1987 FIFA World Youth Championship

international football competition

The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile 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, Valparaíso, Concepción and Santiago.

1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA
Chile 1987
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates10–25 October
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up West Germany
Third place East Germany
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored86 (2.69 per match)
Attendance712,000 (22,250 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Marcel Witeczek (7 goals)
Best player(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Robert Prosinečki
Fair play award East Germany
1985
1989

Qualification

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Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1986 AFC Youth Championship   Bahrain1
  Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) 1987 African Youth Championship   Nigeria
  Togo1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1986 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Canada
  United States
CONMEBOL (South America) Host nation   Chile1
1987 South American Youth Championship   Brazil
  Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 1986 OFC U-20 Championship   Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship   Bulgaria
  East Germany1
  Italy
  Scotland
  West Germany
  Yugoslavia
1.^ Teams that made their debut.