| Tourney Name: | South American Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Dates: | 23 January – 8 February |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Champion: | COL |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | BRA |
| Third: | ARG |
| Fourth: | URU |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1988 |
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.
The following teams entered the tournament:
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 January | 2–0 | ||||||
| 24 January | 3–2 | ||||||
| 26 January | 0–0 | ||||||
| 28 January | 2–1 | ||||||
| 30 January | 1–0 | ||||||
| 1 February | 5–1 |
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | –11 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 January | 3–1 | ||||||
| 25 January | 0–1 | ||||||
| 27 January | 3–1 | ||||||
| 2–1 | |||||||
| 29 January | 5–3 | ||||||
| 5–0 | |||||||
| 31 January | 2–4 | ||||||
| 0–1 | |||||||
| 2 February | 3–0 | ||||||
| 3–0 |
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February | 2–0 | ||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 6 February | 1–0 | ||||||
| 3–1 | |||||||
| 8 February | 4–2 | ||||||
| 0–0 |
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.