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1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	12–25 July
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Ivory Coast
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(s)	Moussa Traoré and Philip Osondu (shared)
Fair play award	Soviet Union
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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.

MontrealSt. John'sSaint JohnToronto1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship (Canada)	Toronto	St. John's
	Varsity Stadium	King George V Park
	43°40′0″N 79°23′50″W / 43.66667°N 79.39722°W / 43.66667; -79.39722 (Varsity Stadium)	47°34′39″N 52°42′5″W / 47.57750°N 52.70139°W / 47.57750; -52.70139 (King George V Park)
	Capacity: 21,739	Capacity: 10,000
	Montreal	Saint John
	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard	Canada Games Stadium
	45°33′14.83″N 73°38′11.87″W / 45.5541194°N 73.6366306°W / 45.5541194; -73.6366306 (Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard)	45°18′16″N 66°5′15″W / 45.30444°N 66.08750°W / 45.30444; -66.08750 (Canada Games Stadium)
	Capacity: 9,000	Capacity: 5,000

Qualified teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1986 AFC U-16 Championship	South Korea  Qatar  Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa)	1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup	Ivory Coast  Egypt  Nigeria
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	Host nation	Canada
	1987 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1986 South American U-16 Championship	Bolivia  Brazil  Ecuador
OFC (Oceania)	1986 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship	France  Italy  Soviet Union

Squads

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

Referees

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Italy	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	5	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Qatar	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	5
Egypt	3	1	0	2	3	2	1	2	Eliminated
Canada	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

Italy	3–0	Canada
Melli 22' Pessotto 36' Gallo 68'	(Report)

Qatar	1–0	Egypt
Hassan 21'	(Report)

Italy	1–1	Qatar
Cappellini 67'	(Report)	Khairi 76'

Canada	0–3	Egypt
	(Report)	Hussain 14' Musaed 48' Ramadan 53'

Italy	1–0	Egypt
Gallo 69'	(Report)

Canada	1–2	Qatar
Titotto 25'	(Report)	Yousuf 3' Suwaid 23'

Group B

Venue: King George V Park, St. John's

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	5	Advanced to the quarterfinals
South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	3
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1	2	Eliminated
United States	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	2

Ivory Coast	1–1	South Korea
Dea 9'	(Report)	Shin Tae-Yong 53'

United States	1–0	Ecuador
Crawley 47'	(Report)

Ivory Coast	1–0	United States
Bassole 52'	(Report)

South Korea	0–1	Ecuador
	(Report)	Ramos 47'

Ivory Coast	1–0	Ecuador
Traore 68'	(Report)

South Korea	4–2	United States
Noh Jung-Yoon 25' Shin Tae-Yong 50' Lee Tae-Hong 65' Kim In-Wan 72'	(Report)	Snow 40' Deering 48'

Group C

Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	4	Advanced to the quarterfinals
France	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	Eliminated
Brazil	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1	2

Brazil	0–0	France
	(Report)

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Australia
	(Report)	Horvat 71'

Brazil	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

France	4–1	Australia
Debève 14', 23', 31' Rincon 24' (pen.)	(Report)	Georgakis 73'

Brazil	0–1	Australia
	(Report)	Richardson 74'

France	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)	Zayed 18' Shalgan 34'

Group D

Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	12	3	9	5	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	9	-6	3	Eliminated
Bolivia	3	0	1	2	6	9	-3	1

Soviet Union	1–1	Nigeria
Rusin 61'	(Report)	Eke 79'

Mexico	2–2	Bolivia
Landa 56' Romero 76'	(Report)	Lobo 50' Cristaldo 53'

Soviet Union	7–0	Mexico
Matveyev 13', 25' Nikiforov 31', 51' Mushchynka 47' Kadyrov 64' Bezhenar 72' pen	(Report)

Nigeria	3–2	Bolivia
Osondu 24', 66', 77'	(Report)	Cristaldo 26' Arandia 70'

Soviet Union	4–2	Bolivia
Nikiforov 28' Bezhenar 32' (pen.) Asadov 44' Mushchynka 50'	(Report)	Urquiza 59' (pen.) Etcheverry 73'

Nigeria	0–1	Mexico
	(Report)	Rivera 55'

Knockout stage

	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 (pen.)	1 (2)
	July 19 - Saint John
									Soviet Union	1 (4)
	Ivory Coast	3
					July 22 - Saint John
	Qatar	0
					Ivory Coast	1
	July 19 - Saint John
					Soviet Union	5			Third place
	Soviet Union	3
									July 24 - Saint John
	France	2
									Italy (aet)	1
									Ivory Coast	2

Quarter-finals

Italy	2–0	South Korea
Cappellini 52' Gallo 54'	(Report)

Ivory Coast	3–0	Qatar
Bassole 16' Beda 52' Traoré 66'	(Report)

Australia	0–1	Nigeria
	(Report)	Nwosu 59'

Soviet Union	3–2	France
Arutyunian 40', 60' Nikiforov 76'	(Report)	Adrian 49' Roche 65'

Semi-finals

Italy	0–1	Nigeria
	(Report)	Nwosu 63'

Ivory Coast	1–5	Soviet Union
Traoré 57'	(Report)	Arutyunian 1', 38' Kasimov 10', 56' Rusin 77'

Third place play-off

Italy	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
Bocchialini 57'	(Report)	Traoré 17', 96'

Final

Nigeria	1–1 2-4 (pen.)	Soviet Union
Osondu 11'	(Report)	Nikiforov 6'

Result

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

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	Soviet Union	6	4	2	0	21	7	+14	10
2	Nigeria	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	8
3	Ivory Coast	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	9
4	Italy	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	7
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Qatar	4	2	1	1	4	5	–1	5
6	Australia	4	2	0	2	3	5	–2	4
7	France	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	3
8	South Korea	4	1	1	2	5	6	–1	3
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
10	Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	9	–6	3
11	Egypt	3	1	0	2	3	2	+1	2
12	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	1	2	–1	2
13	United States	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	2
14	Brazil	3	0	2	1	0	1	–1	2
15	Bolivia	3	0	1	2	6	9	–3	1
16	Canada	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.

External links

• FIFA U-16 World Championship Canada 1987, FIFA.com
• Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)

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