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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
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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 AiresCórdobaRosario	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

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

Argentina	1–1	Peru
Maradona 47'		Reyna 59'

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

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

Paraguay	0–0	Bolivia

Colombia	2–0	Bolivia
Valderrama 34' Iguarán 89'

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 July - Córdoba
	Chile	2
					12 July - Buenos Aires
	Colombia	1
					Chile	0
	9 July - Buenos Aires
					Uruguay	1
	Uruguay	1
	Argentina	0
					Third place
					11 July - Buenos Aires
					Colombia	2
					Argentina	1

Semi-finals

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

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Alzamendi 43'

Third-place match

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

Final

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Bengoechea 56'

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

• Diego Maradona
• Juan Carlos Letelier

2 goals

• Claudio Caniggia
• Ivo Basay

1 goal

• Careca
• Edú Marangón
• Nelsinho
• Romário
• Fernando Astengo
• Jorge Contreras
• Sergio Salgado
• Jaime Vera
• Juan Jairo Galeano
• Gabriel Gómez
• Bernardo Redín
• Carlos Valderrama
• Hamilton Cuvi
• Eugenio La Rosa
• Luis Reyna
• Antonio Alzamendi
• Pablo Bengoechea
• Pedro Acosta

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

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

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