1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Chile 1987 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Chile |
Dates | 10-25 October |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia (1st title) |
Runners-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(s) | Robert Prosinečki |
Fair play award | East Germany |
The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 October to 25 October 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
1 Qualification
2 Squads
3 Group stages
3.1 Group A
3.2 Group B
3.3 Group C
3.4 Group D
4 Knockout stages
4.1 Quarter-finals
4.2 Semifinals
4.3 Third place play-off
4.4 Final
5 Result
6 Awards
7 Goalscorers
8 Final ranking
9 Notes
10 External links
Qualification
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1986 AFC Youth Championship | Bahrain1 Saudi Arabia |
CAF (Africa) | 1987 African Youth Championship | Nigeria Togo1 |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Canada United States |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1987 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Colombia |
OFC (Oceania) | 1986 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
UEFA (Europe) | 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Bulgaria East Germany1 Italy Scotland West Germany Yugoslavia |
Host nation | Chile1 |
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
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 | Status |
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Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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 |
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Chile | 2–4 | Yugoslavia |
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Tudor 17' Pino 67' | (Report) | Boban 14' Štimac 19' Šuker 61', 63' |
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Togo | 0–2 | Australia |
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(Report) | Edwards 7' Reynolds 13' |
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Chile | 3–0 | Togo |
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Pino 8' (pen.) Tudor 32', 75' | (Report) |
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Yugoslavia | 4–0 | Australia |
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Brnović 7' Šuker 22', 71' Boban 67' | (Report) |
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Chile | 2–0 | Australia |
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Pino 22', 52' | (Report) |
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Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Togo |
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Mijatović 20', 33' Zirojević 53' Šuker 84' (pen.) | (Report) | Ali 75' |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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 |
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Brazil | 4–0 | Nigeria |
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Alcindo 20' André Cruz 29' William 35', 62' (pen.) | (Report) |
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Italy | 2–2 | Canada |
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Impallomeni 50' (pen.) Melli 82' | (Report) | Grimes 9' Mobilio 44' |
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Brazil | 0–1 | Italy |
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(Report) | Rizzolo 60' |
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Nigeria | 2–2 | Canada |
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Effa 5' Adekola 44' | (Report) | Jansen 6' Domezetis 88' |
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Brazil | 1–0 | Canada |
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André Cruz 82' | (Report) |
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Nigeria | 0–2 | Italy |
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(Report) | Carrara 23' Melli 24' |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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East Germany | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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 |
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East Germany | 1–2 | Scotland |
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Prasse 32’ | (Report) | McLeod 30’ (pen.) Butler 36’ |
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Colombia | 1–0 | Bahrain |
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Tréllez 10’ | (Report) |
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East Germany | 3–1 | Colombia |
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Sammer 9’, 30’, 70’ | (Report) | Tréllez 90’ (pen.) |
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Scotland | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Nisbet 76’ | (Report) | Al Kharraz 24’ |
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East Germany | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Liebers 78’ Wosz 83’ | (Report) |
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Scotland | 2–2 | Colombia |
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Wright 61’ McLeod 74’ (pen.) | (Report) | Guerrero 48’, 58’ |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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West Germany | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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 |
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United States | 0–1 | Bulgaria |
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(Report) | Vasilev 26’ |
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Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Epp 6’ Strehmel 27’ Witeczek 31’ |
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United States | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Unger 73’ | (Report) |
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Bulgaria | 0–3 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Witeczek 50’ (pen.), 53’ Reinhardt 59’ |
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United States | 1–2 | West Germany |
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Constantino 44’ | (Report) | Witeczek 36’ Möller 73’ |
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Bulgaria | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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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 (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
October 21 - Concepción | ||||||||||
West Germany | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||
October 23 - Concepción | ||||||||||
Chile | 1 | |||||||||
Chile | 0 | |||||||||
October 21 - Antofagasta | ||||||||||
West Germany | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
West Germany (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
October 25 - Santiago | ||||||||||
Scotland | 1 (3) | |||||||||
East Germany (pen.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Chile | 1 (1) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Italy | 0–1 | Chile |
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(Report) | Pino 73' (pen.) |
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East Germany | 2–0 | Bulgaria |
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Steinmann 70' (pen.) Wosz 83' | (Report) |
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West Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pen.) | Scotland |
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Reinhardt 8' | (Report) | Nisbet 45' |
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Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Brazil |
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Mijatović 52' Prosinečki 89' | (Report) | Alcindo 44' |
Semifinals
16:15
Chile | 0–4 | West Germany |
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(Report) | Eichenauer 9' Dammeier 15' Witeczek 36', 69' |
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Yugoslavia | 2–1 | East Germany |
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Štimac 30' Šuker 70' | (Report) | Sammer 49' |
Third place play-off
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East Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3-1 pen.) | Chile |
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Kracht 73' | (Report) | González 84' |
Final
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Yugoslavia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
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Boban 85' | (Report) | Witeczek 87' (pen.) |
Penalties | ||
Pavličić Šuker Brnović Zirojević Boban | 5-4 | Witeczek Strehmel Luginger Spyrka Reinhardt |
Result
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners |
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Yugoslavia First title |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Marcel Witeczek | Robert Prosinečki | East Germany |
Goalscorers
Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Shoe 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
Lukas Tudor
Predrag Mijatović
Zvonimir Boban
- 2 goals
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Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
2 | West Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | |
3 | East Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | |
4 | Chile | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
6 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
7 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 | |
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 3 | |
10 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
11 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 2 | |
12 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 | |
13 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 | |
14 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 1 | |
15 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | |
16 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 |
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.
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987, FIFA.com- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1987
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?;Jonathan Wilson's Blog @ guardian.co.uk, 24 July 2007