- Teams
- First round Group A Group B
- Final round
- Qualification to World Youth Championship
- External links
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = South American Youth Championship
| year = 1987
| other_titles =
| image =
| size = 250px
| caption =
| country = Colombia
| dates = 23 January - 8 February
| num_teams = 9
| confederations =
| venues =
| cities =
| champion =COL
| count =1
| second =BRA
| third =ARG
| fourth =URU
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| prevseason = 1985
| nextseason = 1988
| updated =
}}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. TeamsThe following teams entered the tournament: - {{fbu|20|ARG}}
- {{fbu|20|BOL}}
- {{fbu|20|BRA}}
- {{fbu|20|CHI}}
- {{fbu|20|COL}} (host)
- {{fbu|20|ECU}}
- {{fbu|20|PAR}}
- {{fbu|20|PER}}
- {{fbu|20|URU}}
First roundGroup A| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | {{fbu|20|ARG}} | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | {{fbu|20|BRA}} | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | | {{fbu|20|ECU}} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 | | {{fbu|20|PER}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 0 |
| | | | | 23 January | {{fbu-rt|20|BRA}} | 2–0 | 20|ECU}} | | 24 January | {{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} | 3–2 | 20|PER}} | | 26 January | {{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} | 0–0 | 20|ECU}} | | 28 January | {{fbu-rt|20|ECU}} | 2–1 | 20|PER}} | | 30 January | {{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} | 1–0 | 20|BRA}} | | 1 February | {{fbu-rt|20|BRA}} | 5–1 | 20|PER}} |
Group B| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | {{fbu|20|URU}} | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 8 | | {{fbu|20|COL}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | | {{fbu|20|CHI}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | | {{fbu|20|PAR}} | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 4 | | {{fbu|20|BOL}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | –11 | 0 |
| | | | | 24 January | {{fbu-rt|20|CHI}} | 3–1 | 20|BOL}} | | 25 January | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 0–1 | 20|URU}} | | 27 January | {{fbu-rt|20|PAR}} | 3–1 | 20|BOL}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|URU}} | 2–1 | 20|CHI}} | | 29 January | {{fbu-rt|20|CHI}} | 5–3 | 20|PAR}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 5–0 | 20|BOL}} | | 31 January | {{fbu-rt|20|BOL}} | 2–4 | 20|URU}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 0–1 | 20|PAR}} | | 2 February | {{fbu-rt|20|URU}} | 3–0 | 20|PAR}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 3–0 | 20|CHI}} |
Final round| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | {{fbu|20|COL}} | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | | {{fbu|20|BRA}} | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | | {{fbu|20|ARG}} | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 2 | | {{fbu|20|URU}} | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| | | | | 4 February | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 2–0 | 20|ARG}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|URU}} | 1–1 | 20|BRA}} | | 6 February | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 1–0 | 20|URU}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|BRA}} | 3–1 | 20|ARG}} | | 8 February | {{fbu-rt|20|ARG}} | 4–2 | 20|URU}} | | {{fbu-rt|20|COL}} | 0–0 | 20|BRA}} |
{{Winners|fb|1987 South American Youth Championship|Colombia|First}}Qualification to World Youth ChampionshipThe two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. - {{fbu|20|BRA}}
- {{fbu|20|CHI}} (host)
- {{fbu|20|COL}}
External links{{South American Youth Championship}} 4 : South American Youth Championship|1987 in Colombian football|1987 in multi-sport events|1987 in youth association football |