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 country	Chile
Dates	10–25 October
Teams	16 (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 played	32
Goals scored	86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	712,000 (22,250 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcel Witeczek (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Robert Prosinečki
Fair play award	East Germany
← 1985 1989 →

Qualification

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

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
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	2
4	Togo	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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10 October 1987
17:00

Chile	2–4	Yugoslavia
Tudor 17' Pino 67'	(Report)	Boban 14' Štimac 19' Šuker 61', 63'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

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11 October 1987
17:00

Togo	0–2	Australia
	(Report)	Edwards 7' Reynolds 13'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdullah Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)

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13 October 1987
17:00

Chile	3–0	Togo
Pino 8' (pen.) Tudor 32', 75'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

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14 October 1987
17:00

Yugoslavia	4–0	Australia
Brnović 7' Šuker 22', 71' Boban 67'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

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17 October 1987
17:00

Chile	2–0	Australia
Pino 22', 52'	(Report)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

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18 October 1987
17:00

Yugoslavia	4–1	Togo
Mijatović 20', 33' Zirojević 53' Šuker 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Ali 75'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

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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
3	Canada	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 October 1987
17:00

Brazil	4–0	Nigeria
Alcindo 20' André Cruz 29' William 35', 62' (pen.)	(Report)

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Allan Gunn (England)

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12 October 1987
17:00

Italy	2–2	Canada
Impallomeni 50' (pen.) Melli 82'	(Report)	Grimes 9' Mobilio 44'

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

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14 October 1987
17:00

Brazil	0–1	Italy
	(Report)	Rizzolo 60'

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (Honduras)

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15 October 1987
17:00

Nigeria	2–2	Canada
Effa 5' Adekola 44'	(Report)[dead link]	Jansen 6' Domezetis 88'

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia)

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17 October 1987
17:00

Brazil	1–0	Canada
André Cruz 82'	(Report)

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Octavio Sierra Mesa (Colombia)

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18 October 1987
17:00

Nigeria	0–2	Italy
	(Report)	Carrara 23' Melli 24'

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Guenther Abermann (East Germany)

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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
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 October 1987
17:00

East Germany	1–2	Scotland
Prasse 32'	(Report)	McLeod 30' (pen.) Butler 36'

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)

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12 October 1987
17:00

Colombia	1–0	Bahrain
Tréllez 10'	(Report)[dead link]

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: John B. Meachin (Canada)

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14 October 1987
17:00

East Germany	3–1	Colombia
Sammer 9', 30', 70'	(Report)	Tréllez 90' (pen.)

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

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15 October 1987
17:00

Scotland	1–1	Bahrain
Nisbet 76'	(Report)	Al Kharraz 24'

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

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17 October 1987
17:00

East Germany	2–0	Bahrain
Liebers 78' Wosz 83'	(Report)

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

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18 October 1987
17:00

Scotland	2–2	Colombia
Wright 61' McLeod 74' (pen.)	(Report)	Guerrero 48', 58'

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

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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
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]}

11 October 1987
17:00

United States	0–1	Bulgaria
	(Report)	Trendafilov 26'

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

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12 October 1987
17:00

Saudi Arabia	0–3	West Germany
	(Report)	Epp 6' Strehmel 27' Witeczek 31'

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)

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14 October 1987
17:00

United States	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Unger 73'	(Report)

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia) ^[1]

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15 October 1987
17:00

Bulgaria	0–3	West Germany
	(Report)	Witeczek 50' (pen.), 53' Reinhardt 59'

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile)

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17 October 1987
17:00

United States	1–2	West Germany
Constantino 44'	(Report)	Witeczek 36' Möller 73'

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

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18 October 1987
17:00

Bulgaria	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Slavchev 31' Kalaydzhiev 37'	(Report)

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Yi-Fa Chow (Chinese Taipei)

Knockout stage

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

Quarter-finals

21 October 1987
16:15

Italy	0–1	Chile
	(Report)	Pino 73' (pen.)

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)

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21 October 1987
16:15

East Germany	2–0	Bulgaria
Steinmann 70' (pen.) Wosz 83'	(Report)

Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Allan Gunn (England)

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21 October 1987
16:15

West Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Scotland
Reinhardt 8'	(Report)	Nisbet 45'
Penalties
	4–3

Estadio Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

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21 October 1987
19:15

Yugoslavia	2–1	Brazil
Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89'	(Report)	Alcindo 44'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Semi-finals

23 October 1987
16:15

Chile	0–4	West Germany
	(Report)	Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69'

Estadio Municipal, Concepción

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)

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23 October 1987
19:15

Yugoslavia	2–1	East Germany
Štimac 30' Šuker 70'	(Report)	Sammer 49'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

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Third place play-off

25 October 1987
15:00

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

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)

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Final

25 October 1987
18:00

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

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)

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
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	Canada	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
11	United States	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	2
12	Australia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	2
13	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
14	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
15	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0
16	Togo	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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