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 | ![]() |
← 1985 1989 → |
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) |
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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) Hosts
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Brnović ![]() Šuker ![]() Boban ![]() | (Report) |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Mijatović ![]() Zirojević ![]() Šuker ![]() | (Report) | Ali ![]() |
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 |
Italy ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Impallomeni ![]() Melli ![]() | (Report) | Grimes ![]() Mobilio ![]() |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
East Germany ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Prasse ![]() | (Report) | McLeod ![]() Butler ![]() |
East Germany ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sammer ![]() | (Report) | Tréllez ![]() |
East Germany ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Liebers ![]() Wosz ![]() | (Report) |
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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Constantino ![]() | (Report) | Witeczek ![]() Möller ![]() |
Bulgaria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Slavchev ![]() Kalaydzhiev ![]() | (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
East Germany ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Steinmann ![]() Wosz ![]() | (Report) |
West Germany ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Reinhardt ![]() | (Report) | Nisbet ![]() |
Penalties | ||
4–3 |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Mijatović ![]() Prosinečki ![]() | (Report) | Alcindo ![]() |
Semifinals
Chile ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Eichenauer ![]() 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
Mohamed Al Kharraz
Dimitar Trendafilov
Ivo Slavtchev
Radko Kalaydjiev
Billy Domezetis
Domenic Mobilio
James Grimes
Steve Jansen
Pedro González Vera
Jörg Prasse
Heiko Liebers
Rico Steinmann
Torsten Kracht
Antonio Rizzolo
Marco Carrara
Stefano Impallomeni
David Adekola
Okon Ene Effa
John Butler
Paul Wright
Salissou Ali
Christian Unger
Michael Constantino
Alexander Strehmel
Andreas Möller
Detlev Dammeier
Henrik Eichenauer
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 |
(H) Hosts
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 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 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
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