The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1987, the second edition of the tournament, was hosted by

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and held in the cities of

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, Saint John, St. John's, and

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between 12 July and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

The cities of

, Saint John, St. John's, and

hosted tournament matches.

Qualified teams

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 Arturo Brizio Carter (born 9 March 1956) is a Mexican former association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup, three each in 1994 and 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Yea ...

* David DiPlacido * Antonio Evangelista * Berny Ulloa Morera South America * Jorge Orellano * Juan Ortube * José Roberto Wright Europe * John Blankenstein * Kenny Hope *

Alexey Spirin Alexey Nikolayevich Spirin (russian: Алексей Николаевич Спирин; born 4 January 1952, in Ruzayevka, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former football referee from Russia. He refereed one match in the 1990 F ...

Oceania * Ken Wallace

Group Stage

Group A

Venue:

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Group B

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

Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard,

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Group D

Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John
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Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

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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 *

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* Yuri Nikiforov ;4 goals *

Philip Osondu Philip Osondu Mast (28 November 1971 – 12 December 2019) was a Nigerian footballer. He played in Belgium for teams including RSC Anderlecht and RWDM. Career Philip Osondu played in his native Nigeria for El Kanemi Warriors when RSC Anderl ...

* Sergei Arutyunian ;3 goals * Mickaël Debève * Fabio Gallo ;2 goals *

Luis Cristaldo Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz (born August 31, 1969 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Bolivian football midfielder. He is Bolivia's national team record cap holder alongside Marco Sandy. Club career Born in Argentina, he reloc ...

* Massimiliano Cappellini * Michel Bassole *

Christopher Nwosu Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), " Christ" or " Anointed", and φέρ ...

Shin Tae-Yong Shin Tae-yong (, Hanja: 申台龍; born on 11 May 1970) is a South Korean former professional footballer and manager who is currently coaching the Indonesia national football team. He is the first man to win the Asian Club Championship/AFC Ch ...

* Anatoly Mushinka * Mirdjalal Kasimov *

Nikolai Rusin Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...

Oleh Matveyev Oleh Mykhaylovych Matvyeyev ( ua, Олег Михайлович Матвєєв; born 18 August 1970) is a Ukrainian former footballer. Career One of the most successful strikers at the start of the Ukrainian Premier League. In 1997, he won t ...

Serhiy Bezhenar Serhiy Bezhenar (born 9 August 1970 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR) was a Ukrainian professional football player. Career He played in defense, usually as a fullback. Even though he won four championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) and two cups (199 ...

;1 goal * Phillip Richardson * Steve Georgakis * Steve Horvat * Hebert Arandia *

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* Marco Etcheverry * Marcos Urquiza * Guido Titotto * Victor Ramos * Gamal Musaed * Hany Hussain * Mohamed Ramadan * David Rincon * Gilles Adrian *

Stephane Roche Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arri ...

* Carlo Bocchialini * Gianluca Pessotto * Marcello Melli * Beda Beda * Lama Dea *

Carlos Rivera Carlos Rivera Guerra, better known as Carlos Rivera (born March 15, 1986), is a Mexican singer. He rose to fame by winning the third generation of '' La Academia''. Rivera has released four studio albums and participated in six theatre product ...

* Daniel Landa * Ramiro Romero * Albert Eke * Abdulla Hassan * Abdulla Yousuf * Edress Khairi *

Rashid Suwaid Rashid Shami Suwaid (born 5 September 1973) is a Qatari association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1973 birth ...

* Mohammed Shalgan * Turki Zayed * Kim In-Wan * Lee Tae-Hong * Noh Jung-Yoon * Vladislav Kadyrov * Arif Asadov *

Ben Crawley Ben Crawley (born May 6, 1971, in Austin, Texas) is a retired American soccer player. He was a member of the United States teams at both the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship and 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship but spent most of his professiona ...

* Chad Deering * Steve Snow

Final ranking

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to

because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.

External links

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