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.

Venues

The cities of Montreal, Saint John, St. John's, and Toronto hosted tournament matches.

Qualified teams

Squads

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

Referees

Asia Africa North America, Central America and the Caribbean South America Europe Oceania

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Group B

Venue: King George V Park, St. John's

Group C

Venue: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal

Group D

Venue: Jeux Canada Games Stadium, Saint John

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Result

Goalscorers

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.

Final ranking

FIFA awarded the Golden Boot to Moussa Traoré because Côte d'Ivoire had scored fewer goals than USSR.