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. Qualification 1.Teams that made their debut. Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads Group stages The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round. Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stages Quarter-finals Semifinals Third place play-off Final Result Awards Goalscorers Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 86 goals were scored by 51 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 7 goals Marcel Witeczek 6 goals Davor Šuker 5 goals Camilo Pino 4 goals Matthias Sammer 3 goals Luka Tudor Predrag Mijatović Zvonimir Boban 2 goals Alcindo Sartori André Cruz William John Jairo Trellez Miguel Guerrero Dariusz Wosz Alessandro Melli Joe McLeod Scott Nisbet Knut Reinhardt Igor Štimac 1 goal Alistair Edwards Kurt Reynolds Mohamed Al Kharraz Dimitar Trendafilov Ivo Slavtchev Radko Kalaydjiev Billy Domezetis Domenic Mobilio James Grimes Steve Jansen Pedro González Vera Jörg Prasse Heiko Liebers Rico Steinmann Torsten Kracht Antonio Rizzolo Marco Carrara Stefano Impallomeni David Adekola Okon Ene Effa John Butler Paul Wright Salissou Ali Christian Unger Michael Constantino Alexander Strehmel Andreas Möller Detlev Dammeier Henrik Eichenauer Thomas Epp Branko Brnović Ranko Zirojević Robert Prosinečki Final ranking Notes External links FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1987 FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) Yugoslavia in the 90s: the greatest team there never was?;Jonathan Wilson's Blog @ guardian.co.uk, 24 July 2007 FIFA World Youth Championship Fifa World Youth Championship, 1987 International association football competitions hosted by Chile 1987 in Chilean football October 1987 sports events in South America