The 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup was a qualifying edition organized by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF) into the FIFA U-16 World Championship. The three winners qualified to the

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1987, 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 July and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could p ...

First round

The Côte d'Ivoire-Togo matches were played on 22 June 1986 and 5 July 1986. The winners advanced to the Second Round. ''Ivory Coast qualified on penalties freekick 4–3 after a draw of 2–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lesotho qualified after the withdrawal of Mauritius.'' ---- ''Ethiopia qualified after the withdrawal of Sudan.'' ---- ''Cameroon qualified after the withdrawal of Gabon.'' ---- ''Ghana qualified after the withdrawal of Benin.'' ---- ''Liberia qualified after the withdrawal of Gambia.''

Second round

The first leg matches were played on either the 09th or 10 August 1986. The second leg matches were played on either the 22nd, 23rd or 24 August 1986. The Liberia vs Guinea matches were played on 1st and 15 November 1986. The winners advanced to the Third Round. ''Nigeria advanced on away goal after 1−1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Algeria advanced after 1−0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ivory Coast advanced on away goal after 3−3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Guinea advanced after 2−1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Egypt qualified after the withdrawal of Ethiopia in the second leg.'' ---- ''Zambia qualified after the withdrawal of Lesotho.''

Third round

The first leg matches were played on either the 2nd or 4 January 1987. The second leg matches were played on either the 16th or 18 January 1987. The winners qualified for the

. ''Egypt qualified after 2−1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ivory Coast qualified after 3−1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Nigeria qualified after the withdrawal of Zambia''

Countries to participate in 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for

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