1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Chile 1987 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Chile |
Dates | 10–25 October |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 86 (2.69 per match) |
Attendance | 712,000 (22,250 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1986 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CAF (Africa) | 1987 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | ![]() |
1987 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() | |
OFC (Oceania) | 1986 OFC U-20 Championship | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 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 |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
(H) Host
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Brazil ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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André Cruz ![]() |
(Report) |
Group C[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Group D[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
United States ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Trendafilov ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Epp ![]() Strehmel ![]() Witeczek ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Unger ![]() |
(Report) |
Bulgaria ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Witeczek ![]() Reinhardt ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Witeczek ![]() Möller ![]() |
Bulgaria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Slavchev ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Knockout stages[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
October 21 - Santiago | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
October 23 - Santiago | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
October 21 - Valparaíso | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
October 25 - Santiago | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||
October 21 - Concepción | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
October 23 - Concepción | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
October 21 - Antofagasta | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||
October 25 - Santiago | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (1) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals[]
Yugoslavia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Mijatović ![]() Prosinečki ![]() |
(Report) | Alcindo ![]() |
Semifinals[]
Chile ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Dammeier ![]() Witeczek ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Štimac ![]() Šuker ![]() |
(Report) | Sammer ![]() |
Third place play-off[]
East Germany ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Kracht ![]() |
(Report) | González ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Neitzel ![]() Zimmerling ![]() Jähnig ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final[]
Yugoslavia ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Boban ![]() |
(Report) | Witeczek ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Pavličić ![]() Šuker ![]() Brnović ![]() Zirojević ![]() Boban ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Result[]
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners |
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![]() Yugoslavia First title |
Awards[]
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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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
Alistair Edwards
Kurt Reynolds
Dimitar Trendafilov
Domenic Mobilio
James Grimes
Steve Jansen
Pedro González Vera
Heiko Liebers
Rico Steinmann
Torsten Kracht
Antonio Rizzolo
Stefano Impallomeni
David Adekola
Paul Wright
Christian Unger
Alexander Strehmel
Andreas Möller
Detlev Dammeier
Thomas Epp
Branko Brnović
Ranko Zirojević
Robert Prosinečki
Final ranking[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Notes[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1987
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
- Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?;Jonathan Wilson's Blog @ guardian.co.uk, 24 July 2007
- FIFA World Youth Championship
- 1987 in youth association football
- International association football competitions hosted by Chile
- 1987 in Chilean football
- October 1987 sports events in South America