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

## Venues

| Buenos AiresCórdobaRosario | Buenos Aires | Córdoba | Rosario |
| Buenos AiresCórdobaRosario | Estadio Monumental | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | Estadio Gigante de Arroyito |
| Buenos AiresCórdobaRosario | Capacity: 67,664 | Capacity: 46,083 | Capacity: 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 |
| Peru | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Chile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 4 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Colombia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 July - Córdoba | 8 July - Córdoba |
| Chile | 2 |
| Chile | 2 | 12 July - Buenos Aires | 12 July - Buenos Aires |
| Colombia | 1 | 12 July - Buenos Aires | 12 July - Buenos Aires |
| Colombia | 1 | Chile | 0 |
| 9 July - Buenos Aires | 9 July - Buenos Aires | | Chile | 0 |
| 9 July - Buenos Aires | 9 July - Buenos Aires | Uruguay | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | Uruguay | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | | |
| Argentina | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 11 July - Buenos Aires | 11 July - Buenos Aires |
| | | Colombia | 2 |
| | | Argentina | 1 |

### Final
## Champion

* 1987 Copa América champions
* Uruguay 13th title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán was the top scorer in the tournament. There were 33 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.
4 goals
* Arnoldo Iguarán
3 goals
* Diego Maradona
* Juan Carlos Letelier
2 goals
* Claudio Caniggia
* Ivo Basay
1 goal
* Careca
* Edú Marangón
* Nelsinho
* Romário
* Fernando Astengo
* Jorge Contreras
* Sergio Salgado
* Jaime Vera
* Juan Jairo Galeano
* Gabriel Gómez
* Bernardo Redín
* Carlos Valderrama
* Hamilton Cuvi
* Eugenio La Rosa
* Luis Reyna
* Antonio Alzamendi
* Pablo Bengoechea
* Pedro Acosta
1 own goal
* Zdenko Morovic (against Brazil)

### Team of the Tournament

By El Gráfico.
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Roberto Rojas | Alfonso Dominguez Nelson Gutiérrez Rogelio Delgado Luis Capurro | Javier Chirinos Sergio Batista Carlos Valderrama Diego Maradona | Antonio Alzamendi Careca |