Peru to participate in a play-off game against Chile, which Peru lost. Despite the adverse result, that same year Peru was invited to participate in its first Asian tournament, the Nehru Cup of India. In the 1987 Copa América, which began the alphabetical host rotation system, la Blanquirroja was unable to advance past the first round despite tying hosts Argentina (1–1) and rivals Ecuador (1–1). Tragedy struck on December 8, 1987, when the airplane carrying Alianza Lima's team and coaching staff crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Several victims were national team members. Among the dead were midfielder José Casanova, goalkeeper José González Ganoza, forwards Luis Escobar and Alfredo Tomassini, and coach Marcos Calderón. Nonetheless, in 1989 Peru attained second and third places in the Marlboro Cup and the Copa Centenario de Armenia 1989 (in Armenia, Colombia), respectively. However, Peru only won two games (5–1 against Venezuela in 1991, and 1–0 against Chile in 1993) in the next four Copa América editions. Moreover, Peru did not win a single game in the 1990 and 1994 World Cup qualifiers, ending up last in both of its groups and prolonging the team's absence from the world stage. Peru's situation improved over time as the team attained fourth place at the 1997 Copa América, third place at the 1997 U.S. Cup, and in 1998 (in the newly implemented round-robin tournament) barely missed the chance to appear in the World Cup tournament due to their goal difference with Chile. In 1999, the team won its first Kirin Cup, and would attain a second title in the Japanese competition in 2005. In the year 2000, the team was invited to join the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament along with Colombia and South Korea, and earned third place in the North American competition. Nevertheless, la Blanquirroja struggled in World Cup qualifiers, earning eighth place in the 2002 and 2006 editions. Meanwhile, Peru consistently reached the quarterfinals in the 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007 editions of the Copa América. In 2007, Peru's U-17 squad surprised the nation by qualifying and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Meanwhile, under corruption charges, Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) president Manuel Burga's re-election was made illegal by the Peruvian government. Due to this, in November 2008, FIFA suspended several FPF authorities, as well as several Peruvian Football League authorities and referees; additionally, the national team was barred from participating in