| Tourney Name: | FIFA World Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Other Titles: | Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Chile 1987 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Dates: | 10–25 October |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Champion: | Yugoslavia |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | West Germany |
| Third: | East Germany |
| Fourth: | Chile |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 86 |
| Attendance: | 712000 |
| Top Scorer: | Marcel Witeczek (7 goals) |
| Player: | Robert Prosinečki |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and eliminated the defending champions Brazil. The tournament took place in four venues: Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Concepción and Santiago.
1.Teams that made their debut.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
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Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals. In total, 86 goals were scored by 51 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
Alcindo Sartori André Cruz William
John Jairo Trellez Miguel Guerrero
Alessandro Melli
Alistair Edwards Kurt Reynolds
Mohamed Al Kharraz
Billy Domezetis Domenic Mobilio James Grimes Steve Jansen Antonio Rizzolo Marco Carrara Stefano Impallomeni
David Adekola Okon Ene Effa
Christian Unger Michael Constantino