1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup
Tournament details
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	USSR (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Côte d'Ivoire
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	82 (2.56 per match)
Attendance	169,160 (5,286 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Moussa Traoré
Best player	Moussa Traoré and Philip Osundu (shared)

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

[edit] Qualified teams

Africa (African U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1987)

•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Egypt
•  Nigeria

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1986)

•  Korea Republic
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia

Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1987)

•  France
•  Italy
•  USSR

North America (CONCACAF U-16 Championship 1987)

•  Mexico
•  United States

South America (Sudamericano Sub-16 1986)

•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Ecuador

Oceania (OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1987)

•  Australia

Host Nation Automatically qualified

•  Canada

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Referees

[edit] Matches

[edit] Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	5
Qatar	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	5
Egypt	3	1	0	2	3	2	1	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

July 12, 1987 14:00	Italy	3–0	Canada	Toronto Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter
	Melli 22' Pessotto 36' Gallo 68'	(Report)

July 12, 1987 16:00	Qatar	1–0	Egypt	Toronto Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Dilvo Di Placido
	Hassan 21'	(Report)

July 14, 1987 18:00	Italy	1–1	Qatar	Toronto Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Jorge Orellana
	Cappellini 67'	(Report)	Khairi 76'

July 14, 1987 20:00	Canada	0–3	Egypt	Toronto Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Kenneth Wallace
		(Report)	Hussain 14' Musaed 48' Ramadan 53'

July 16, 1987 17:45	Italy	1–0	Egypt	Toronto Attendance: 6,500 Referee: John Blankenstein
	Gallo 69'	(Report)

July 16, 1987 19:45	Canada	1–2	Qatar	Toronto Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Juan Ortube
	Titotto 25'	(Report)	Youssef 3' Sowaid 23'

[edit] Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	5
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	3
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1	2
United States	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2

July 12, 1987 18:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1–1	Korea Republic	St. John's Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera
	Dea 9'	(Report)	Shin Tae Yong 53'

July 12, 1987 20:00	United States	1–0	Ecuador	St. John's Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Naji Jouini
	Crawley 47'	(Report)

July 14, 1987 18:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	United States	St. John's Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Jassim Mandi
	Bassole 52'	(Report)

July 14, 1987 20:00	Korea Republic	0–1	Ecuador	St. John's Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Itzhak Ben Itzhak
		(Report)	Ramos 47'

July 16, 1987 18:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1–0	Ecuador	St. John's Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera
	Traore 68'	(Report)

July 16, 1987 20:00	Korea Republic	4–2	United States	St. John's Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Naji Jouini
	Ro Jung Koon 25' Shin Tae Yong 50' Lee Tae Hong 65' Kim In Wan 72'	(Report)	Snow 40' Deering 48'

[edit] Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	4
France	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	3
Brazil	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1	2

July 13, 1987 18:00	Brazil	0–0	France	Montreal Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Lee Do Ha
		(Report)

July 13, 1987 20:00	Saudi Arabia	0–1	Australia	Montreal Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Antonio Evangelista
		(Report)	Horvat 71'

July 15, 1987 18:00	Brazil	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Montreal Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Alexey Spirin
		(Report)

July 15, 1987 20:00	France	4–1	Australia	Montreal Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Simon Bantsimba
	Debeve 14', 23', 31' Rincon 24' pen	(Report)	Georgakis 73'

July 17, 1987 18:00	Brazil	0–1	Australia	Montreal Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Lee Do Ha
		(Report)	Richardson 74'

July 17, 1987 20:00	France	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Montreal Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Alexey Spirin
		(Report)	Zayed 18' Shalgan 34'

[edit] Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USSR	3	2	1	0	12	3	9	5
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	9	-6	3
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	6	9	-3	1

July 12, 1987 18:00	USSR	1–1	Nigeria	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 2,695 Referee: Jose Ramiz Wright
	Rusin 61'	(Report)	Eke 79'

July 12, 1987 20:00	Mexico	2–2	Bolivia	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 2,695 Referee: Mohamed Hafez
	Landa 56' Romero 76'	(Report)	Lobo 50' Cristaldo 53'

July 14, 1987 18:00	USSR	7–0	Mexico	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 2,335 Referee: Kenneth Hope
	Matveev 13', 25' Nikiforov 31', 51' Mushinka 47' Kadyrov 64' Bezhenar 72' pen	(Report)

July 14, 1987 20:00	Nigeria	3–2	Bolivia	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 2,335 Referee: Essa Al-Jassas
	Osundo 24', 66', 77'	(Report)	Cristaldo 26' Arandia 70'

July 16, 1987 18:00	USSR	4–2	Bolivia	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kenneth Hope
	Nikiforov 28' Bezhenar 32' pen Asadov 44' Mushinka 50'	(Report)	Urquiza 59' pen Etcheverry 73'

July 16, 1987 20:00	Nigeria	0–1	Mexico	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Jose Ramiz Wright
		(Report)	Rivera 55'

[edit] Knockout stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	July 19 - Toronto
	Italy	2
					July 22 - Toronto
	Korea Republic	0
					Italy	0
	July 19 - St. John's
					Nigeria	1
	Côte d'Ivoire	3
									July 25 - Toronto
	Qatar	0
									Nigeria (PSO)	1 (2)
	July 19 - Montreal
									USSR	1 (4)
	Australia	0
					July 22 - St. John's
	Nigeria	1
					Côte d'Ivoire	1			Third place
	July 19 - Saint John
					USSR	5
	USSR	3							Italy (AET)	1
	France	2							Côte d'Ivoire	2
									July 24 - St. John's

[edit] Quarterfinals

July 19, 1987 14:00	Italy	2–0	Korea Republic	Toronto Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Kenneth Wallace
	Cappellini 52' Gallo 54'	(Report)

July 19, 1987 14:00	Côte d'Ivoire	3–0	Qatar	St. John's Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera
	Bassole 16' Beda 52' Traore 66'	(Report)

July 19, 1987 14:00	Australia	0–1	Nigeria	Montreal Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Antonio Evangelista
		(Report)	Nwosu 59'

July 19, 1987 14:00	USSR	3–2	France	Saint John Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jose Ramiz Wright
	Arutyunian 40', 60' Nikiforov 76'	(Report)	Adrian 49' Roche 65'

[edit] Semifinals

July 22, 1987 20:00	Italy	0–1	Nigeria	Toronto Attendance: 20,000 Referee: John Blankenstein
		(Report)	Nwosu 63'

July 22, 1987 19:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1–5	USSR	St. John's Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter
	Traore 57'	(Report)	Arutyunian 1', 38' Kasimov 10', 56' Rusin 77'

[edit] Playoff for 3rd place

July 24, 1987 19:00	Italy	1–2 (AET)	Côte d'Ivoire	St. John's Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Antonio Evangelista
	Bocchialini 57'	(Report)	Traore 17', 96'