The South American Youth Championship 1988 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also served as qualification for the 1989 FIFA World 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 → | |
Teams
editThe following teams entered the tournament:
First round
editGroup A
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editThe three best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.