1986 South American U-16 Championship
# 1986 South American U-16 Championship

The 1986 South American Under-16 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Peru 1986, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Peru 1986) was the 2nd edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Peru from 4 to 19 October 1986.

Bolivia were crowned champions, and together with Brazil and Ecuador, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada.

## Teams

* Argentina (title holders)
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru (hosts)
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Venues

All games were played in Lima at the Estadio Nacional.

| Lima | Lima |
| - | - |
| Estadio Nacional | Lima |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Lima |

## First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

### Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:

* goal difference
* goals scored
* head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
* drawing of lots

All times local, PET (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Final stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Final stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Final stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Final stage |
| 3 | Peru (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |

## Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bolivia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| 3 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

## Winners

* 1986 South American Under-16 Football champions
* Bolivia 1st title

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| - | - | - |
| Bolivia | 17 October 1986 | 1 (1985) |
| Brazil | 19 October 1986 | 1 (1985) |
| Ecuador | 19 October 1986 | 0 |
