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.

Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut. == Squads ==

Squads

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

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 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- ---- Third place play-off ---- Final ==Result==

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==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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