16th World Games for the Deaf (Christchurch) 1989

NB: tournament commonly known as "Deaflympics"

Group A

 7- 1 Netherlands   18-0 New Zealand
 7- 1 Italy          4-1 South Korea
 9- 1 Rep. Ireland   2-1 Italy
 9- 1 Netherlands    6-0 South Korea
11- 1 Netherlands    drw Rep. Ireland
11- 1 South Korea    bt  New Zealand
13- 1 Rep. Ireland   8-0 New Zealand
13- 1 Netherlands    0-0 Italy
15- 1 Italy          8-0 New Zealand
15- 1 Rep. Ireland   5-0 South Korea

 1.Rep. Ireland    4  3  1  0        7
 2.Netherlands     4  2  2  0        6
 3.Italy           4  2  1  1 13- 3  5
 4.South Korea     4  1  0  3        2
 5.New Zealand     4  0  0  4        0

Group B
 6- 1 West Germany   3-0 Australia
 6- 1 United Kingdom drw Sweden
 8- 1 United Kingdom 4-2 West Germany
 8- 1 Sweden         5-1 USA
10- 1 West Germany   8-0 USA
10- 1 United Kingdom 6-0 Australia
12- 1 USA            6-1 Australia
        [Anthony Crosta (goalkeeper), Vinnie Velotta x4, ?]
12- 1 West Germany   2-0 Sweden
        [Udo Hittorf, Ralf Schroder]
14- 1 United Kingdom 8-0 USA
14- 1 Sweden         6-0 Australia

 1.United Kingdom  4  3  1  0        7
 2.West Germany    4  3  0  1 15- 4  6
 3.Sweden          4  2  1  1        5
 4.USA             4  1  0  3  7-22  2
 5.Australia       4  0  0  4  1-21  0

Ninth place match
16- 1 Australia 2-1 New Zealand

Seventh place match
16- 1 USA 2-1 South Korea

Fifth place match
16- 1 Sweden 2-1 Italy

Third place match
17- 1 Netherlands 5-2 West Germany

Final
17- 1 United Kingdom 5-0 Rep. Ireland
        [Ian Galloway, Mark Walford x2, Roger Sutton, George McDonald]

This was the 5th football gold medal for the UK since the first 
games in 1924, bringing them level with Yugoslavia, which also 
had 5 gold medals. 



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