1987 Copa América Explained

Year:1987
Country:Argentina
Dates:27 June – 12 July
Num Teams:10
Confederations:1
Venues:3
Cities:3
Champion:Uruguay
Count:13
Second:Chile
Third:Colombia
Fourth:Argentina
Matches:13
Goals:33
Attendance:263000
Top Scorer: Arnoldo Iguarán
(4 goals)
Player: Carlos Valderrama
Prevseason:1983
Nextseason:1989

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]

Squads

See main article: 1987 Copa América squads.

Venues

Buenos AiresCórdobaRosario
Estadio
Monumental
Estadio Olímpico
Chateau Carreras
Estadio Gigante
de Arroyito
Capacity: 67,664Capacity: 46,083Capacity: 41,654

Group stage

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.----

Group A

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Group B

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align=left 220071+64
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align=left 200218−70

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1987 Copa América final.

Statistics

Goalscorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán was the top scorer in the tournament.

Team of the Tournament

By El Gráfico.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/87safull.html Copa América 1987
  2. Web site: Copa America historical all-star teams . 2022-03-23 . BigSoccer Forum . en-US.