| Tourney Name: | FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Other Titles: | 2nd FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the JVC Cup Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 16 ans 1987 |
| 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: |  Moussa Traoré |
| Player: | Moussa Traoré and Philip Osondu (shared) |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
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.
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 | |
| Canada Games Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
For full squad lists for the 1987 U-16 World Championship see 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads.
Asia
Itzhak Ben Itzhak
Lee Do-Ha
Jassim MandiAfrica
Mohamed Hafez
Naji JouiniNorth America, Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Jorge Orellano
Juan Ortube
José Roberto WrightEurope
Oceania
Ken WallaceVenue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 |
Venue: King George V Park, St. John's
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 1 |
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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.
Philip Osondu Luis Cristaldo
Massimiliano Cappellini Michel Bassole Christopher Nwosu Shin Tae-Yong
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 Kim In-Wan Lee Tae-Hong Noh Jung-Yoon
Ben Crawley Chad Deering Steve Snow| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |||
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | |||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 | |||
| Eliminated at the group stage | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 | |||
FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.