The 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Saudi Arabia between 16 February and 3 March 1989. The 1989 championship was the 7th contested. The tournament took place across four cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Ta'if.
Mexico, who was disqualified from the tournament due to the Cachirules scandal.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.
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.
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Wilson Muñoz
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Wali Kareem
Jorge Couto
Bakhva Tedeev Sergei Kiriakov
Antonio Pinilla
Abdul Latif Helou
Troy Dayak
Diego Simeone Humberto Biazotti Martín Ubaldi Cássio Leonardo Araújo Diego Osorio
Danilo Brenes Rónald González Brenes
Henri Fuchs Stephan Prausse Uwe Jahnig Laith Hussein Naeem Saddam Radhi Shenaishil
Christopher Nwosu Nduka Ugbade Samuel Elijah
Bjørn Johansen Lars Bohinen Oystein Drillestad Oyvind Mellemstrand
Kante Nfaly Abel Silva João Pinto Jorge Amaral Paulo Alves
Hamad Al Debaikhi Khaled Al Harbi Khalid Al Rowaihi Saadoun Al Suraiti Andrei Timoshenko Oleg Matveev David Villabona Moisés García León Mohammad Afash Yasser Sibai Chris Henderson Dario Brose