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.
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 Uruguay received a bye into the semi-finals.
Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Champion
Statistics
Goalscorers
With four goals, Arnoldo Iguarán is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 33 goals were scored by 24 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
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
Own Goal
Zdenko Morovic
Team of the Tournament
By El Gráfico.