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1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

 
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1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA
Chile 1987
Tournament details
Host country  Chile
Dates October 10October 25
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (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) West Germany Marcel Witeczek (7 goals)
Best player Yugoslavia 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.

Contents

Squads

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

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.

Group A

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

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'

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’

Group D

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

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


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'

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'

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'

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.)

Result

 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners 

Yugoslavia
First title

Awards

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

Notes

  1. ^ 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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