1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1987, the second edition of the tournament, was hosted by Canada and held in the cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto between 12 July and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.
2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Canada |
Dates | July 12–25, 1987 |
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 | 82 (2.56 per match) |
Attendance | 169,160 (5,286 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Fair play award | |
Venues
The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto hosted tournament matches.
1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada) |
Toronto | St. John's |
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Varsity Stadium | King George V Park | |
43°40′0″N 79°23′50″W | 47°34′39″N 52°42′5″W | |
Capacity: 21,739 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
Montreal | Saint John | |
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard | Canada Games Stadium | |
45°33′14.83″N 73°38′11.87″W | 45°18′16″N 66°5′15″W | |
Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
Qualified teams
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1986 AFC U-16 Championship | |
CAF (Africa) | 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup | |
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) |
Host nation | |
1987 CONCACAF U-17 Championship | ||
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1986 South American U-16 Championship | |
OFC (Oceania) | 1987 OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament | |
UEFA (Europe) | 1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship |
Squads
For full squad lists for the 1987 U-16 World Championship see 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads.
Referees
Asia
Africa North America, Central America and the Caribbean
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South America
Europe Oceania
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Group Stage
Group A
Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Eliminated | |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 |
Italy | 3–0 | |
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Melli Pessotto Gallo |
(Report) |
Italy | 1–1 | |
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Cappellini |
(Report) | Khairi |
Canada | 0–3 | |
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(Report) | Hussain Musaed Ramadan |
Italy | 1–0 | |
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Gallo |
(Report) |
Group B
Venue: King George V Park, St. John's
Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | Eliminated | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
Ivory Coast | 1–1 | |
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Dea |
(Report) | Shin Tae-Yong |
United States | 1–0 | |
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Crawley |
(Report) |
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | |
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Bassole |
(Report) |
South Korea | 0–1 | |
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(Report) | Ramos |
Ivory Coast | 1–0 | |
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Traore |
(Report) |
South Korea | 4–2 | |
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Noh Jung-Yoon Shin Tae-Yong Lee Tae-Hong Kim In-Wan |
(Report) | Snow Deering |
Group C
Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Eliminated | |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | |
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(Report) | Horvat |
Brazil | 0–0 | |
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(Report) |
France | 4–1 | |
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Debève Rincon |
(Report) | Georgakis |
France | 0–2 | |
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(Report) | Zayed Shalgan |
Group D
Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | Eliminated | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1–1 | |
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Rusin |
(Report) | Eke |
Mexico | 2–2 | |
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Landa Romero |
(Report) | Lobo Cristaldo |
Soviet Union | 7–0 | |
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Matveyev Nikiforov Mushchynka Kadyrov Bezhenar |
(Report) |
Nigeria | 3–2 | |
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Osondu |
(Report) | Cristaldo Arandia |
Soviet Union | 4–2 | |
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Nikiforov Bezhenar Asadov Mushchynka |
(Report) | Urquiza Etcheverry |
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
July 19 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
July 22 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
July 19 - Montreal | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
July 25 - Toronto | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
1 (2) | ||||||||||
July 19 - Saint John | ||||||||||
1 (4) | ||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
July 22 - Saint John | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
July 19 - Saint John | ||||||||||
5 | Third place | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
July 24 - Saint John | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Italy | 2–0 | |
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Cappellini Gallo |
(Report) |
Ivory Coast | 3–0 | |
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Bassole Beda Traoré |
(Report) |
Soviet Union | 3–2 | |
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Arutyunian Nikiforov |
(Report) | Adrian Roche |
Semifinals
Ivory Coast | 1–5 | |
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Traoré |
(Report) | Arutyunian Kasimov Rusin |
Final
Nigeria | 1–1 2-4 (pen.) | |
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Osondu |
(Report) | Nikiforov |
Goalscorers
Moussa Traoré of Ivory Coast won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 5 goals
Moussa Traoré Yuri Nikiforov
- 4 goals
Philip Osondu Sergei Arutyunian
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 10 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | ||
3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | ||
4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | ||
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 5 | ||
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 | ||
7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 | ||
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | ||
10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 3 | ||
11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 | ||
12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 | ||
13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | ||
14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 2 | ||
15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 1 | ||
16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.