Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

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]

Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup
Organising bodyFootball Australia
Founded1988
Abolished1988 (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 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

Format

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

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil321051+45
 Australia320172+54
 Argentina302136−32
 Saudi Arabia301239−61
Argentina 2–2 Saudi Arabia
Díaz 27', 50' (pen.) Report Majed Abdullah 41'
Díaz 61' (o.g.)
Australia 0–1 Brazil
Report Romario 31'
Attendance: 11,214
Australia 3–0 Saudi Arabia
Ollerenshaw 6'
Farina 42', 81'		 Report
Brazil 0–0 Argentina
Report
Brazil 4–1 Saudi Arabia
Geovani 27' (pen.), 50' (pen.)
Jorginho 28'
Edmar 40'		 Report Majed Abdullah 65'
Australia 4–1 Argentina
Wade 2'
Yankos 42', 67' (pen.)
Bozinovski 80'		 Report Ruggeri 31'
Attendance: 18,985

Third place
Argentina 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Simeone 4'
Dertycia 23'		 Report

Final
Australia 0–2 Brazil
Report Romario 56'
Müller 67'
Attendance: 28,161

Awards
 Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup 

Brazil
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

References
  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.
  4. "Yankos vs Argentina 4-1 Best Ever Goal". Youtube. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  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. Google.com.au. ISBN 9780761959694. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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