1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
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.
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 | ![]() |
Qualification
- 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 | ![]() |
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 82' | (Report) |
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 32’ | (Report) | McLeod 30’ (pen.) Butler 36’ |
East Germany ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Liebers 78’ Wosz 83’ |
(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 26’ |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Epp 6’ Strehmel 27’ Witeczek 31’ |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Unger 73’ | (Report) |
United States ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Constantino 44’ | (Report) | Witeczek 36’ Möller 73’ |
Bulgaria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Slavchev 31’ Kalaydzhiev 37’ |
(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 52' Prosinečki 89' |
(Report) | Alcindo 44' |
Semifinals
Chile ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69' |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Štimac 30' Šuker 70' |
(Report) | Sammer 49' |
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 |
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