The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

CONMEBOL CONMEBOL ( ) or CSF (; ; ), is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Parag ...

's national team competition. It was the first

under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between 27 June and 12 July.

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América.

Squads

Venues

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

received a bye into the semi-finals. ---- ''Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the

semifinal A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

Team of the Tournament

By '' El Gráfico.''

References

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