1987 South American U-20 Championship
# 1987 South American U-20 Championship

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
