The FIFA U-16 World Championship

FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to the FIFA U-17 World Championship and known by its current name since 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football...

 1987 was held in the cities of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Saint John

Saint John, New Brunswick

City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

, Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, and St. John's

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

 in Canada between 12 July and 25 July 1987. Players born after 1 August 1970 could participate in this tournament.

Qualified teams

Africa (African U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1987)

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1986

AFC U-17 Championship 1986

-Group A:November 15November 17November 19-Group B:November 16November 18November 20-Semifinals:November 22-Third place match:November 22-Final:November 22-Source:*...

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Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1987

1987 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship

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North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF U-16 Championship 1987)

South America (Sudamericano Sub-16 1986)

Oceania (OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1987)

Host Nation Automatically qualified

Squads

For full squad lists for the 1987 U-16 World Championship see 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads

1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads

-=Head coach: Comunardo Niccolai:=Head coach: Brian Hughes-=Head coach: Humberto Redes Filho:=Head coach: Taha Basry-=Head coach: Roger Koffi:=...

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Referees

Asia Itzhak Ben Itzhak Ibrahim Al-Jassas Lee Do-Ha Jassim Mandi

Jassim Mandi

Jassim Abdul-Rahman Mandi . Is a former football referee from the Asian state of Bahrain. He is known to have officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...

Africa Simon Bantsimba Mohamed Hafez Naji Jouini
North America, Central America and the Caribbean Arturo Brizio Carter

Arturo Brizio Carter

Arturo Brizio Carter . Is a former football referee from Mexico. He is mostly known for supervising 6 matches in the FIFA World Cup. Three in both 1994 and 1998. He gave seven expulsions and 29 yellow cards in those six matches.-External links:*...

 David DiPlacido

David Diplacido

David Diplacido is a former soccer player who most recently played for the Italia Shooters in the Canadian Soccer League.-Toronto Lynx:...

 Antonio Evangelista

Tony Evangelista

Tony Evangelista is a Canadian FIFA referee and important builder to Canadian soccer.Evangelista was born in Sora, Italy, and came to Canada with his family when he was 13. He began refereeing when he was 23, and was for many years one of Canada's top referees. Tony was selected to the FIFA Panel...

 Berny Ulloa Morera

Berny Ulloa Morera

Berny Ulloa Morera is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He is known for having refereed the famous quarter-final match in the 1986 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and England, and in the final of the same tournament between Argentina and Germany.-References:*...

South America Jorge Orellano Juan Ortube José Roberto Wright

José Roberto Wright

José Roberto Ramiz Wright, also known as José Roberto Wright or José Ramiz Wright , is a former Brazilian football referee. He supervised four matches during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.-References:...

Europe John Blankenstein

John Blankenstein

John Blankenstein was a Dutch soccer referee. He was notable for being one of the first homosexual athletes to come out in the Netherlands....

 Kenny Hope

Kenny Hope

Kenneth J. "Kenny" Hope is a former football referee from Scotland. He is known for have officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in SeoulHe is referenced in Willie Miller's autobiography, The Don, as being the best referee who ever lived....

 Alexey Spirin

Alexey Spirin

Alexey Nikolayevich Spirin is a former association football referee from Russia. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.-References:...

Oceania Ken Wallace

Ken Wallace

Ken Wallace, born 26 July 1983 in Gosford, New South Wales, is an Australian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s.Wallace originally competed in Ironman events and only switched to sprint racing at the age of sixteen...

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	5
	3	2	1	0	4	2	2	5
	3	1	0	2	3	2	1	2
	3	0	0	3	1	8
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Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	5
	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	3
	3	1	0	2	1	2
2
	3	1	0	2	3	5
2

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Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	0	1	3	4
4
	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	3
	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	3
	3	0	2	1	0	1
2

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Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	12	3	9	5
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
	3	1	1	1	3	9
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	3	0	1	2	6	9
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Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

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Final

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Yuri Nikiforov Yuri Nikiforov Yuri Valeryevich Nikiforov is a retired Ukrainian-Russian footballer who played mainly as a central defender.-Club career:...	5
	Moussa Traoré Moussa Traoré (footballer) Moussa Traoré is an Ivorian-Burkinabé football forward who currently plays in Belgium for the Standard Liege reserve team.-Career:...	5
	Sergei Arutyunian	4
	Philip Osondu	4

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré

Moussa Traoré (footballer)

Moussa Traoré is an Ivorian-Burkinabé football forward who currently plays in Belgium for the Standard Liege reserve team.-Career:...

because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Canada 1987