1988 South American U-20 Championship

1988 South American Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	2–22 May
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Paraguay
← 1987 1991 →

The South American Youth Championship 1988 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Argentina (host)
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Israel (invited)
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

First round

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	5	5	0	0	10	1	+9	10
Paraguay	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4	6
Israel	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	6
Peru	5	2	1	2	5	7	–2	5
Chile	5	1	1	3	5	10	–5	3
Venezuela	5	0	0	5	4	12	–8	0

2 May	Chile	1–1	Peru
	Argentina	1–0	Venezuela
	Israel	1–0	Paraguay
4 May	Chile	2–1	Venezuela
	Paraguay	2–0	Peru
	Argentina	2–0	Israel
6 May	Paraguay	6–2	Venezuela
	Argentina	3–1	Chile
	Peru	2–1	Israel
10 May	Israel	1–0	Venezuela
	Paraguay	2–1	Chile
	Argentina	2–0	Peru
12 May	Peru	2–1	Venezuela
	Argentina	2–0	Paraguay
	Israel	3–0	Chile

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Brazil	4	3	0	1	11	1	+10	6
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	3	11	–8	3
Uruguay	4	0	2	2	2	4	–2	2
Bolivia	4	1	0	3	4	9	–5	2

3 May	Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador
	Brazil	3–0	Bolivia
5 May	Ecuador	2–1	Bolivia
	Colombia	1–0	Brazil
9 May	Bolivia	2–1	Uruguay
	Colombia	2–0	Ecuador
11 May	Brazil	7–0	Ecuador
	Uruguay	0–0	Colombia
13 May	Colombia	3–1	Bolivia
	Brazil	1–0	Uruguay

Final round

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Argentina	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	2
Paraguay	3	1	0	2	1	3	–2	2

16 May	Colombia	2–0	Paraguay
	Brazil	2–1	Argentina
19 May	Brazil	0–0	Colombia
	Paraguay	1–0	Argentina
22 May	Argentina	2–1	Colombia
	Brazil	1–0	Paraguay

1988 South American Youth Championship
Brazil Fourth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The three best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Colombia

External links

• Results by RSSSF