1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

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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 Prosinečki
Fair play award East Germany
← 1985
1989 →

The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested 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  Bahrain1
 Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) 1987 African Youth Championship  Nigeria
 Togo1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) Host nation  Chile1
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 Germany1
 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:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Chile 2–4 Yugoslavia
Tudor Goal 17'
Pino Goal 67'		 (Report) Boban Goal 14'
Štimac Goal 19'
Šuker Goal 61', 63'
Attendance: 67,000
Togo 0–2 Australia
(Report) Edwards Goal 7'
Reynolds Goal 13'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)
Chile 3–0 Togo
Pino Goal 8' (pen.)
Tudor Goal 32', 75'		 (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Yugoslavia 4–0 Australia
Brnović Goal 7'
Šuker Goal 22', 71'
Boban Goal 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Chile 2–0 Australia
Pino Goal 22', 52' (Report)
Attendance: 75,000
Yugoslavia 4–1 Togo
Mijatović Goal 20', 33'
Zirojević Goal 53'
Šuker Goal 84' (pen.)		 (Report) Goal 75'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (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:[citation needed]
Brazil 4–0 Nigeria
Alcindo Goal 20'
André Cruz Goal 29'
William Goal 35', 62' (pen.)		 (Report)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
Italy 2–2 Canada
Impallomeni Goal 50' (pen.)
Melli Goal 82'		 (Report) Grimes Goal 9'
Mobilio Goal 44'
Attendance: 13,500
Brazil 0–1 Italy
(Report) Rizzolo Goal 60'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Honduras)
Nigeria 2–2 Canada
Goal 5'
Adekola Goal 44'		 (Report) Jansen Goal 6'
Goal 88'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Indonesia)
Brazil 1–0 Canada
André Cruz Goal 82' (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Colombia)
Nigeria 0–2 Italy
(Report) Goal 23'
Melli Goal 24'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (East Germany)

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:[citation needed]
East Germany 1–2 Scotland
Goal 32' (Report) McLeod Goal 30' (pen.)
Goal 36'
Attendance: 10,000
Colombia 1–0 Bahrain
Tréllez Goal 10' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Canada)
East Germany 3–1 Colombia
Sammer Goal 9', 30', 70' (Report) Tréllez Goal 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Sweden)
Scotland 1–1 Bahrain
Nisbet Goal 76' (Report) Goal 24'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Gambia)
East Germany 2–0 Bahrain
Liebers Goal 78'
Wosz Goal 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,000
Scotland 2–2 Colombia
Wright Goal 61'
McLeod Goal 74' (pen.)		 (Report) Guerrero Goal 48', 58'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (France)

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:[citation needed]
United States 0–1 Bulgaria
(Report) Trendafilov Goal 26'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
Saudi Arabia 0–3 West Germany
(Report) Epp Goal 6'
Strehmel Goal 27'
Witeczek Goal 31'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Italy)
United States 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Unger Goal 73' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia) [1]
Bulgaria 0–3 West Germany
(Report) Witeczek Goal 50' (pen.), 53'
Reinhardt Goal 59'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Chile)
United States 1–2 West Germany
Goal 44' (Report) Witeczek Goal 36'
Möller Goal 73'
Attendance: 3,500
Bulgaria 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Slavchev Goal 31'
Goal 37'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Chinese Taipei)

Knockout stages[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
October 21 - Santiago
 
 
 Yugoslavia 2
 
October 23 - Santiago
 
 Brazil1
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
October 21 - Valparaíso
 
 East Germany1
 
 East Germany 2
 
October 25 - Santiago
 
 Bulgaria0
 
 Yugoslavia (p)1 (5)
 
October 21 - Concepción
 
 West Germany1 (4)
 
 Italy0
 
October 23 - Concepción
 
 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 Goal 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Sweden)
East Germany 2–0 Bulgaria
Steinmann Goal 70' (pen.)
Wosz Goal 83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
West Germany 1–1 (a.e.t.) Scotland
Reinhardt Goal 8' (Report) Nisbet Goal 45'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 4,000
Yugoslavia 2–1 Brazil
Mijatović Goal 52'
Prosinečki Goal 89'		 (Report) Alcindo Goal 44'
Attendance: 60,000

Semifinals[]

Chile 0–4 West Germany
(Report) Goal 9'
Dammeier Goal 15'
Witeczek Goal 36', 69'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: (France)
Yugoslavia 2–1 East Germany
Štimac Goal 30'
Šuker Goal 70'		 (Report) Sammer Goal 49'
Attendance: 35,000

Third place play-off[]

East Germany 1–1 (a.e.t.)
 Chile
Kracht Goal 73' (Report) González Goal 84'
Penalties
Neitzel Penalty scored
Zimmerling Penalty scored
Jähnig Penalty scored		 3–1 Penalty scored Pino
Penalty missed
Penalty missed Estay
Penalty missed González
Attendance: 65,000

Final[]

Yugoslavia 1–1 (a.e.t.) West Germany
Boban Goal 85' (Report) Witeczek Goal 87' (pen.)
Penalties
Pavličić Penalty scored
Šuker Penalty scored
Brnović Penalty scored
Zirojević Penalty scored
Boban Penalty scored		 5–4 Penalty missed Witeczek
Penalty scored Strehmel
Penalty scored Luginger
Penalty scored Spyrka
Penalty scored Reinhardt
Attendance: 65,000

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 Prosinečki  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) Host

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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