1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Wereldkampioenschap Futsal 1989

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	5–15 January
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	221 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	86,500 (2,163 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laszlo Zsadanyi (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Victor Hermans
Fair play award	United States
1992 →

The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 5 and 15 January 1989 in the Netherlands. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.

Contents

Brazil won the tournament.

Participants

Participants 1989 futsal world championship.png — 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.

Confederation	Berths	Qualified
Africa	2	Algeria Zimbabwe
Asia	2	Japan Saudi Arabia
Europe	6	Belgium Denmark Hungary Italy Netherlands Spain
North America	2	Canada United States
South America	3	Argentina Brazil Paraguay
Oceania	1	Australia
TOTAL	16	Field is Finalized

Venues

Holland has many hundreds of sports halls. The KNVB's organizing committee has picked five of the largest and most attractive as the venues for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-A-Side Football.^[1]

Amsterdam	Arnhem	Leeuwarden	Rotterdam	Den Bosch
Sporthallen Zuid	Rijnhal	Sporthal Kalverdijkje	Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis	Maaspoort Sports and Events
3,500	6,500	4,000	7,000	3,500

Squads

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	5
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	9	4	+5	4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3
Algeria	3	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

5 January 1989

20:15

Netherlands	4–2	Denmark
Faber 12', 33' Tielens 40+3' Hermans 40+10'	Report	Olsen 28' Joergensen 40' (pen.)

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)

5 January 1989

21:30

Paraguay	5–0	Algeria
Alcaraz 8', 20' Sanchez 11', 40' Ruiz-Diaz 20'	Report

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Pierre Meysman (Belgium)

7 January 1989

19:30

Denmark	2–2	Paraguay
Olsen 30' Laudrup 40+3'	Report	Jara 20' Espineda 32'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Laszlo Molnar (Hungary)

7 January 1989

21:00

Netherlands	4–1	Algeria
Foree 2' Seintner 17' Loosveld 20', 25'	Report	Dahnoune 25'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Antonio Evangelista (Canada)

8 January 1989

14:30

Denmark	8–4	Algeria
Laudrup 20', 48', 49' Joergensen 23' Johansen 32' Olsen 33', 47' Moeller Nielsen 45'	Report	Lounici 22', 35', 50' Belloumi 34'

Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Julio C. Salas (United States)

8 January 1989

14:30

Netherlands	2–2	Paraguay
Seintner 16' Faber 44'	Report	Sanchez 5' Jara 30'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	4
Hungary	3	2	0	1	17	9	+8	4
Spain	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 January 1989

19:15

Hungary	3–2	Brazil
Borostyan 18' Rozsa 34' Zsadanyi 39'	Report	Toca 9' Átila 13'

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

6 January 1989

20:30

Saudi Arabia	2–8	Spain
Al-Temyat 5' Abu Humoud 20'	Report	Valencia 4', 7' Bonilla 10' González 16' Armora 18', 31' Ferre 29', 35'

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

7 January 1989

19:30

Brazil	8–0	Saudi Arabia
Raul 8' Toca 11', 29' Gilson 15' Benatti 37', 50' Átila 44' Neimar 48'	Report

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: William N. M. Crombie (Scotland)

7 January 1989

20:00

Hungary	3–5	Spain
Zsadanyi 13' Mozner 36' Rozsa 46'	Report	Valencia 15' Armora 24' Iglesias 35', 40' Navarro 45'

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Christiaan Van der Laar (Netherlands)

8 January 1989

14:30

Hungary	11–2	Saudi Arabia
Zsadanyi 1', 7', 14', 41' (pen.), 46' Borostyan 3', 6', 12' Olajos 13' Qiriko 31', 44'	Report	Al-Behair 34' Al-Temyat 39'

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

8 January 1989

14:30

Brazil	4–1	Spain
Raul 15' Benatti 18' Marquinhos 33', 42'	Report	Bonilla 29'

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Canada	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 January 1989

19:45

Japan	0–3	Belgium
	Report	Janssen 20' Schreurs 27' Papanicolaou 42'

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 200

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

6 January 1989

21:00

Canada	1–3	Argentina
Fitzgerald 42'	Report	Hidalgo 8', 49' Lozano 16'

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: J. Oortman (Netherlands)

7 January 1989

18:00

Belgium	2–0	Canada
Maes 7' Schreurs 22'	Report

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)

7 January 1989

19:15

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Yato 39'	Report	Hidalgo 7' (pen.) Lozano 19'

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: J. Andreu Dubon (Spain)

8 January 1989

15:45

Japan	2–6	Canada
Kitazawa 12', 28'	Report	Ianiero 1' Nocita 18' Fitzgerald 31' Berdusco 41' Sarantopoulos 43' Bunbury 48'

Sporthal Kalverdijkje, Leeuwarden

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

8 January 1989

15:45

Belgium	3–1	Argentina
Schreurs 12' Fostier 38' Beyers 50'	Report	Alvarez 35'

Maaspoort Sports and Events, 's-Hertogenbosch

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: William N. M. Crombie (Scotland)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	5
Italy	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	3
Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 January 1989

19:30

Italy	5–1	Zimbabwe
Albanesi 8' Famà 20', 30' de Simoni 25' Albani 27'	Report	Kambani 44'

Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: T. Van der Meer (Netherlands)

6 January 1989

21:00

United States	1–1	Australia
Eichmann 33' (pen.)	Report	Crino 50'

Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

7 January 1989

19:30

Zimbabwe	1–5	United States
Munemo 39'	Report	Murray 7' Vermes 22', 46' Windischmann 25' (pen.) Ramos 28'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

7 January 1989

20:45

Italy	6–1	Australia
Albani 9' (pen.), 29' Famà 15' Minicucci 20' Albanesi 33' Roma 49'	Report	Crino 28' (pen.)

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 500

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

8 January 1989

15:45

Zimbabwe	1–4	Australia
Munemo 50'	Report	Trimboli 25', 49' Odžakov 46' Davidson 47'

Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

8 January 1989

15:45

Italy	1–4	United States
Filippini 44'	Report	Lachowecki 13' Gabarra 21', 40' (pen.) Goulet 49'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Christiaan Van der Laar (Netherlands)

Second round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belgium	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	3
Hungary	3	0	2	1	6	8	−2	2
Italy	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 January 1989

19:45

Netherlands	3–3	Hungary
Bakker 1' Hermans 1', 7'	Report	Rozsa 6' Borostyan 29' Qiriko 43'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: William N. M. Crombie (Scotland)

10 January 1989

21:00

Belgium	5–1	Italy
Fostier 4', 43' Beyers 11' Papanicolaou 28', 49'	Report	Famà 15'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

11 January 1989

19:45

Hungary	2–2	Belgium
Rozsa 28', 39'	Report	Maes 4' Hernalsteen 40'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 800

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

11 January 1989

21:00

Netherlands	4–1	Italy
Hermans 21' Bakker 24' Demandt 38' Loosveld 49'	Report	Minicucci 2'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

12 January 1989

21:00

Netherlands	1–2	Belgium
Loosveld 7'	Report	Schreurs 6', 26'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: William N. M. Crombie (Scotland)

12 January 1989

21:00

Hungary	1–3	Italy
Borostyan 6'	Report	Roma 7' Albani 18' Famà 27'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6
Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	4
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	2
Argentina	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 January 1989

19:45

Brazil	5–1	Paraguay
Átila 10', 20+5' Benatti 14' Neimar 40' Adílio 40+10'	Report	Jara 35'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

10 January 1989

21:00

United States	3–1	Argentina
Vermes 33' Ramos 44' Visnyei 40+6'	Report	Ávalos 8'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

11 January 1989

19:45

Paraguay	0–2	United States
	Report	Vermes 7' Gabarra 50'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 1,700

Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)

11 January 1989

21:00

Brazil	6–3	Argentina
Toca 7', 42' Marquinhos 13' Adílio 36' Carlos Alberto 44' Dirceu 47'	Report	Castaneira 39' Hidalgo 45' (pen.) Valarin 50' (pen.)

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

12 January 1989

21:00

Brazil	3–5	United States
Raul 39' (pen.) Dirceu 47' Neimar 48'	Report	Lawson 7' Ramos 15' Gabarra 27' Goulet 40' Eichmann 46'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Antonio Evangelista (Canada)

12 January 1989

21:00

Paraguay	4–3	Argentina
Flor 14' López 26' Sanchez 35' Ruiz-Diaz 39'	Report	Avalos 18', 23', 30'

Rijnhal, Arnhem

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: J. Oortman (Netherlands)

Final round

	Semifinals				Final

	14 January 1989 – Rotterdam

	Belgium	3 (3)
					15 January 1989 – Rotterdam
	Brazil (p)	3 (5)
					Brazil	2
	14 January 1989 – Rotterdam
					Netherlands	1
	United States	1

	Netherlands	2
					Third place

					15 January 1989 – Rotterdam

					Belgium	2

					United States (a.e.t.)	3

Semi-finals

14 January 1989

19:45

Belgium	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Reul 16' Schreurs 54' Maes 57'	Report	Raul 41' Cadinho 53' Benatti 56'
Penalties
Beyers Papanicolaou Lamotte Schreurs	3–5	Raul Marquinhos Benatti Carlos Alberto Serginho

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Laszlo Molnar (Hungary)

14 January 1989

21:00

United States	1–2	Netherlands
Gabarra 33'	Report	Hermans 23', 26'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)

3rd place

15 January 1989

14:00

Belgium	2–3 (a.e.t.)	United States
Maes 15', 25'	Report	Vermes 59' Windischmann 43'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (Chile)

Final

15 January 1989

15:30

Brazil	2–1	Netherlands
Benatti 10' Raul 46'	Report	Loosveld 43'

Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis, Rotterdam

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: William N. M. Crombie (Scotland)

Champions

FIFA Futsal World Championships 1989 winners
Brazil First title

Awards

Golden Ball winner
Victor Hermans
Golden Shoe winner
Laszlo Zsadanyi
Silver Shoe winner
Benatti
Bronze Shoe winner
Rudi Schreurs Mihaly Borostyan Victor Hermans
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
United States

Goalscorers

7 goals

Laszlo Zsadanyi

6 goals

Rudi Schreurs
Benatti
Mihaly Borostyan
Victor Hermans
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
Raoul Albani
Jose Sanchez

3 goals

Khaled Lounici
Alain Fostier
Nico Papanicolaou
Marquinhos
Neimar
Mario Faber
Daniel Armora
Domingo Valencia
Tab Ramos

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
Clayton Munemo
Herman Beyers

1 goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	8	5	1	2	33	17	+16	11	Champions
2	Netherlands	8	4	2	2	21	14	+7	10	Runners-up
3	United States	8	6	1	1	24	11	+13	13	Third place
4	Belgium	8	5	2	1	22	11	+11	12	Fourth place
5	Hungary	6	2	2	2	23	17	+6	6	Eliminated in Second round
6	Italy	6	3	0	3	17	16	+1	6
7	Paraguay	6	2	2	2	14	14	0	6
8	Argentina	6	2	0	4	13	18	–5	4
9	Spain	3	2	0	1	14	9	+5	4	Eliminated in First round
10	Denmark	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	3
11	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	8	–2	3
12	Canada	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	2
13	Japan	3	0	0	3	3	11	–8	0
14	Zimbabwe	3	0	0	3	3	14	–11	0
15	Algeria	3	0	0	3	5	17	–12	0
16	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	27	–23	0

References

↑ Venues information, p. 56.

External links

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