# 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

The 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the second edition of the tournament, was hosted by Canada and held in the cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto between 12 and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.

## Venues

The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto hosted tournament matches.
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Toronto | St. John's |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Varsity Stadium | King George V Park |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | 43°40′0″N 79°23′50″W﻿ / ﻿43.66667°N 79.39722°W﻿ / 43.66667; -79.39722﻿ (Varsity Stadium) | 47°34′39″N 52°42′5″W﻿ / ﻿47.57750°N 52.70139°W﻿ / 47.57750; -52.70139﻿ (King George V Park) |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Capacity: 21,739 | Capacity: 10,000 |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Montreal | Saint John |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard | Canada Games Stadium |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | 45°33′14.83″N 73°38′11.87″W﻿ / ﻿45.5541194°N 73.6366306°W﻿ / 45.5541194; -73.6366306﻿ (Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard) | 45°18′16″N 66°5′15″W﻿ / ﻿45.30444°N 66.08750°W﻿ / 45.30444; -66.08750﻿ (Canada Games Stadium) |
| MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) | Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |

## Qualified teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1986 AFC U-16 Championship | South Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup | Ivory Coast Egypt Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | Host nation | Canada |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 1987 CONCACAF U-17 Championship | Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1986 South American U-16 Championship | Bolivia Brazil Ecuador |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1986 OFC U-17 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | France Italy Soviet Union |

## Squads

For full squad lists for the 1987 U-16 World Championship see 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads.

## Group stage
### Group A

Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | Eliminated |

### Group B

Venue: King George V Park, St. John's
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | Eliminated |

### Group C

Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated |

### Group D

Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1 | Eliminated |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 19 - Toronto | July 19 - Toronto | | | |
| Italy | 2 | | | |
| Italy | 2 | July 22 - Toronto | July 22 - Toronto | | |
| South Korea | 0 | July 22 - Toronto | July 22 - Toronto | |
| South Korea | 0 | Italy | 0 | |
| July 19 - Montreal | July 19 - Montreal | | Italy | 0 | |
| July 19 - Montreal | July 19 - Montreal | Nigeria | 1 | |
| Australia | 0 | Nigeria | 1 | |
| Australia | 0 | | | | July 25 - Toronto | July 25 - Toronto |
| Nigeria | 1 | | | | July 25 - Toronto | July 25 - Toronto |
| Nigeria | 1 | | | | Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| July 19 - Saint John | July 19 - Saint John | | | | | Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| July 19 - Saint John | July 19 - Saint John | | | | Soviet Union | 1 (4) |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | | | | Soviet Union | 1 (4) |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | July 22 - Saint John | July 22 - Saint John | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | July 22 - Saint John | July 22 - Saint John | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| July 19 - Saint John | July 19 - Saint John | | Ivory Coast | 1 | | | |
| July 19 - Saint John | July 19 - Saint John | Soviet Union | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Soviet Union | 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Soviet Union | 3 | | | | July 24 - Saint John | July 24 - Saint John |
| France | 2 | | | | July 24 - Saint John | July 24 - Saint John |
| France | 2 | | | | Italy (aet) | 1 |
| | | | | | Ivory Coast | 2 |

### Final
## Result

* 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners
* Soviet Union First title

## Goalscorers

Moussa Traoré of Ivory Coast won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

### 5 goals

* Moussa Traoré
* Yuri Nikiforov

### 4 goals

* Philip Osondu
* Sergei Arutyunian

### 3 goals

* Mickaël Debève
* Fabio Gallo

### 2 goals

* Luis Cristaldo
* Massimiliano Cappellini
* Michel Bassole
* Christopher Nwosu
* Shin Tae-Yong
* Anatoly Mushinka
* Mirdjalal Kasimov
* Nikolai Rusin
* Oleh Matveyev
* Serhiy Bezhenar

### 1 goal

* Phillip Richardson
* Steve Georgakis
* Steve Horvat
* Hebert Arandia
* Manuel Lobo
* Marco Etcheverry
* Marcos Urquiza
* Guido Titotto
* Victor Ramos
* Gamal Musaed
* Hany Hussain
* Mohamed Ramadan
* David Rincon
* Gilles Adrian
* Stephane Roche
* Carlo Bocchialini
* Gianluca Pessotto
* Marcello Melli
* Beda Beda
* Lama Dea
* Carlos Rivera
* Daniel Landa
* Ramiro Romero
* Albert Eke
* Abdulla Hassan
* Abdulla Yousuf
* Edress Khairi
* Rashid Suwaid
* Mohammed Shalgan
* Turki Zayed
* Kim In-Wan
* Lee Tae-Hong
* Noh Jung-Yoon
* Vladislav Kadyrov
* Arif Asadov
* Ben Crawley
* Chad Deering
* Steve Snow

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 10 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 |
| 4 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | Qatar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 5 |
| 6 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 |
| 7 | France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 3 |
| 11 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| 12 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
| 13 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 |
| 14 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 2 |
| 15 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.