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Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

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Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
Organising bodyFootball Australia
Founded1988
Abolished1988; 36 years ago (1988)
RegionAustralia
Number of teams4
Related competitionsBrazil Independence Cup
Last champions Brazil
Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia Australia
Dates6–17 July 1988
Teams4
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored22 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Charlie Yankos
Australia Frank Farina
Argentina Hernán Díaz
Brazil Romário
Brazil Geovani
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah (2 goals)

The 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup was a one-off association football tournament to celebrate the bincentennial of first settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was contested by 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners Saudi Arabia, 1986 FIFA World Cup winners Argentina, world number one-ranked side Brazil and host nation Australia.[1][2][3]

The tournament was particularly notable for Australian fans for a remarkable extreme-long range goal scored by Charlie Yankos in Australia's unexpected 4–1 win over then World Champions Argentina.[4] Brazil were eventual winners, beating Australia 2–0 in the final.[5] Argentina took out 3rd place beating Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the third place match.

Participants

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Format

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Teams played each other once in a round robin group stage. Each team was awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from the group played in a final and the bottom two teams played in a 3rd place match.[6]

Summary

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Advance to Final
2  Australia (H) 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 4
3  Argentina 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 Advance to Third place play-off
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Argentina 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Díaz 27', 50' (pen.) Report Majed Abdullah 41'
Díaz 61' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,664
Referee: Barry Harwood (Australia)

Australia 0–1 Brazil
Report Romario 31'
Attendance: 11,214
Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

Australia 3–0 Saudi Arabia
Ollerenshaw 6'
Farina 42', 81'
Report
Attendance: 11,396
Referee: Bill Monteverde (Australia)

Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Donald Campbell (Australia)

Brazil 4–1 Saudi Arabia
Geovani 27' (pen.), 50'
Jorginho 28'
Edmar 40'
Report Majed Abdullah 30'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)

Australia 4–1 Argentina
Wade 2'
Yankos 42', 67' (pen.)
Bozinovski 80'
Report Ruggeri 31'
Attendance: 18,985
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

Third place play-off

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Argentina 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Simeone 4'
Dertycia 23'
Report
Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Gary Power (Australia)

Final

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Australia 0–2 Brazil
Report Romario 56'
Müller 67'
Attendance: 28,161
Referee: Donald Campbell (Australia)
Australia
Brazil
GK 1 Jeff Olver
RB 2 Wally Savor downward-facing red arrow
CB 15 Charlie Yankos
CB 21 Robbie Dunn
LB 3 Graham Jennings
RM 4 Paul Wade
CM 12 Alan Davidson (c)
CM 6 Frank Farina downward-facing red arrow
LM 19 Oscar Crino
CF 17 Graham Arnold
CF 10 Scott Ollerenshaw
Substitutions:
MF 5 Vlado Bozinovski upward-facing green arrow
FW 7 Robbie Slater upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Frank Arok
GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel
RB 13 Jorginho
CB 3 Aloisio
CB 14 Ricardo Gomes
LB 6 Nelsinho
RM 8 Andrade
CM 5 Valdo
LM 10 Geovani
RF 7 Müller
CF 9 Edmar (c) downward-facing red arrow
LF 11 Romario
Substitutions:
DF 2 Winck upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Silva

Awards

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 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup 

Brazil

First title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 22 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Forgotten Story of ... Australia's defeat to Fiji - Vince Rugari". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  2. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Yankos vs Argentina 4-1 Best Ever Goal". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-04-21.[dead YouTube link]
  5. ^ "Socceroo 1988 Matches". Ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  6. ^ Miller, Toby; Lawrence, Geoffrey; McKay, Jim; Rowe, David (12 July 2001). Globalization and Sport. ISBN 9780761959694. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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