U-16 soccer world championship 1987

FIFA U-16 World Cup 1987
FIFA U-16 World Tournament 1987
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Soviet Union (1st title)
venue	Canada
Opening game	July 12, 1987
Endgame	July 25, 1987
Games	32
Gates	82  (⌀: 2.56 per game)
spectator	115,500  (⌀: 3,609 per game)
Top scorer	Juri Nikiforow Moussa Traoré (5 each)
Best player	Philip Osundo
yellow cards	67  (⌀: 2.09 per game)
Red cards	8  (⌀: 0.25 per game)

The 2nd U-16 World Cup took place from July 12 to 25, 1987 in Canada . The defending champion was the national team of Nigeria , the new title holder was the national team of the Soviet Union .

Attendees

Montreal St. John's Saint John Toronto

Venues 1987 in Canada

3 from Europe	France	Italy	Soviet Union
3 from South America	Ecuador	Bolivia	Brazil
3 from North and Central America	Canada	Mexico	United States
3 from Africa	Egypt	Ivory Coast	Nigeria
3 from Asia	Qatar	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
1 from Oceania	Australia

Placements of the participants

mode

• The preliminary round is played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reach the quarter-finals.
• From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system will continue.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	05: 10
2.	Qatar	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	05: 10
3.	Egypt	3	1	0	2	003: 200	+1	02: 40
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00: 60

07/12/1987
Italy	-	Canada	3-0
Qatar	-	Egypt	1-0
07/14/1987
Italy	-	Qatar	1: 1
Canada	-	Egypt	0: 3
07/16/1987
Italy	-	Egypt	1-0
Canada	-	Qatar	1: 2

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	05: 10
2.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	03: 30
3.	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	001: 200	−1	02: 40
4th	United States	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40

07/12/1987
Ivory Coast	-	South Korea	1: 1
United States	-	Ecuador	1-0
07/14/1987
Ivory Coast	-	United States	1-0
South Korea	-	Ecuador	0: 1
07/16/1987
Ivory Coast	-	Ecuador	1-0
South Korea	-	United States	4: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	0	1	003: 400	−1	04: 20
2.	France	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03: 30
3.	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	03: 30
4th	Brazil	3	0	2	1	000: 100	−1	02: 40

07/12/1987
Brazil	-	France	0-0
Saudi Arabia	-	Australia	0: 1
07/15/1987
Brazil	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 0 }
France	-	Australia	4: 1 }
07/17/1987
Brazil	-	Australia	0: 1 }
France	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 2

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	012: 300	+9	05: 10
2.	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
3.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	003: 900	−6	03: 30
4th	Bolivia	3	0	1	2	006: 900	−3	01: 50

07/12/1987
Soviet Union	-	Nigeria	1: 1
Mexico	-	Bolivia	2: 2
07/14/1987
Soviet Union	-	Mexico	7-0
Nigeria	-	Bolivia	3: 2
07/16/1987
Soviet Union	-	Bolivia	4: 2
Nigeria	-	Mexico	0: 1

Final round

Quarter finals

07/19/1987
Italy	-	South Korea	2: 0 (0: 0)
Ivory Coast	-	Qatar	3: 0 (1: 0)
Australia	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)
Soviet Union	-	France	3: 2 (1: 0)

Semifinals

07/22/1987
Italy	-	Nigeria	0: 1 (0: 0)
Ivory Coast	-	Soviet Union	1: 5 (0: 3)

3rd place match

07/24/1987
Italy	-	Ivory Coast	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 1)

final

07/25/1987
Nigeria	-	Soviet Union	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 2: 4 i. E.

Best goal scorers

The top scorers of the U-16 World Cup 1987 are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Yuri Nikiforov	5
	Moussa Traore	5
3	Sergei Arutyunian	4th
	Philip Osundo	4th
5	Mickaël Debève	3
	Fabio Gallo	3

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition