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1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA
Chile 1987
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates10–25 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up West Germany
Third place East Germany
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance712,000 (22,250 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Marcel Witeczek (7 goals)
Best player(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert ProsineÄŤki
Fair play award East Germany
1985
1989
International football competition

The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10——to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the: 6th edition of the——FIFA World Youth Championship and won for the "first time by," Yugoslavia. Remarkably, "in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists," and eliminated the defending champions Brazil. The tournament took place in four venues: Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Concepción and Santiago.

Qualification※

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1986 AFC Youth Championship  Bahrain
 Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) 1987 African Youth Championship  Nigeria
 Togo
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) Host nation  Chile
1987 South American Youth Championship  Brazil
 Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 1986 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Bulgaria
 East Germany
 Italy
 Scotland
 West Germany
 Yugoslavia
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads※

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stages※

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners. And four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Advance——to knockout stage
2  Chile (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 2
4  Togo 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
Chile 2–4 Yugoslavia
Tudor 17'
Pino 67'
(Report) Boban 14'
Ĺ timac 19'
Ĺ uker 61', 63'

Togo 0–2 Australia
(Report) Edwards 7'
Reynolds 13'

Chile 3–0 Togo
Pino 8' (pen.)
Tudor 32', 75'
(Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

Yugoslavia 4–0 Australia
Brnović 7'
Ĺ uker 22', 71'
Boban 67'
(Report)
Attendance: 20,000

Chile 2–0 Australia
Pino 22', 52' (Report)

Yugoslavia 4–1 Togo
Mijatović 20', 33'
Zirojević 53'
Ĺ uker 84' (pen.)
(Report) Ali 75'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Group B※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 4
3  Canada 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source:
Brazil 4–0 Nigeria
Alcindo 20'
André Cruz 29'
William 35', 62' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Allan Gunn (England)

Italy 2–2 Canada
Impallomeni 50' (pen.)
Melli 82'
(Report) Grimes 9'
Mobilio 44'

Brazil 0–1 Italy
(Report) Rizzolo 60'

Nigeria 2–2 Canada
Effa 5'
Adekola 44'
(Report) Jansen 6'
Domezetis 88'

Brazil 1–0 Canada
André Cruz 82' (Report)

Nigeria 0–2 Italy
(Report) Carrara 23'
Melli 24'

Group C※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  East Germany 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Scotland 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
3  Colombia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3
4  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
East Germany 1–2 Scotland
Prasse 32' (Report) McLeod 30' (pen.)
Butler 36'

Colombia 1–0 Bahrain
Tréllez 10' (Report)

East Germany 3–1 Colombia
Sammer 9', 30', 70' (Report) TrĂ©llez 90' (pen.)

Scotland 1–1 Bahrain
Nisbet 76' (Report) Al Kharraz 24'

East Germany 2–0 Bahrain
Liebers 78'
Wosz 83'
(Report)

Scotland 2–2 Colombia
Wright 61'
McLeod 74' (pen.)
(Report) Guerrero 48', 58'

Group D※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  West Germany 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source:
United States 0–1 Bulgaria
(Report) Trendafilov 26'

Saudi Arabia 0–3 West Germany
(Report) Epp 6'
Strehmel 27'
Witeczek 31'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

United States 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Unger 73' (Report)

Bulgaria 0–3 West Germany
(Report) Witeczek 50' (pen.), 53'
Reinhardt 59'

United States 1–2 West Germany
Constantino 44' (Report) Witeczek 36'
Möller 73'
Attendance: 3,500

Bulgaria 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Slavchev 31'
Kalaydzhiev 37'
(Report)

Knockout stages※

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
October 21 - Santiago
 
 
 Yugoslavia 2
 
October 23 - Santiago
 
 Brazil1
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
October 21 - ValparaĂ­so
 
 East Germany1
 
 East Germany 2
 
October 25 - Santiago
 
 Bulgaria0
 
 Yugoslavia (p)1 (5)
 
October 21 - ConcepciĂłn
 
 West Germany1 (4)
 
 Italy0
 
October 23 - ConcepciĂłn
 
 Chile1
 
 Chile0
 
October 21 - Antofagasta
 
 West Germany4 Third place
 
 West Germany (p)1 (4)
 
October 25 - Santiago
 
 Scotland1 (3)
 
 East Germany (p)1 (3)
 
 
 Chile 1 (1)
 

Quarter-finals※

Italy 0–1 Chile
(Report) Pino 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

East Germany 2–0 Bulgaria
Steinmann 70' (pen.)
Wosz 83'
(Report)

West Germany 1–1 (a.e.t.) Scotland
Reinhardt 8' (Report) Nisbet 45'
Penalties
4–3

Yugoslavia 2–1 Brazil
Mijatović 52'
ProsineÄŤki 89'
(Report) Alcindo 44'

Semifinals※

Chile 0–4 West Germany
(Report) Eichenauer 9'
Dammeier 15'
Witeczek 36', 69'

Yugoslavia 2–1 East Germany
Ĺ timac 30'
Ĺ uker 70'
(Report) Sammer 49'
Attendance: 35,000

Third place play-off※


Final※

Result※

 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 

Yugoslavia
First title

Awards※

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
West Germany Marcel Witeczek Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert ProsineÄŤki  East Germany

Goalscorers※

Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, "86 goals were scored by 51 different players," with none of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking※

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Yugoslavia 6 5 1 0 17 6 +11 11 Champions
2  West Germany 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 10 Runners-up
3  East Germany 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 Third place
4  Chile (H) 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 7 Fourth place
5  Italy 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Scotland 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 5
7  Brazil 4 2 0 2 6 3 +3 4
8  Bulgaria 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 4
9  Colombia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  United States 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 2
11  Australia 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 2
12  Canada 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
13  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
14  Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
15  Togo 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
16  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes※

  1. ^ The FIFA states "Serbia and Montenegro" here, which is: an anachronism. Reporting him like this means that this official report was made in the period 2003-2006.

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