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1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| year | 1987 |
| other_titles | 2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup |
| Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987 | |
| country | Canada |
| dates | 12–25 July |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 6 |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion | URS |
| count | 1 |
| second | NGA |
| third | CIV |
| fourth | ITA |
| matches | 32 |
| goals | 82 |
| attendance | 169160 |
| top_scorer | Moussa Traoré |
| player | Moussa Traoré and |
| Philip Osondu (shared) | |
| fair_play | |
| prevseason | 1985 |
| nextseason | 1989 |
Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987 Philip Osondu (shared)
The 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship, 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 and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.
Venues
The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto hosted tournament matches.
| Toronto | St. John's | Montreal | Saint John | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity Stadium | King George V Park | |||
| Capacity: 21,739 | Capacity: 10,000 | |||
| [[File:Varsity Centre.JPG | 225px]] | |||
| Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard | Canada Games Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |||
| [[File:Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.jpg | 200px]] |
Qualified teams
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1986 OFC U-17 Championship | ||
| 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
- Itzhak Ben Itzhak
- Ibrahim Al-Jassas
- Lee Do-Ha
- Jassim Mandi Africa
- Simon Bantsimba
- Mohamed Hafez
- Naji Jouini North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Arturo Brizio Carter
- David DiPlacido
- Antonio Evangelista
- Berny Ulloa Morera
South America
- Jorge Orellano
- Juan Ortube
- José Roberto Wright Europe
- John Blankenstein
- Kenny Hope
- Alexey Spirin Oceania
- Ken Wallace
Group stage
Group A
Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
Group B
Venue: King George V Park, St. John's
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
Group C
Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eliminated | |||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
Group D
Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Knockout stage
|July 19 - Toronto| |2| |0 |July 19 - Montreal| |0| |1 |July 19 - Saint John| |3| |0 |July 19 - Saint John| |3| |2 |July 22 - Toronto||0||1 |July 22 - Saint John||1||5 |July 25 - Toronto| (pen.)|1 (2)||1 (4) |July 24 - Saint John| (aet)|1||2
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
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
- Mickaël Debève
- Fabio Gallo ;2 goals
- Luis Cristaldo
- Massimiliano Cappellini
- Michel Bassole
- Christopher Nwosu
- Shin Tae-Yong
- Anatoly Mushinka
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Nikolai Rusin
- Oleh Matveyev
- Serhiy Bezhenar ;1 goal
- Phillip Richardson
- Steve Georgakis
- Steve Horvat
- Hebert Arandia
- Manuel Lobo
- Marco Etcheverry
- Marcos Urquiza
- Guido Titotto
- Victor Ramos
- Gamal Musaed
- Hany Hussain
- Mohamed Ramadan
- David Rincon
- Gilles Adrian
- Stephane Roche
- Carlo Bocchialini
- Gianluca Pessotto
- Marcello Melli
- Beda Beda
- Lama Dea
- Carlos Rivera
- Daniel Landa
- Ramiro Romero
- Albert Eke
- Abdulla Hassan
- Abdulla Yousuf
- Edress Khairi
- Rashid Suwaid
- Mohammed Shalgan
- Turki Zayed
- Kim In-wan
- Lee Tae-hong
- Noh Jung-yoon
- Vladislav Kadyrov
- Arif Asadov
- Ben Crawley
- Chad Deering
- Steve Snow
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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