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.
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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 86 (2.69 per match) |
Attendance | 712,000 (22,250 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
Qualification
edit- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Squads
editFor a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group stages
editThe 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
editPos | 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 |
Group B
editPos | 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 | 1–0 | Canada |
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André Cruz 82' | (Report) |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
Scotland | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Nisbet 76' | (Report) | Al Kharraz 24' |
East Germany | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Liebers 78' Wosz 83' |
(Report) |
Group D
editPos | 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 | 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 |
United States | 0–1 | 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) |
United States | 1–2 | West Germany |
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Constantino 44' | (Report) | Witeczek 36' Möller 73' |
Bulgaria | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Slavchev 31' Kalaydzhiev 37' |
(Report) |
Knockout stages
editQuarter-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
editYugoslavia | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89' |
(Report) | Alcindo 44' |
Semifinals
editChile | 0–4 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69' |
Yugoslavia | 2–1 | East Germany |
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Štimac 30' Šuker 70' |
(Report) | Sammer 49' |
Third place play-off
editEast Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Chile |
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Kracht 73' | (Report) | González 84' |
Penalties | ||
Neitzel Zimmerling Jähnig |
3–1 | Pino Navarrete Estay González |
Final
editResult
edit1987 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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Yugoslavia First title |
Awards
editGolden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Marcel Witeczek | Robert Prosinečki | East Germany |
Goalscorers
editMarcel 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
- 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
editPos | 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 | 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 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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- 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