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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 17–24 May |
| Teams | 3 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England |
| Runners-up |  Colombia |
| Third place |  Scotland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 3 (1 per match) |
| Attendance | 116,723 (38,908 per match) |
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The 1988 Rous Cup was the fourth staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, based around the England–Scotland football rivalry. For the second year in succession, a third team was invited to create a three-team tournament.
After having Brazil's participation in the previous year, the FA again invited South American opposition to participate, this time Colombia.
England won the competition for a second time after being the only team to win a game; the two other matches ended in draws.
All times listed are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Scotland | 0–0 | Colombia |
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| Report |
Attendance: 20,487
Referee: Vítor Correia (Portugal)
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| England | 1–0 | Scotland |
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Beardsley  12' |
Report |
Attendance: 70,480
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
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| England | 1–1 | Colombia |
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| Lineker 22' |
Report | Escobar 66' |
Attendance: 25,756
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| England
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Colombia
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Scotland
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
| 1988 Rous Cup tournament winners |
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 England |
