The 1987

FIFA World Youth Championship The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

took place in

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from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and eliminated the defending champions Brazil. The tournament took place in four venues: Antofagasta,

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, Concepción and

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Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut.

Squads

''For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads''

Group stages

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stages

Quarter-finals

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Semifinals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 86 goals were scored by 51 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;7 goals * Marcel Witeczek ;6 goals *

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;5 goals * Camilo Pino ;4 goals *

Matthias Sammer Matthias Sammer (; born 5 September 1967) is a German football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a sweeper. With Borussia Dortmund as a player, Sammer won the Bundesliga and DF ...

;3 goals * Luka Tudor * Predrag Mijatović * Zvonimir Boban ;2 goals *

Alcindo Sartori Alcindo Sartori (born 21 October 1967) is a retired Brazilian football player. He gained experience playing for Flamengo's reserves and made his first team debut in 1986. He played with players like Zico and in 1987 he was a member in the U ...

* André Cruz *

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* John Jairo Trellez * Miguel Guerrero *

Dariusz Wosz Dariusz Wosz (, ; born 8 June 1969) is a German professional football coach and former player who is a technical trainer for German club VfL Bochum. As a player, he played mostly as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield. Early life Wosz's famil ...

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* Joe McLeod * Scott Nisbet * Knut Reinhardt * Igor Štimac ;1 goal * Alistair Edwards *

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* Mohamed Al Kharraz * Dimitar Trendafilov * Ivo Slavtchev * Radko Kalaydjiev * Billy Domezetis * Domenic Mobilio * James Grimes *

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* Pedro González Vera * Jörg Prasse * Heiko Liebers * Rico Steinmann * Torsten Kracht * Antonio Rizzolo * Marco Carrara * Stefano Impallomeni * David Adekola * Okon Ene Effa * John Butler * Paul Wright * Salissou Ali * Christian Unger * Michael Constantino * Alexander Strehmel * Andreas Möller *

Detlev Dammeier Detlev Dammeier (born 18 October 1968 in Stadthagen) is a German football coach and a former player who was the athletic director of Arminia Bielefeld from 20 March 2008 to 30 March 2010. Career Career as a player Dammeier was born in Stadthage ...

* Henrik Eichenauer * Thomas Epp * Branko Brnović * Ranko Zirojević *

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Final ranking

Notes

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987
, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)
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(Part 2)Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?
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