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The 1987 Copa América was 33rd edition of the Copa América

Copa América

The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...

, CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

's national team competition. It was the first Copa América

Copa América

under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between June 27 to July 12, 1987. Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

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

First round

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

Copa América 1983

The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between August 10 and November 4, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay got a bye into the semifinals.-First round:...

Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

received a bye

Bye

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into the semi-finals.
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Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
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Group A

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1

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Group B

Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	2	0	7	1	+6	4
2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
2	0	2	1	8	-7	0

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Group C

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1
2	0	1	1	0	3	-3	1

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Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Individual scorers

4 goals Arnoldo Iguarán

Arnoldo Iguarán

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3 goals Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

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Juan Carlos Letelier

2 goals Claudio Caniggia

Claudio Caniggia

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Ivo Basay

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1 goal Careca Edú Marangón

Edu Marangon

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Nelsinho Romário

Romário

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Fernando Astengo

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Jorge Contreras

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Sergio Salgado Jaime Vera

Jaime Vera

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Juan Galeano Gabriel Jaime Gómez Bernardo Redín

Bernardo Redín

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Carlos Valderrama Hamilton Cuvi

Hamilton Cuvi

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Eugenio La Rosa Luis Reyna

Luis Reyna

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Antonio Alzamendi

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Pablo Bengoechea

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Pedro Acosta

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Own Goal Zdenko Morovic

External links

RSSSF - full tournament details

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