1987 Copa América

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1987 Copa América

Tournament details

Host country	Argentina
Dates	27 June – 12 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (13th title)
Runners-up	Chile
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	33 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	263,000 (20,231 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Arnoldo Iguarán (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Carlos Valderrama

The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between 27 June and 12 July. Uruguay successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América.

Squads

Venues

Buenos Aires Córdoba Rosario	Buenos Aires	Córdoba	Rosario
	Estadio Monumental	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
	Capacity: 67,664	Capacity: 46,083	Capacity: 41,654

Group stage

The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team plays once against the other teams in their group and would receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. The winner of each group advances to the semi-finals. Defending champions Uruguay received a bye into the semi-finals.

Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

Group A

Argentina v Peru match

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
Peru	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Ecuador	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

27 June 1987

Argentina	1–1	Peru
Maradona 47'		Reyna 59'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 40,000Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia) 2 July 1987

Argentina	3–0	Ecuador
Caniggia 50' Maradona 67' (pen.), 85'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 30,000Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) 4 July 1987

Peru	1–1	Ecuador
La Rosa 87'		Cuvi 72'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 10,000Referee: Asterio Martínez (Paraguay)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chile	2	2	0	7	1	+6	4
Brazil	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
Venezuela	2	0	2	1	8	−7	0

28 June 1987

Brazil	5–0	Venezuela
Edú Marangón 33' Morovic 39' (o.g.) Careca 66' Nelsinho 72' Romário 89'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, CórdobaAttendance: 8,000Referee: Elias Jácome (Ecuador) 30 June 1987

Chile	3–1	Venezuela
Letelier 17' Contreras 70' Salgado 83'		Acosta 24' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, CórdobaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia) 3 July 1987

Chile	4–0	Brazil
Basay 41', 68' Letelier 48', 75'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, CórdobaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Bolivia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

28 June 1987

Paraguay	0–0	Bolivia

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, RosarioAttendance: 5,000Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru) 1 July 1987

Colombia	2–0	Bolivia
Valderrama 34' Iguarán 89'

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, RosarioAttendance: 5,000Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile) 5 July 1987

Colombia	3–0	Paraguay
Iguarán 8', 34', 50'

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, RosarioAttendance: 10,000Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

8 July - Córdoba

Chile	2
		12 July - Buenos Aires
Colombia	1
		Uruguay	1
9 July - Buenos Aires
		Chile	0
Uruguay	1

Argentina	0
		Third place

		11 July - Buenos Aires

		Colombia	2

		Argentina	1

Semi-finals

8 July 1987

Chile	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Colombia
Astengo 106' Vera 108'		Redín 103' (pen.)

Chateau Carreras, CórdobaAttendance: 10,000Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil) 9 July 1987

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Alzamendi 43'

Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 75,000Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)

Third-place match

11 July 1987

Colombia	2–1	Argentina
Gómez 8' Galeano 27'		Caniggia 86'

Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 15,000Referee: Bernardo Corujo (Venezuela)

Final

12 July 1987

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Bengoechea 56'

Monumental, Buenos AiresAttendance: 35,000Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Champion

1987 Copa América champions
Uruguay 13th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 33 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.

4 goals

Arnoldo Iguarán

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Zdenko Morovic (against Brazil)

Team of the Tournament

By El Gráfico.

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Roberto Rojas	Alfonso Dominguez Nelson Gutiérrez Rogelio Delgado Luis Capurro	Javier Chirinos Sergio Batista Carlos Valderrama Diego Maradona	Antonio Alzamendi Careca

References

^ Copa América 1987 by Martín Tabeira on the RSSSF
^ "Copa America historical all-star teams". BigSoccer Forum. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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Editions

South American Championship	Argentina 1916 Uruguay 1917 Brazil 1919 Chile 1920 Argentina 1921 Brazil 1922 Uruguay 1923 Uruguay 1924 Argentina 1925 Chile 1926 Peru 1927 Argentina 1929 Peru 1935 Argentina 1937 Peru 1939 Chile 1941 Uruguay 1942 Chile 1945 Argentina 1946 Ecuador 1947 Brazil 1949 Peru 1953 Chile 1955 Uruguay 1956 Peru 1957 Argentina 1959 Ecuador 1959 Bolivia 1963 Uruguay 1967
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Finals

Squads

Qualification