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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 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.

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 →

Qualification edit

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 edit

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

Group stages edit

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 edit

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) Hosts
Chile  2–4  Yugoslavia
Tudor   17'
Pino   67'		 (Report) Boban   14'
Štimac   19'
Šuker   61', 63'
Attendance: 67,000
Togo  0–2  Australia
(Report) Edwards   7'
Reynolds   13'
Attendance: 15,000
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'
Šuker   22', 71'
Boban   67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Chile  2–0  Australia
Pino   22', 52' (Report)
Attendance: 75,000
Yugoslavia  4–1  Togo
Mijatović   20', 33'
Zirojević   53'
Šuker   84' (pen.)		 (Report) Ali   75'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

Group B edit

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   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'
Attendance: 13,500
Brazil  0–1  Italy
(Report) Rizzolo   60'
Attendance: 18,000
Nigeria  2–2  Canada
Effa   5'
Adekola   44'		 (Report)[dead link] Jansen   6'
Domezetis   88'
Attendance: 5,000
Brazil  1–0  Canada
André Cruz   82' (Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Nigeria  0–2  Italy
(Report) Carrara   23'
Melli   24'
Attendance: 9,000

Group C edit

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
Prasse   32' (Report) McLeod   30' (pen.)
Butler   36'
Attendance: 10,000
Colombia  1–0  Bahrain
Tréllez   10' (Report)[dead link]
Attendance: 5,000
East Germany  3–1  Colombia
Sammer   9', 30', 70' (Report) Tréllez   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
Scotland  1–1  Bahrain
Nisbet   76' (Report) Al Kharraz   24'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
East Germany  2–0  Bahrain
Liebers   78'
Wosz   83'		 (Report)
Attendance: 2,000
Scotland  2–2  Colombia
Wright   61'
McLeod   74' (pen.)		 (Report) Guerrero   48', 58'
Attendance: 5,000

Group D edit

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   26'
Attendance: 18,000
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)
Attendance: 5,000
Bulgaria  0–3  West Germany
(Report) Witeczek   50' (pen.), 53'
Reinhardt   59'
Attendance: 8,000
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)
Attendance: 8,000

Knockout stages edit

 
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 edit

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)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
West Germany  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Scotland
Reinhardt   8' (Report) Nisbet   45'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 4,000
Yugoslavia  2–1  Brazil
Mijatović   52'
Prosinečki   89'		 (Report) Alcindo   44'
Attendance: 60,000

Semifinals edit

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

Third place play-off edit

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

Final edit

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

Result edit

 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 
 
Yugoslavia
First title

Awards edit

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
  Marcel Witeczek   Robert Prosinečki   East Germany

Goalscorers edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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