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:

(host)

(invited)

First round Group A TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts5500101+9105302106+46530264+26 521257–25 5113510–53 5005412–80

2 May1–11–01–04 May2–12–02–06 May6–23–12–110 May1–02–12–012 May2–12–03–0

Group B TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts431061+574301111+1064112311–83 402224–22 410349–52

3 May1–13–05 May2–11–09 May2–12–011 May7–00–013 May3–11–0

Final round TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts321031+25311132+13310234–12 310213–22

16 May2–02–119 May0–01–022 May2–11–0

Qualification to World Youth Championship The three best performing teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links Results by RSSSF