The 1988 South American Under-16 Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Ecuador 1988, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Ecuador 1988) was the 3rd edition of the

South American Under-17 Football Championship The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now ...

, a

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competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

. It was held in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

from 15 to 30 October 1988. Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Argentina and Colombia, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the

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Teams

* * (title holders) * * * * (hosts) * * * *

Squads

Venues

The venues were Estadio Olímpico, Ibarra, Cotacachi and

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First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage. ;Tiebreakers When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to: # goal difference # goals scored # head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only) # drawing of lots All times local, ECT ( UTC−5).

Group A

Group B

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

References

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