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 *

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North America, Central America and the Caribbean * Arturo Brizio Carter * David DiPlacido * Antonio Evangelista *

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South America *

Jorge Orellano Jorge is a Spanish Language, Spanish and Portuguese Language, Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth ...

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* José Roberto Wright Europe *

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* Kenny Hope * Alexey Spirin Oceania * Ken Wallace

Group Stage

Group A

Venue:

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Group B

Venue:

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, St. John's
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Group C

Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard,

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Group D

Venue:

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, 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 * Sergei Arutyunian ;3 goals * Mickaël Debève * Fabio Gallo ;2 goals * Luis Cristaldo * Massimiliano Cappellini * Michel Bassole * Christopher Nwosu *

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* Anatoly Mushinka *

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* Nikolai Rusin * Oleh Matveyev * Serhiy Bezhenar ;1 goal * Phillip Richardson * Steve Georgakis *

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* Hebert Arandia * Manuel Lobo *

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* Marcos Urquiza * Guido Titotto * Victor Ramos * Gamal Musaed *

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* Mohamed Ramadan * David Rincon * Gilles Adrian * Stephane Roche * Carlo Bocchialini * Gianluca Pessotto *

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* Beda Beda * Lama Dea *

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* Abdulla Hassan * Abdulla Yousuf * Edress Khairi * Rashid Suwaid *

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* Turki Zayed * Kim In-Wan * Lee Tae-Hong * Noh Jung-Yoon * Vladislav Kadyrov *

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* Ben Crawley *

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Final ranking

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to

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)
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(Part 2)
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