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1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA; Chile 1987
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	October 10–October 25
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-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	Robert Prosinečki

The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from October 10 to October 25, 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested 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.

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

[edit] 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.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	12	3	+9
Chile	4	3	2	1	7	4	+3
Australia	2	3	1	2	2	6	−4
Togo	0	3	0	3	1	9	−8

October 10, 1987 17:00	Chile	2–4	Yugoslavia	Santiago Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
	Tudor 17' Pino 67'	(Report)	Boban 14' Štimac 19' Šuker 61', 63'

October 11, 1987 17:00	Togo	0–2	Australia	Santiago Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abdullah Al Nasir (Saudi Arabia)
		(Report)	Edwards 7' Reynolds 13'

October 13, 1987 17:00	Chile	3–0	Togo	Santiago Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
	Pino 8' (pen.) Tudor 32', 75'	(Report)

October 14, 1987 17:00	Yugoslavia	4–0	Australia	Santiago Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
	Brnović 7' Šuker 22', 71' Boban 67'	(Report)

October 17, 1987 17:00	Chile	2–0	Australia	Santiago Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
	Pino 22', 52'	(Report)

October 18, 1987 17:00	Yugoslavia	4–1	Togo	Santiago Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
	Mijatović 20', 33' Zirojević 53' Šuker 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Ali 75'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Italy	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
Canada	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1
Nigeria	1	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6

October 11, 1987 17:00	Brazil	4–0	Nigeria	Concepción Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
	Alcindo 20' André Cruz 29' William 35', 62' (pen.)	(Report)

October 12, 1987 17:00	Italy	2–2	Canada	Concepción Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
	Impallomeni 50' (pen.) Melli 82'	(Report)	Grimes 9' Mobilio 44'

October 14, 1987 17:00	Brazil	0–1	Italy	Concepción Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Rodolfo Martínez Mejía (Honduras)
		(Report)	Rizzolo 60'

October 15, 1987 17:00	Nigeria	2–2	Canada	Concepción Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia)
	Effa 5' Adekola 44'	(Report)	Jansen 6' Domezetis 88'

October 17, 1987 17:00	Brazil	1–0	Canada	Concepción Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Octavio Sierra Mesa (Colombia)
	André Cruz 82'	(Report)

October 18, 1987 17:00	Nigeria	0–2	Italy	Concepción Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Guenther Abermann (East Germany)
		(Report)	Carrara 23' Melli 24'

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
East Germany	4	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Colombia	3	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1
Bahrain	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3

October 11, 1987 17:00	East Germany	1–2	Scotland	Valparaíso Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
	Prasse 32’	(Report)	McLeod 30’ (pen.) Butler 36’

October 12, 1987 17:00	Colombia	1–0	Bahrain	Valparaíso Attendance: 5,000 Referee: John B. Meachin (Canada)
	Tréllez 10’	(Report)

October 14, 1987 17:00	East Germany	3–1	Colombia	Valparaíso Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
	Sammer 9’, 30’, 70’	(Report)	Tréllez 90’ (pen.)

October 15, 1987 17:00	Scotland	1–1	Bahrain	Valparaíso Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
	Nisbet 76’	(Report)	Al Kharraz 24’

October 17, 1987 17:00	East Germany	2–0	Bahrain	Valparaíso Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
	Liebers 78’ Wosz 83’	(Report)

October 18, 1987 17:00	Scotland	2–2	Colombia	Valparaíso Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)
	Wright 61’ McLeod 74’ (pen.)	(Report)	Guerrero 48’, 58’

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
West Germany	6	3	3	0	8	1	+7
Bulgaria	4	3	2	1	3	3	0
United States	2	3	1	2	2	3	−1
Saudi Arabia	0	3	0	3	0	6	−6

October 11, 1987 17:00	United States	0–1	Bulgaria	Antofagasta Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jean Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
		(Report)	Vassiliev 26’

October 12, 1987 17:00	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Germany	Antofagasta Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Carlo Longhi (Italy)
		(Report)	Epp 6’ Strehmel 27’ Witeczek 31’

October 14, 1987 17:00	United States	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Antofagasta Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia) ^[1]
	Unger 73’	(Report)

October 15, 1987 17:00	Bulgaria	0–3	Germany	Antofagasta Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile)
		(Report)	Witeczek 50’ (pen.), 53’ Reinhardt 59’

October 17, 1987 17:00	United States	1–2	Germany	Antofagasta Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
	Constantino 44’	(Report)	Witeczek 36’ Möller 73’

October 18, 1987 17:00	Bulgaria	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Antofagasta Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Yi-Fa Chow (Chinese Taipei)
	Slavtchev 31’ Kalaydjiev 37’	(Report)

[edit] Knockout stages

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 (PSO)

1 (5)

October 21 - Concepción

West Germany

1 (4)

Italy

0

October 23 - Concepción

Chile

1

Chile

0

Third place

October 21 - Antofagasta

West Germany

4

West Germany (PSO)

1 (4)

East Germany (PSO)

1 (3)

Scotland

1 (3)

Chile

1 (1)

October 25 - Santiago

[edit] Quarter-finals

October 21, 1987 16:15	Italy	0–1	Chile	Concepción Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Rune Larsson (Sweden)
		(Report)	Pino 73' (pen.)

October 21, 1987 16:15	East Germany	2–0	Bulgaria	Valparaíso Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
	Steinmann 70' (pen.) Wosz 83'	(Report)

October 21, 1987 16:15	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4-3 pen.)	Scotland	Antofagasta Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
	Reinhardt 8'	(Report)	Nisbet 45'

October 21, 1987 19:15	Yugoslavia	2–1	Brazil	Santiago Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
	Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89'	(Report)	Alcindo 44'

[edit] Semifinals

October 23, 1987 16:15	Chile	0–4	Germany	Concepción Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Claude Bouillet (France)
		(Report)	Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69'

October 23, 1987 19:15	Yugoslavia	2–1	East Germany	Santiago Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)
	Štimac 30' Šuker 70'	(Report)	Sammer 49'

[edit] Third place play-off

October 25, 1987 15:00	East Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3-1 pen.)	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
	Kracht 73'	(Report)	González 84'

[edit] Final

October 25, 1987 18:00	Yugoslavia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5-4 pen.)	Germany	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
	Boban 85'	(Report)	Witeczek 87' (pen.)

[edit] Result

1987 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners
Yugoslavia First title

[edit] Awards

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

[Glavina-0] 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.

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