1986 South American U-16 Championship

The 1986 South American Under-16 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Peru 1986, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Peru 1986) was the 2nd 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 Peru from 4 to 19 October 1986.^[1]

1986 South American U-16 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Peru 1986
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
City	Lima
Dates	4–19 October[1]
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bolivia (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Ecuador
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	51 (1.96 per match)
Best player(s)	Marco Etcheverry[2]
← 1985 1988 →

Bolivia were crowned champions, and together with Brazil and Ecuador, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada.

Teams

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

Squads

See also: 1986 South American Under-16 Football Championship squads

Venues

All games were played in Lima at the Estadio Nacional.

Lima	Lima
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 45,000

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, PET (UTC−5).

Group A

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

Source: RSSSF

Uruguay  v  Colombia

4 October 1986 (1986-10-04)	Uruguay	2–1	Colombia	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	Bianchi ??'[3]

Bolivia  v  Argentina

4 October 1986 (1986-10-04)	Bolivia	2–2	Argentina	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	Pizarro ??' Etcheverry ??'[4]

Paraguay  v  Bolivia

6 October 1986 (1986-10-06)	Paraguay	0–2	Bolivia	Estadio Nacional, Lima
			Arandia ??' Etcheverry ??'[4]

Argentina  v  Colombia

6 October 1986 (1986-10-06)

Argentina

0–0

Colombia

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Colombia  v  Paraguay

8 October 1986 (1986-10-08)

Colombia

1–3

Paraguay

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Argentina  v  Uruguay

8 October 1986 (1986-10-08)	Argentina	1–1	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima
			Miraballes ??'[3]

Colombia  v  Bolivia

10 October 1986 (1986-10-10)

Colombia

1–0

Bolivia

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Paraguay  v  Uruguay

10 October 1986 (1986-10-10)	Paraguay	0–1	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima
			Bentancur ??'[3]

Bolivia  v  Uruguay

12 October 1986 (1986-10-12)	Bolivia	1–0	Uruguay	Estadio Nacional, Lima
	Etcheverry ??'[4]

Paraguay  v  Argentina

12 October 1986 (1986-10-12)

Paraguay

1–2

Argentina

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ecuador	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6	Final stage
2	Brazil	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Peru (H)	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	4
4	Chile	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
5	Venezuela	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Brazil  v  Ecuador

5 October 1986 (1986-10-05)

Brazil

0–0

Ecuador

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Venezuela  v  Peru

5 October 1986 (1986-10-05)

Venezuela

1–2

Peru

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Brazil  v  Chile

7 October 1986 (1986-10-07)

Brazil

0–0

Chile

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Ecuador  v  Peru

7 October 1986 (1986-10-07)

Ecuador

1–0

Peru

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Ecuador  v  Venezuela

9 October 1986 (1986-10-09)

Ecuador

3–0

Venezuela

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Peru  v  Chile

9 October 1986 (1986-10-09)

Peru

1–0

Chile

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Ecuador  v  Chile

11 October 1986 (1986-10-11)

Ecuador

3–3

Chile

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Venezuela  v  Brazil

11 October 1986 (1986-10-11)

Venezuela

1–1

Brazil

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Chile  v  Venezuela

13 October 1986 (1986-10-13)

Chile

0–0

Venezuela

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Peru  v  Brazil

13 October 1986 (1986-10-13)

Peru

0–1

Brazil

Estadio Nacional, Lima

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	Bolivia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4	1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2	Brazil	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
3	Ecuador	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Argentina	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: RSSSF

Bolivia  v  Brazil

15 October 1986 (1986-10-15)

Bolivia

1–1

Brazil

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Ecuador  v  Argentina

15 October 1986 (1986-10-15)

Ecuador

0–0

Argentina

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Bolivia  v  Argentina

17 October 1986 (1986-10-17)

Bolivia

1–0

Argentina

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Ecuador  v  Brazil

17 October 1986 (1986-10-17)

Ecuador

1–1

Brazil

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Brazil  v  Argentina

19 October 1986 (1986-10-19)

Brazil

2–2

Argentina

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Bolivia  v  Ecuador

19 October 1986 (1986-10-19)

Bolivia

2–2

Ecuador

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Winners

1986 South American Under-16 Football champions
Bolivia 1st title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Bolivia	17 October 1986	1 (1985)
Brazil	19 October 1986	1 (1985)
Ecuador	19 October 1986	0

References

1. Gongazzi, Osvaldo José. "South American U-16 Championship 1986 (Peru)". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
2. "TAHUCHI CAMPEON SUDAMERICANO LIMA PERU 1986". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
3. "Sub-17: años 80 y 90". Auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
4. "Bolivia campeón en el Sudamericano Sub-16: Diablura juvenil". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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