1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
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 | |
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
- Simon Bantsimba
- Mohamed Hafez
- Naji Jouini
South America
- Jorge Orellano
- Juan Ortube
- José Roberto Wright
Oceania
Group stage
Group A
Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Eliminated | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | Eliminated |
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Group B
Venue: King George V Park, St. John's| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | Eliminated |
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Group C
Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eliminated | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated |
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Group D
Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | Eliminated | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1 | Eliminated |
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
----Goalscorers
Moussa Traoré of Ivory Coast won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.;5 goals
;4 goals
- Philip Osondu
- Sergei Arutyunian
;2 goals
- Luis Cristaldo
- Massimiliano Cappellini
- Michel Bassole
- Christopher Nwosu
- Shin Tae-Yong
- Anatoly Mushinka
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Nikolai Rusin
- Oleh Matveyev
- Serhiy Bezhenar
- Phillip Richardson
- Steve Georgakis
- Steve Horvat
- Hebert Arandia
- Manuel Lobo
- Marco Etcheverry
- Marcos Urquiza
- Guido Titotto
- Victor Ramos
- Gamal Musaed
- Hany Hussain
- Mohamed Ramadan
- David Rincon
- Gilles Adrian
- Stephane Roche
- Carlo Bocchialini
- Gianluca Pessotto
- Marcello Melli
- Beda Beda
- Lama Dea
- Carlos Rivera
- Daniel Landa
- Ramiro Romero
- Albert Eke
- Abdulla Hassan
- Abdulla Yousuf
- Edress Khairi
- Rashid Suwaid
- Mohammed Shalgan
- Turki Zayed
- Kim In-wan
- Lee Tae-hong
- Noh Jung-yoon
- Vladislav Kadyrov
- Arif Asadov
- Ben Crawley
- Chad Deering
- Steve Snow