1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup
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	Soviet Union (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)
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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.

Qualified teams

Africa (African U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1987)

•  Côte d'Ivoire
•  Egypt
•  Nigeria

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1986)

•  South Korea
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia

Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1987)

•  France
•  Italy
•  Soviet Union

North America, Central America and the Caribbean (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

Squads

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

Referees

Matches

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	Varsity Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter
	Melli  22' Pessotto  36' Gallo  68'	(Report)

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	5
South Korea	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	South Korea	King George V Park, St. John's Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera
	Dea  9'	(Report)	Shin  53'

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

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

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

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

July 16, 1987 20:00	South Korea	4–2	United States	King George V Park, St. John's Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Naji Jouini
	Ro  25' Shin  50' Lee  65' Kim  72'	(Report)	Snow  40' Deering  48'

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
	Debève  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'

Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	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	Soviet Union	1–1	Nigeria	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John, Attendance: 2,695 Referee: José 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	Soviet Union	7–0	Mexico	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John, Attendance: 2,335 Referee: Kenneth Hope
	Matveyev  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	Soviet Union	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: José Ramiz Wright
		(Report)	Rivera  55'

Knockout stages

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

Quarterfinals

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

July 19, 1987 14:00	Côte d'Ivoire	3–0	Qatar	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John 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	Soviet Union	3–2	France	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Ramiz Wright
	Arutyunian  40', 60' Nikiforov  76'	(Report)	Adrian  49' Roche  65'

Semifinals

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

July 22, 1987 19:00	Côte d'Ivoire	1–5	Soviet Union	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter
	Traore  57'	(Report)	Arutyunian  1', 38' Kasimov  10', 56' Rusin  77'

Playoff for 3rd place

July 24, 1987 19:00	Italy	1–2 (AET)	Côte d'Ivoire	Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Antonio Evangelista
	Bocchialini  57'	(Report)	Traore  17', 96'

Final

July 25, 1987 15:00	Nigeria	1–1 2-4 (PSO)	Soviet Union	Varsity Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 15,000 Referee: José Ramiz Wright
	Osundo  11'	(Report)	Nikiforov  6'

Result

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Winners
Soviet Union First title

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Yuri Nikiforov	5
	Moussa Traoré	5
	Sergei Arutyunian	4
	Philip Osondu	4

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Canada 1987