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:

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.

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_South_American_U-20_Championship
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