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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = FIFA U-16 World Championship 
| year = 1987
| other_titles = 2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup <br> Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Canada
| dates = 12–25 July 
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 6
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = URS
| count = 1
| second = NGA
| third = CIV
| fourth = ITA
| matches = 32
| goals = 82
| attendance = 169160
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Moussa Traoré]]
| player = {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Moussa Traoré]] and<br>{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Philip Osondu]] (shared)
| fair_play = {{fbu|17|URS}}
| prevseason = [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]]
| nextseason = [[1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1989]]
| update =
}}

The '''1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship''', the second edition of the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup|tournament]], was hosted by [[Canada]] and held in the cities of [[Montreal]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|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, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], and [[Toronto]] hosted tournament matches.

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|-
! rowspan=10 |
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{{location map~|Canada|lat=47.5675|long=-52.707222|background=#FFFFFF|label='''[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]'''|position=left}}
{{location map~|Canada|lat=45.2796|long=-66.0628|background=#FFFFFF|label='''[[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]'''|position=top}}
{{location map~|Canada|lat=43.7|long=-79.4|background=#FFFFFF|label='''[[Toronto]]'''|position=right}}
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! [[Toronto]]
! [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
|-
| [[Varsity Stadium]]
| [[King George V Park]]
|-
|<small>{{Coord|43|40|0|N|79|23|50|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Varsity Stadium}}</small>
|<small>{{Coord|47|34|39|N|52|42|5|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=King George V Park}}</small>
|-
| Capacity: '''21,739'''
| Capacity: '''10,000'''
|-
|[[File:Varsity Centre.JPG|225px]]
|
|-
! [[Montreal]]
! [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]
|-
| [[Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard]] 
| [[Canada Games Stadium]]
|-
|<small>{{Coord|45|33|14.83|N|73|38|11.87|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard}}</small> 
|<small>{{Coord|45|18|16|N|66|5|15|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Canada Games Stadium}}</small>
|-
| Capacity: '''9,000'''
| Capacity: '''5,000'''
|-
|[[File:Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.jpg|200px]]  
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|}

==Qualified teams==
{| class=wikitable
! Confederation
! Qualifying Tournament
! Qualifier(s)
|-

| [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
| [[1986 AFC U-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|KOR}}<br />{{fbu|17|QAT}}<br />{{fbu|17|KSA}}
|-
| [[Confederation Africain de Football|CAF (Africa)]]
| [[1987 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup]]
| {{fbu|17|CIV}}<br />{{fbu|17|EGY}}<br />{{fbu|17|NGA}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF <br />(Central, North America and Caribbean)]]
||Host nation
|{{fbu|17|CAN}}
|-
|[[1987 CONCACAF U-17 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|MEX}}<br />{{fbu|17|USA}}
|-
| [[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[1986 South American U-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|BOL}}<br />{{fbu|17|BRA}}<br />{{fbu|17|ECU}}
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[1986 OFC U-17 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|AUS}}
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[1987 UEFA European Under-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|16|FRA}}<br />{{fbu|16|ITA}}<br />{{fbu|16|URS}}
|}

==Squads==

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

==Referees==

{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}

'''Asia'''
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Itzhak Ben Itzhak]]
* {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ibrahim Al-Jassas]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Do-Ha]]
* {{flagicon|BHR|1972}} [[Jassim Mandi]]
'''Africa'''
* {{flagicon|CGO|1970}} [[Simon Bantsimba]]
* {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Hafez]]
* {{flagicon|TUN|1959}} [[Naji Jouini]]
'''North America, Central America and the Caribbean'''
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Arturo Brizio Carter]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[David DiPlacido]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Tony Evangelista|Antonio Evangelista]]
* {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Berny Ulloa Morera]]
{{col-2}}

'''South America'''
* {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Jorge Orellano]]
* {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Juan Ortube]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Roberto Wright]]
'''Europe'''
* {{flagicon|NED}} [[John Blankenstein]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kenny Hope]]
* {{flagicon|URS}} [[Alexey Spirin]]
'''Oceania'''
* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ken Wallace (referee)|Ken Wallace]]
{{col-end}}

==Group stage==

===Group A===
'''Venue:''' [[Varsity Stadium]], [[Toronto]]
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- 
!width=200|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
!width=181|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA}}
||3||2||1||0||5||1||4||'''5''' ||rowspan=2|Advanced to the quarterfinals
|- bgcolor="#D0F0CO"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|QAT}}
||3||2||1||0||4||2||2||'''5''' 
|- bgcolor=FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY}}
||3||1||0||2||3||2||1||'''2''' ||rowspan=2|Eliminated
|- bgcolor=FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CAN}}
||3||0||0||3||1||8||-7||'''0'''
|}
<br>
{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 14:00 |team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=3&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|CAN}} |goals1=[[Marcello Melli|Melli]] {{goal|22}} <br>[[Gianluca Pessotto|Pessotto]] {{goal|36}} <br>[[Fabio Gallo|Gallo]] {{goal|68}}|goals2=| attendance = 13,500  | referee =[[Arturo Brizio Carter]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161256/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31125/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 16:00 |team1={{fb-rt|QAT}} |score=1&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|EGY}} |goals1=[[Abdulla Hassan|Hassan]] {{goal|21}}|goals2=| attendance = 13,500  | referee =[[David DiPlacido]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161236/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31126/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=1&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|QAT}} |goals1=[[Massimiliano Cappellini|Cappellini]] {{goal|67}}|goals2=[[Edress Khairi|Khairi]] {{goal|76}}| attendance = 5,200 | referee =[[Jorge Orellana]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124927/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31133/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|CAN}} |score=0&ndash;3 |team2={{fb|EGY}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Hany Hussain|Hussain]] {{goal|14}}<br>[[Gamal Musaed|Musaed]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Mohamed Ramadan (footballer, born 1970)|Ramadan]] {{goal|53}}| attendance = 5,200 | referee =[[Kenneth Wallace (referee)|Kenneth Wallace]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161255/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31134/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 17:45|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=1&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|EGY}} |goals1=[[Fabio Gallo|Gallo]] {{goal|69}}|goals2=| attendance = 6,500 | referee =[[John Blankenstein]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161253/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31141/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 19:45|team1={{fb-rt|CAN}} |score=1&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|QAT}} |goals1=[[Guido Titotto|Titotto]] {{goal|25}}|goals2=[[Abdulla Yousuf|Yousuf]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Rashid Suwaid|Suwaid]] {{goal|23}}| attendance = 6,500 | referee =[[Juan Ortube]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161226/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31142/index.html (Report)] }}
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===Group B===
'''Venue:''' [[King George V Park]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- 
!width=200|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
!width=181|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CIV}}
||3||2||1||0||3||1||2|||'''5''' ||rowspan=2|Advanced to the quarterfinals
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KOR}}
||3||1||1||1||5||4||1||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ECU}}
||3||1||0||2||1||2||-1||'''2''' ||rowspan=2|Eliminated
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|USA}}
||3||1||0||2||3||5||-2|||'''2'''
|}
<br>
{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|CIV}} |score=1&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|KOR}} |goals1=[[Lama Dea|Dea]] {{goal|9}}|goals2=[[Shin Tae-Yong]] {{goal|53}}| attendance = 1,000 | referee =[[Berny Ulloa Morera]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161209/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31127/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|USA}} |score=1&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|ECU}} |goals1=[[Ben Crawley|Crawley]] {{goal|47}}|goals2=| attendance = 1,000 | referee =[[Naji Jouini]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161249/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31128/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|CIV}} |score=1&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|USA}} |goals1=[[Michel Bassole|Bassole]] {{goal|52}}|goals2=| attendance = 2,200 | referee =[[Jassim Mandi]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161322/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31135/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|ECU}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Victor Ramos (Ecuadoran footballer)|Ramos]] {{goal|47}}| attendance = 2,200 | referee =[[Itzhak Ben Itzhak]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161206/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31136/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|CIV}} |score=1&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|ECU}} |goals1=[[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Traore]] {{goal|68}}|goals2=| attendance = 2,250 | referee =[[Berny Ulloa Morera]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161207/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31143/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|KOR}} |score=4&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|USA}} |goals1=[[Noh Jung-Yoon]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Shin Tae-Yong]] {{goal|50}}<br>[[Lee Tae-Hong]] {{goal|65}}<br>[[Kim In-Wan]] {{goal|72}}|goals2=[[Steve Snow|Snow]] {{goal|40}}<br>[[Chad Deering|Deering]] {{goal|48}} | attendance = 2,250 | referee =[[Naji Jouini]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817125009/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31144/index.html (Report)] }}
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===Group C===
'''Venue:''' [[Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard]], [[Montreal]]
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- 
!width=200|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
!width=181|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUS}}
||3||2||0||1||3||4||-1|||'''4''' ||rowspan=2|Advanced to the quarterfinals
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}}
||3||1||1||1||4||3||1||'''3''' 
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KSA}}
||3||1||1||1||2||1||1|||'''3''' ||rowspan=2|Eliminated
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA}}
||3||0||2||1||0||1||-1||'''2''' 
|}
<br>
{{football box|date=July 13, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|BRA}} |score=0&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|FRA}} |goals1=|goals2=| attendance = 5,400 | referee =[[Lee Do Ha]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170430114653/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31129/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 13, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|KSA}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|AUS}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Steve Horvat|Horvat]] {{goal|71}}| attendance = 5,400 | referee =[[Antonio Evangelista]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124955/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31130/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 15, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|BRA}} |score=0&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|KSA}} |goals1=|goals2=| attendance = 4,400 | referee =[[Alexey Spirin]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161306/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31139/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 15, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|FRA}} |score=4&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|AUS}} |goals1=[[Mickaël Debève|Debève]] {{goal|14||23||31}}<br>[[David Rincon|Rincon]] {{goal|24|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}|goals2=[[Steve Georgakis|Georgakis]] {{goal|73}}| attendance = 4,400 | referee =[[Simon Bantsimba]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161319/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31140/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 17, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|BRA}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|AUS}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Phillip Richardson (footballer)|Richardson]] {{goal|74}}| attendance = 5,400 | referee =[[Lee Do Ha]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124901/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31147/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 17, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|FRA}} |score=0&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|KSA}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Turki Zayed|Zayed]] {{goal|18}}<br>[[Mohammed Shalgan|Shalgan]] {{goal|34}}| attendance = 5,400 | referee =[[Alexey Spirin]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817125007/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31148/index.html (Report)] }}
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===Group D===
'''Venue:''' [[Jeux Canada Games Stadium]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- 
!width=185|Teams
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
!width=181|Status
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URS}}
|3||2||1||0||12||3||9||'''5'''||rowspan=2|Advanced to the quarterfinals 
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NGA}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||0||'''3''' 
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX}}
|3||1||1||1||3||9||-6||'''3'''||rowspan=2|Eliminated 
|- bgcolor=#FF8888
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BOL}}
|3||0||1||2||6||9||-3||'''1''' 
|}
<br>
{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|URS}} |score=1&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|NGA}} |goals1=[[Nikolai Rusin|Rusin]] {{goal|61}}|goals2=[[Albert Eke|Eke]] {{goal|79}}| attendance = 2,695 | referee =[[José Ramiz Wright]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160614175821/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31131/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 12, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|MEX}} |score=2&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|BOL}} |goals1=[[Daniel Landa|Landa]] {{goal|56}}<br>[[Ramiro Romero|Romero]] {{goal|76}}|goals2=[[Manuel Lobo (footballer)|Lobo]] {{goal|50}}<br>[[Luis Cristaldo|Cristaldo]] {{goal|53}}| attendance = 2,695 | referee =[[Mohamed Hafez]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124859/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31132/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|URS}} |score=7&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|MEX}} |goals1=[[Oleh Matveyev|Matveyev]] {{goal|13||25}}<br>[[Yuri Nikiforov|Nikiforov]] {{goal|31||51}}<br>[[Anatoliy Mushchynka|Mushchynka]] {{goal|47}}<br>[[Vladislav Kadyrov|Kadyrov]] {{goal|64}}<br>[[Serhiy Bezhenar|Bezhenar]] {{goal|72}} [[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]|goals2=| attendance = 2,335 | referee =[[Kenneth Hope]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170430120200/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31137/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 14, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|NGA}} |score=3&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|BOL}} |goals1=[[Philip Osondu|Osondu]] {{goal|24||66||77}}|goals2=[[Luis Cristaldo|Cristaldo]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Hebert Arandia|Arandia]] {{goal|70}}| attendance = 2,335 | referee =[[Essa Al-Jassas]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160614180218/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31138/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 18:00 |team1={{fb-rt|URS}} |score=4&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|BOL}} |goals1=[[Yuri Nikiforov|Nikiforov]] {{goal|28}}<br>[[Serhiy Bezhenar|Bezhenar]] {{goal|32|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}<br>[[Arif Asadov|Asadov]] {{goal|44}}<br>[[Anatoliy Mushchynka|Mushchynka]] {{goal|50}}|goals2=[[Marcos Urquiza|Urquiza]] {{goal|59|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}<br>[[Marco Etcheverry|Etcheverry]] {{goal|73}}| attendance = 3,300 | referee =[[Kenneth Hope]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124952/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31145/index.html (Report)] }}
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{{football box|date=July 16, 1987 <br /> 20:00 |team1={{fb-rt|NGA}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|MEX}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Carlos Rivera (Mexican footballer)|Rivera]] {{goal|55}}| attendance = 3,300 | referee =[[José Ramiz Wright]] |report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160810110511/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191449/match=31146/index.html (Report)] }}
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==Knockout stage==
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
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|July 19 - Toronto| '''{{fb|ITA}}'''|2| {{fb|KOR}}|0
|July 19 - Montreal| {{fb|AUS}}|0| '''{{fb|NGA}}'''|1
|July 19 - Saint John| '''{{fb|CIV}}'''|3| {{fb|QAT}}|0
|July 19 - Saint John| '''{{fb|URS}}'''|3| {{fb|FRA}}|2
<!--semi finals -->
|July 22 - Toronto|{{fb|ITA}}|0|'''{{fb|NGA}}'''|1
|July 22 - Saint John|{{fb|CIV}}|1|'''{{fb|URS}}'''|5
<!--final-->
|July 25 - Toronto|{{fb|NGA}} ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|1 (2)|'''{{fb|URS}}'''|1 (4)
<!--third place-->
|July 24 - Saint John|{{fb|ITA}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|aet]])|1|'''{{fb|CIV}}'''|2
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{football box|date=July 19, 1987 <br /> 14:00|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=2&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|KOR}} |goals1=[[Massimiliano Cappellini|Cappellini]] {{goal|52}} <br /> [[Fabio Gallo|Gallo]] {{goal|54}} |goals2=|stadium=[[Varsity Stadium]], [[Toronto]] | attendance = 10,400  | referee =[[Kenneth Wallace (referee)|Kenneth Wallace]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161250/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31149/index.html (Report)]}}
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{{football box|date=July 19, 1987 <br /> 14:00|team1={{fb-rt|CIV}} |score=3&ndash;0 |team2={{fb|QAT}} |goals1=[[Michel Bassole|Bassole]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Beda Beda|Beda]] {{goal|52}} <br /> [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Traoré]] {{goal|66}}|goals2=|stadium=[[Jeux Canada Games Stadium]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] | attendance = 1,500 | referee =[[Berny Ulloa Morera]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20171112132111/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31150/index.html (Report)]}}
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{{football box|date=July 19, 1987 <br /> 14:00|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|NGA}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Christopher Nwosu|Nwosu]] {{goal|59}}|stadium=[[Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard]], [[Montreal]] | attendance = 5,200 | referee =[[Antonio Evangelista]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160810104916/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31151/index.html (Report)]}}
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{{football box|date=July 19, 1987 <br /> 14:00|team1={{fb-rt|URS}} |score=3&ndash;2 |team2={{fb|FRA}} |goals1=[[Sergei Arutyunian|Arutyunian]] {{goal|40||60}}<br>[[Yuri Nikiforov|Nikiforov]] {{goal|76}}|goals2=[[Gilles Adrian|Adrian]] {{goal|49}}<br>[[Stephane Roche|Roche]] {{goal|65}}|stadium=[[Jeux Canada Games Stadium]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee =[[José Ramiz Wright]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180817124931/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31152/index.html (Report)]}}
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===Semi-finals===
{{football box|date=July 22, 1987 <br /> 20:00|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=0&ndash;1 |team2={{fb|NGA}} |goals1=|goals2=[[Christopher Nwosu|Nwosu]] {{goal|63}}|stadium=[[Exhibition Stadium]], [[Toronto]] | attendance = 20,000  | referee =[[John Blankenstein]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160810110516/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31153/index.html (Report)]}}
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{{football box|date=July 22, 1987 <br /> 19:00|team1={{fb-rt|CIV}} |score=1&ndash;5 |team2={{fb|URS}} |goals1=[[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Traoré]] {{goal|57}}|goals2=[[Sergei Arutyunian|Arutyunian]] {{goal|1||38}}<br>[[Mirdjalal Kasimov|Kasimov]] {{goal|10||56}}<br>[[Nikolai Rusin|Rusin]] {{goal|77}} |stadium=[[Jeux Canada Games Stadium]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] | attendance = 2,500  | referee =[[Arturo Brizio Carter]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185254/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31154/index.html (Report)]}}
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===Third place play-off===
{{football box|date=July 24, 1987 <br /> 19:00|team1={{fb-rt|ITA}} |score=1&ndash;2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]]) |team2={{fb|CIV}} |goals1=[[Carlo Bocchialini|Bocchialini]] {{goal|57}}|goals2=[[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Traoré]] {{goal|17||96}}|stadium=[[Jeux Canada Games Stadium]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] | attendance = 1,000  | referee =[[Antonio Evangelista]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20170430111800/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31155/index.html (Report)]}}
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===Final===
{{football box|date=July 25, 1987 <br /> 15:00|team1={{fb-rt|NGA}} |score=1&ndash;1<br>2-4 ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]]) |team2={{fb|URS}} |goals1=[[Philip Osondu|Osondu]] {{goal|11}}|goals2=[[Yuri Nikiforov|Nikiforov]] {{goal|6}}|stadium=[[Varsity Stadium]], [[Toronto]] | attendance = 15,000  | referee =[[José Ramiz Wright]] |report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160614180345/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191454/match=31156/index.html (Report)]}}

==Result==
{{winners|fb|1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners|USSR|First}}

==Goalscorers==

Moussa Traoré of Ivory Coast won the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup#Awards|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
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Moussa Traoré]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Yuri Nikiforov]]
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Philip Osondu]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Sergei Arutyunian]]
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mickaël Debève]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Gallo]]
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Luis Cristaldo]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimiliano Cappellini]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Michel Bassole]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Christopher Nwosu]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shin Tae-Yong]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Anatoly Mushinka]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Mirdjalal Kasimov]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Nikolai Rusin]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Oleh Matveyev]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Serhiy Bezhenar]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phillip Richardson (footballer)|Phillip Richardson]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Georgakis]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Horvat]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Hebert Arandia]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Manuel Lobo (footballer)|Manuel Lobo]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Marco Etcheverry]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Marcos Urquiza]]
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Guido Titotto]]
*{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Victor Ramos (Ecuadoran footballer)|Victor Ramos]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Musaed]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hany Hussain]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Ramadan (footballer, born 1970)|Mohamed Ramadan]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[David Rincon]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gilles Adrian]]
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stephane Roche]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Bocchialini]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Pessotto]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcello Melli]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Beda Beda]]
*{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Lama Dea]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Rivera (Mexican footballer)|Carlos Rivera]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Daniel Landa]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ramiro Romero]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Albert Eke]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Abdulla Hassan]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Abdulla Yousuf]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Edress Khairi]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Rashid Suwaid]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Shalgan]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Turki Zayed]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim In-Wan]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Tae-Hong]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Noh Jung-Yoon]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Vladislav Kadyrov]]
*{{flagicon|URS}} [[Arif Asadov]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crawley]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chad Deering]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Snow]]
{{div col end}}

==Final ranking==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Soviet Union}}
|6||4||2||0||21||7||+14||'''10'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Nigeria}}
|6||3||2||1||7||5||+2||'''8'''
|- style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Ivory Coast}}
|6||4||1||1||9||7||+2||'''9'''
|- style="background:beige;"
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Italy}}
|6||3||1||2||8||4||+4||'''7'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Qatar}}
|4||2||1||1||4||5||–1||'''5'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Australia}}
|4||2||0||2||3||5||–2||'''4'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|France}}
|4||1||1||2||6||6||0||'''3'''
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|South Korea}}
|4||1||1||2||5||6||–1||'''3'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated at the group stage'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}
|3||1||1||1||2||1||+1||'''3'''
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Mexico}}
|3||1||1||1||3||9||–6||'''3'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Egypt}}
|3||1||0||2||3||2||+1||'''2'''
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Ecuador}}
|3||1||0||2||1||2||–1||'''2'''
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|United States}}
|3||1||0||2||3||5||–2||'''2'''
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Brazil}}
|3||0||2||1||0||1||–1||'''2'''
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Bolivia}}
|3||0||1||2||6||9||–3||'''1'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Canada}}
|3||0||0||3||1||8||–7||'''0'''
|}

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to [[Moussa Traoré (footballer, born 1971)|Moussa Traoré]] because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040426/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/canada1987/index.html FIFA U-16 World Championship Canada 1987], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100106062238/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/84/u16%5f87%5ftr%5fpart1%5f252.pdf Technical Report (Part 1)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220071343/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/82/u16%5f87%5ftr%5fpart2%5f251.pdf (Part 2)]

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