salenko (5 goals)
Best player Brazil Bismarck
Chile 1987
Portugal 1991

The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between February 16 and March 3, 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place in four venues: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if.

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.


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