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 | East Germany |
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 | 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
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Brazil Colombia | |
OFC (Oceania) | 1986 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
UEFA (Europe) | 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
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- 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 | 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 |
Yugoslavia | 4–0 | Australia |
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Brnović 7' Šuker 22', 71' Boban 67' |
(Report) |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
Brazil | 4–0 | Nigeria |
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William 35', 62' (pen. ) |
(Report) |
Italy | 2–2 | Canada |
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Impallomeni 50' (pen.) Melli 82' |
(Report) | Grimes 9' Mobilio 44' |
Brazil | 0–1 | Italy |
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(Report) | Rizzolo 60' |
Nigeria | 2–2 | Canada |
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Effa 5' Adekola 44' |
(Report)[dead link] | Jansen 6' Domezetis 88' |
Brazil | 1–0 | Canada |
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André Cruz 82' |
(Report) |
Nigeria | 0–2 | Italy |
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(Report) | Carrara 23' Melli 24' |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | East Germany
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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 |
Scotland | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Nisbet 76' | (Report) | Al Kharraz 24' |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Bulgaria
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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 |
Bulgaria | ||
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(Report) | Trendafilov 26' |
Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Epp 6' Strehmel 27' Witeczek 31' |
United States | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Unger 73' |
(Report) |
Bulgaria | 0–3 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Witeczek 50' (pen.), 53' Reinhardt 59' |
United States | 1–2 | West Germany |
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Constantino 44' | (Report) | Möller 73' |
Bulgaria | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Slavchev 31' Kalaydzhiev 37' |
(Report) |
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
October 21 - Santiago | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
East Germany | 1 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 0 | |||||||||
Yugoslavia (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
October 21 - Concepción | ||||||||||
West Germany | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||
October 23 - Concepción | ||||||||||
Chile | 1 | |||||||||
Antofagasta | ||||||||||
West Germany | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
Santiago | ||||||||||
Scotland | 1 (3) | |||||||||
East Germany (p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Chile | 1 (1) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Italy | 0–1 | Chile |
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(Report) | Pino 73' (pen.) |
Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89' |
(Report) | Alcindo 44' |
Semifinals
Chile | 0–4 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69' |
Third place play-off
Final
a.e.t.) | West Germany | |
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Boban 85' | (Report) | Witeczek 87' (pen.) |
Penalties | ||
Pavličić Šuker Brnović Zirojević Boban |
5–4 | Witeczek Strehmel Luginger Spyrka Reinhardt |
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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Marcel Witeczek | Robert Prosinečki | East Germany
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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
- 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 |
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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
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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
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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 |
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