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. ^[1]

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.

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Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Third-place match

Final

Champion

1987 Copa América champions
Uruguay 13th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 33 goals were scored by 24 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

• Arnoldo Iguarán

3 goals

• Diego Maradona
• Juan Carlos Letelier

2 goals

• Claudio Caniggia
• Ivo Basay

1 goal

Own Goal

• Zdenko Morovic

Team of the Tournament

By El Gráfico. ^[2]

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