1988 South American U-16 Championship

1988 South American U-16 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16
Ecuador 1988
Tournament details
Host country Ecuador
CityIbarra
Dates15–30 October[1]
Teams10 (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 played26
Goals scored69 (2.65 per match)
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International football competition

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]

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

Squads

Venues

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

Ibarra
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

References

  1. ^ a b Pierrend, José Luis. "South American U-16 Championship 1988 (Ecuador)". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Alcaíno Padilla, Rodrigo (2008). "Sudamericano Sub 16 De 1988". El Blog de Rodrigo Alcaíno Padilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Sub-17: años 80 y 90". Auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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