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]
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| Tournament details | |
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| 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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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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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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Argentina
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
 Peru
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Ecuador
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1–1 | Peru |
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Maradona  47' |
Reyna 59' |
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)
| Argentina | 3–0 | Ecuador |
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| Caniggia 50' Maradona 67' (pen.), 85' |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| Peru | 1–1 | Ecuador |
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| La Rosa 87' |
Cuvi 72' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Asterio Martínez (Paraguay)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Chile
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 4 |
 Brazil
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
 Venezuela
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Brazil | 5–0 | Venezuela |
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| Edú Marangón 33' Morovic 39' (o.g.) Careca 66' Nelsinho 72' Romário 89' |
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Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Elias Jácome (Ecuador)
| Chile | 3–1 | Venezuela |
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| Letelier 17' Contreras 70' Salgado 83' |
Acosta 24' (pen.) |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)
| Chile | 4–0 | Brazil |
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| Basay 41', 68' Letelier 48', 75' |
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Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Colombia
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 |
 Bolivia
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
 Paraguay
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0–0 | Bolivia |
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
| Colombia | 2–0 | Bolivia |
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| Valderrama 34' Iguarán 89' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)
| Colombia | 3–0 | Paraguay |
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| Iguarán 8', 34', 50' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 8 July - Córdoba | |||||
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| Chile | 2 | ||||
| 12 July - Buenos Aires | |||||
| Colombia | 1 | ||||
| Chile | 0 | ||||
| 9 July - Buenos Aires | |||||
| Uruguay | 1 | ||||
| Uruguay | 1 | ||||
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| Argentina | 0 | ||||
| Third place | |||||
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| 11 July - Buenos Aires | |||||
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| Colombia | 2 | ||||
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| Argentina | 1 | ||||
| Chile | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Colombia |
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| Astengo 106' Vera 108' |
Redín 103' (pen.) |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| Uruguay | 1–0 | Argentina |
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| Alzamendi 43' |
Attendance: 75,000
| Colombia | 2–1 | Argentina |
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| Gómez 8' Galeano 27' |
Caniggia 86' |
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bernardo Corujo (Venezuela)
| Uruguay | 1–0 | Chile |
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| Bengoechea 56' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| 1987 Copa América champions |
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 Uruguay 13th title |
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
3 goals
Juan Carlos Letelier2 goals
Ivo Basay1 goal
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 Acosta1 own goal
Zdenko Morovic (against Brazil)| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Roberto Rojas
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Alfonso Dominguez
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 Javier Chirinos
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Antonio Alzamendi
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