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
← 1985 1988 →

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:

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia (host)
•  Ecuador
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay

First round

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Brazil	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	4
Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
Peru	3	0	0	3	4	10	–6	0

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	4	4	0	0	10	3	+7	8
Colombia	4	2	0	2	8	2	+6	4
Chile	4	2	0	2	9	9	0	4
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	7	9	–2	4
Bolivia	4	0	0	4	4	15	–11	0

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	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	5
Brazil	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Argentina	3	1	0	2	5	7	–2	2
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1

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.

•  Brazil
•  Chile (host)
•  Colombia