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The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in
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from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th edition of the
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 when i ...
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:
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Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...
, Concepción and
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Qualification

:1.Teams that made their debut.


Squads

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Group stage

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 stage


Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final


Result


Awards


Goalscorers

Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Boot 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 *
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;6 goals *
Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian Association football, football administrator and former professional player who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federatio ...
;5 goals *
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Matthias Sammer Matthias Sammer (; born 5 September 1967) is a German Association football, football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a Sweeper (association football), sweeper. With Borussia D ...
;3 goals * Luka Tudor *
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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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