# 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.

## Qualification

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1986 AFC Youth Championship | Bahrain Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | 1987 African Youth Championship | Nigeria Togo |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Canada United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Chile |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 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 Germany Italy Scotland West Germany Yugoslavia |
    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 stage

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 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group D

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stages

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| October 21 - Santiago | October 21 - Santiago | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | October 23 - Santiago | October 23 - Santiago | | |
| Brazil | 1 | October 23 - Santiago | October 23 - Santiago | |
| Brazil | 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| October 21 - Valparaíso | October 21 - Valparaíso | | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| October 21 - Valparaíso | October 21 - Valparaíso | East Germany | 1 | |
| East Germany | 2 | East Germany | 1 | |
| East Germany | 2 | | | | October 25 - Santiago | October 25 - Santiago |
| Bulgaria | 0 | | | | October 25 - Santiago | October 25 - Santiago |
| Bulgaria | 0 | | | | Yugoslavia (p) | 1 (5) |
| October 21 - Concepción | October 21 - Concepción | | | | | Yugoslavia (p) | 1 (5) |
| October 21 - Concepción | October 21 - Concepción | | | | West Germany | 1 (4) |
| Italy | 0 | | | | West Germany | 1 (4) |
| Italy | 0 | October 23 - Concepción | October 23 - Concepción | | | |
| Chile | 1 | October 23 - Concepción | October 23 - Concepción | | | |
| Chile | 1 | Chile | 0 | | | |
| October 21 - Antofagasta | October 21 - Antofagasta | | Chile | 0 | | | |
| October 21 - Antofagasta | October 21 - Antofagasta | West Germany | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| West Germany (p) | 1 (4) | West Germany | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| West Germany (p) | 1 (4) | | | | October 25 - Santiago | October 25 - Santiago |
| Scotland | 1 (3) | | | | October 25 - Santiago | October 25 - Santiago |
| Scotland | 1 (3) | | | | East Germany (p) | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | Chile | 1 (1) |

### Final
## Result

* 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship winners
* Yugoslavia First title

## Awards

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

## Goalscorers

Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Boot 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

* Marcel Witeczek

### 6 goals

* Davor Šuker

### 5 goals

* Camilo Pino

### 4 goals

* Matthias Sammer

### 3 goals

* Luka Tudor
* Predrag Mijatović
* Zvonimir Boban

### 2 goals

* Alcindo Sartori
* André Cruz
* William
* John Jairo Trellez
* Miguel Guerrero
* Dariusz Wosz
* Alessandro Melli
* Joe McLeod
* Scott Nisbet
* Knut Reinhardt
* Igor Štimac

### 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 | 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 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |