| Tourney Name: | African Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Dates: | 14 June 1986 – 18 April 1987 |
| Num Teams: | 15 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Goals: | 67 |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1987 African Youth Championship was the 6th edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Nigeria successfully defended the title for the second consecutive time by defeating Togo 5–1 in their 3rd straight final, although both teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile.
The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match:
Swaziland, Lesotho, Sudan, Gabon, Gambia and Maurituania withdrew from this edition of the tournament, leaving their respective opponents Mauritius, Mozambique, Egypt, Ghana, Togo and Algeria to advance to the First Round.
1 Angola were ejected from the competition for fielding over-aged players in the first leg.
Mozambique withdrew, leaving its opponent, Somalia, to advance to the semi-finals.
These two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile: