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[edit]

Main article: 1987 Copa América squads

## Venues[edit]

Players of Uruguay holding the trophy, as covered on El Gráfico

Buenos Aires

Córdoba

Rosario

| Buenos Aires | Córdoba | Rosario

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Estadio Monumental | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
Capacity: 67,664 | Capacity: 46,083 | Capacity: 41,654
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## Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

Argentina v Peru match Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

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Maradona 47' |  | Reyna 59'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

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2 July 1987

Argentina | 3–0|  Ecuador

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Caniggia 50'
Maradona 67' (pen.), 85' |  |

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

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4 July 1987

Peru | 1–1|  Ecuador

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La Rosa 87' |  | Cuvi 72'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Asterio Martínez (Paraguay)

### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

28 June 1987

Brazil | 5–0|  Venezuela

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Edú Marangón 33'
Morovic 39' (o.g.)
Careca 66'
Nelsinho 72'
Romário 89' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Elias Jácome (Ecuador)

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30 June 1987

Chile | 3–1|  Venezuela

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Letelier 17'
Contreras 70'
Salgado 83' |  | Acosta 24' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)

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3 July 1987

Chile | 4–0|  Brazil

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Basay 41', 68'
Letelier 48', 75' | Report |

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

### Group C[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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

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Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

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1 July 1987

Colombia | 2–0|  Bolivia

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Valderrama 34'
Iguarán 89' |  |

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)

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5 July 1987

Colombia | 3–0|  Paraguay

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Iguarán 8', 34', 50' |  |

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  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[edit]

8 July 1987

Chile | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Colombia

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Astengo 106'
Vera 108' |  | Redín 103' (pen.)

Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

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9 July 1987

Uruguay | 1–0|  Argentina

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Alzamendi 43' |  |

Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Jácome (Ecuador)

### Third-place match[edit]

11 July 1987

Colombia | 2–1|  Argentina

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Gómez 8'
Galeano 27' |  | Caniggia 86'

Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Bernardo Corujo (Venezuela)

### Final[edit]

Main article: 1987 Copa América final

12 July 1987

Uruguay | 1–0|  Chile

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Bengoechea 56' |  |

Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)

## Champion[edit]

1987 Copa América champions

Uruguay
13th title

## Statistics[edit]

### Goalscorers[edit]

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[edit]

By El Gráfico.[2]

Goalkeepers  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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Roberto Rojas |  Alfonso Dominguez

Nelson Gutiérrez

Rogelio Delgado

Luis Capurro

|  Javier Chirinos

Sergio Batista

Carlos Valderrama

Diego Maradona

|  Antonio Alzamendi

Careca

## References[edit]

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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