1987 South American U-20 Championship

1987 South American Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country Colombia
Dates 23 January - 8 February
Teams 9
Final positions
Champions  Colombia (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Uruguay

The South American Youth Championship 1987 was held in Armenia, Manizales and Pereira, Colombia. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

First Round

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 321042+25
 Brazil 320172+54
 Ecuador 311123–12
 Peru 3003410–60


23 January Brazil  2–0  Ecuador
24 January Argentina  3–2  Peru
26 January Argentina  0–0  Ecuador
28 January Ecuador  2–1  Peru
30 January Argentina  1–0  Brazil
1 February Brazil  5–1  Peru

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 4400103+78
 Colombia 420282+64
 Chile 42029904
 Paraguay 420279–24
 Bolivia 4004415–110


24 January Chile  3–1  Bolivia
25 January Colombia  0–1  Uruguay
27 January Paraguay  3–1  Bolivia
Uruguay  2–1  Chile
29 January Chile  5–3  Paraguay
Colombia  5–0  Bolivia
31 January Bolivia  2–4  Uruguay
Colombia  0–1  Paraguay
2 February Uruguay  3–0  Paraguay
Colombia  3–0  Chile

Final Round

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 321030+35
 Brazil 312042+24
 Argentina 310257–22
 Uruguay 301236–31


4 February Colombia  2–0  Argentina
Uruguay  1–1  Brazil
6 February Colombia  1–0  Uruguay
Brazil  3–1  Argentina
8 February Argentina  4–2  Uruguay
Colombia  0–0  Brazil
 1987 South American Youth Championship 

Colombia
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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