1987 Copa América


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 June 27 and July 12. Uruguay successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América.

Squads

Venues

Buenos AiresCórdobaRosario
Estadio MonumentalEstadio Olímpico Chateau CarrerasEstadio 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.
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Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
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Group A

Team
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Group B

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Group C

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Final stage

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Champion

Goal scorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 33 goals were scored by 24 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own Goal