1988 South American U-16 Championship

The 1988 South American Under-16 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Ecuador 1988, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Ecuador 1988) was the 3rd edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 15 to 30 October 1988.^[1]

1988 South American U-16 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Ecuador 1988
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
City	Ibarra
Dates	15–30 October[1]
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	69 (2.65 per match)
← 1986 1991 →

Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Argentina and Colombia, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Scotland.

Teams

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia (title holders)
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador (hosts)
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Squads

See also: 1988 South American Under-16 Football Championship squads

Venues

The venues were Estadio Olímpico, Ibarra, Cotacachi and Atuntaqui.^[2]

Ibarra	Ibarra Atuntaqui Cotacachi
Estadio Olímpico Municipal (Ibarra)
Capacity: 10,000
Cotacachi
Estadio Olímpico Municipal (Cotacachi)
Capacity: 10,000
Atuntaqui
Estadio Olímpico Jaime Terán
Capacity: 10,000

First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:

1. goal difference
2. goals scored
3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
4. drawing of lots

All times local, ECT (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	0	10	3	+7	8	Final stage
2	Colombia	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Uruguay	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Peru	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	3
5	Bolivia	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4	2

Source: RSSSF

Argentina  v  Peru

15 October 1988 (1988-10-15)

Argentina

3–2

Peru

Colombia  v  Bolivia

15 October 1988 (1988-10-15)

Colombia

2–2

Bolivia

Uruguay  v  Peru

17 October 1988 (1988-10-17)	Uruguay	3–0	Peru
	Rehermann ??', ??' Tejera ??'[3]

Argentina  v  Colombia

17 October 1988 (1988-10-17)

Argentina

1–0

Colombia

Colombia  v  Peru

19 October 1988 (1988-10-19)

Colombia

1–1

Peru

Uruguay  v  Bolivia

19 October 1988 (1988-10-19)	Uruguay	1–1	Bolivia
	Canobbio ??'[3]

Argentina  v  Bolivia

21 October 1988 (1988-10-21)

Argentina

3–0

Bolivia

Colombia  v  Uruguay

21 October 1988 (1988-10-21)

Colombia

2–0

Uruguay

Peru  v  Bolivia

23 October 1988 (1988-10-23)

Peru

2–1

Bolivia

Argentina  v  Uruguay

23 October 1988 (1988-10-23)	Argentina	3–1	Uruguay
			Rehermann ??'[3]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8	Final stage
2	Paraguay	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Chile	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	4
4	Ecuador (H)	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	2
5	Venezuela	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Brazil  v  Paraguay

14 October 1988 (1988-10-14)

Brazil

2–0

Paraguay

Ecuador  v  Venezuela

14 October 1988 (1988-10-14)

Ecuador

1–0

Venezuela

Chile  v  Venezuela

16 October 1988 (1988-10-16)	Chile	4–0	Venezuela
	Loyola ??', ??' Ahumada ??' Jorquera ??'[2]

Paraguay  v  Ecuador

16 October 1988 (1988-10-16)

Paraguay

2–1

Ecuador

Brazil  v  Venezuela

18 October 1988 (1988-10-18)

Brazil

5–1

Venezuela

Chile  v  Ecuador

18 October 1988 (1988-10-18)	Chile	3–1	Ecuador
	Pinto ??' Lira ??' Yáñez ??'[2]

Brazil  v  Chile

20 October 1988 (1988-10-20)

Brazil

2–0

Chile

Paraguay  v  Venezuela

20 October 1988 (1988-10-20)

Paraguay

1–0

Venezuela

Paraguay  v  Chile

22 October 1988 (1988-10-22)	Paraguay	2–1	Chile
			Jara ??'[2]

Brazil  v  Ecuador

22 October 1988 (1988-10-22)

Brazil

1–0

Ecuador

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5	1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Brazil  v  Colombia

26 October 1988 (1988-10-26)

Brazil

0–0

Colombia

Argentina  v  Paraguay

26 October 1988 (1988-10-26)

Argentina

2–0

Paraguay

Brazil  v  Paraguay

28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)

Brazil

3–0

Paraguay

Argentina  v  Colombia

28 October 1988 (1988-10-28)

Argentina

1–0

Colombia

Colombia  v  Paraguay

30 October 1988 (1988-10-30)

Colombia

2–1

Paraguay

Brazil  v  Argentina

30 October 1988 (1988-10-30)

Brazil

1–0

Argentina

Winners

1988 South American Under-16 Football champions
Brazil 1st title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Argentina	28 October 1988	1 (1985)
Brazil	28 October 1988	2 (1985, 1987)
Colombia	30 October 1988	0