The 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the second edition of the tournament, was hosted by Canada and held in the cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto between 12 and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.

Venues The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto hosted tournament matches.

Toronto St. John's Varsity Stadium King George V Park Capacity: 21,739 Capacity: 10,000 Montreal Saint John Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Canada Games Stadium Capacity: 9,000 Capacity: 5,000

Qualified teams Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s) AFC (Asia) 1986 AFC U-16 Championship CAF (Africa) 1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)Host nation1987 CONCACAF U-17 Championship CONMEBOL (South America)1986 South American U-16 Championship OFC (Oceania)1986 OFC U-17 Championship UEFA (Europe)1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

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 Mohamed Hafez Naji Jouini North America, Central America and the Caribbean Arturo Brizio Carter David DiPlacido Antonio Evangelista Berny Ulloa Morera

South America Jorge Orellano Juan Ortube José Roberto Wright Europe John Blankenstein Kenny Hope Alexey Spirin Oceania Ken Wallace

Group stage

Group A

Group B Venue: King George V Park, St. John's TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus32103125 Advanced to the quarterfinals31115413310212-12 Eliminated310235-22

Group C Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus320134-14 Advanced to the quarterfinals31114313 31112113 Eliminated302101-12

Group D Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus321012395Advanced to the quarterfinals 31114403 311139-63Eliminated 301269-31

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics Goalscorers

Tournament ranking

Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Philip OsonduNot awardedNot awarded Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot Moussa Traoré 5 goals Yuriy Nikiforov 5 goals Philip Osondu Sergei Arutyunian 4 goalsFIFA Fair Play Trophy

References

External links FIFA U-16 World Championship Canada 1987, FIFA.com Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)