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The South American Youth Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL), for South American national teams of men under age 20.
[edit] History
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially for men under age 19, this limit was maintained until the 7th championship, hosted by Peru in 1975. Since the 8th edition (1977), when the tournament took place in Venezuela for the second time, the age limit was raised to 20. This change was made in order to use the competition as South American qualification for the FIFA World Youth Championship (now renamed the FIFA U-20 World Cup), held every two years since 1977. The last edition (number 24) was hosted by Venezuela and won by Brazil in 2009.
[edit] Format
All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.
[edit] Results
[edit] Summaries
- Key:
- p.k. - match won on penalty kicks
[edit] Performances by countries
| Team |
Titles |
Runners-up |
Third-place |
Fourth-place |
 Brazil |
10 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009) |
7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) |
3 (1958, 1967, 1999) |
|
 Uruguay |
7 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981) |
4 (1971, 1974, 1992, 1999) |
4 (1983, 1991, 2007, 2009) |
1 (1997) |
 Argentina |
4 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003) |
7 (1958, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007) |
5 (1975, 1981, 1987, 1988, 2005) |
|
 Colombia |
2 (1987, 2005) |
1 (1988) |
3 (1964, 1985, 1992) |
1 (2003) |
 Paraguay |
1 (1971) |
4 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009) |
6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) |
1 (1999) |
 Chile |
|
1 (1975) |
2 (1971, 1995) |
3 (2001, 2005, 2007) |
 Peru |
|
|
1 (1967) |
4 (1954, 1958, 1971, 1975) |
 Venezuela |
|
|
1 (1954) |
1 (2009) |
 Bolivia |
|
|
|
2 (1981, 1983) |
 Ecuador |
|
|
|
2 (1992, 1995) |
[edit] Total wins
- Brazil 1974 1983 1985 1988 1991 1992 1995 2001 2007 2009 - 10 titles (9 since 1977)
- Uruguay 1954 1958 1964 1975 1977 1979 1981 - 7 titles (3 since 1977)
- Argentina 1967 1997 1999 2003 - 4 titles (3 since 1977)
- Colombia 1987 2005 - 2 titles (2 since 1977)
- Paraguay 1971 - 1 title (none since 1977)
[edit] Distribution of hosts
| Hosts |
Nation |
Year(s) |
| 5 times |
Venezuela |
1954,1977,1991,1992,2009 |
| 4 times |
Paraguay |
1967,1971,1985.2007 |
| 3 times |
Chile |
1958,1974,1997 |
| 3 times |
Colombia |
1964,1987,2005 |
| 2 times |
Uruguay |
1979,2003 |
| 2 times |
Ecuador |
1981,2001 |
| 2 times |
Bolivia |
1983,1995 |
| 2 time |
Argentina |
1988,1999 |
| 1 time |
Peru |
1975 |
[edit] Points per team
| Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
%p |
| 1 |
Brazil |
308 |
149 |
92 |
32 |
25 |
312 |
113 |
+199 |
68,9% |
| 2 |
Argentina |
257 |
141 |
72 |
41 |
28 |
237 |
127 |
+110 |
60,8% |
| 3 |
Uruguay |
256 |
144 |
70 |
46 |
28 |
241 |
147 |
+94 |
59,3% |
| 4 |
Paraguay |
205 |
127 |
58 |
31 |
38 |
213 |
160 |
+53 |
53,8% |
| 5 |
Colombia |
158 |
114 |
43 |
29 |
42 |
143 |
152 |
-9 |
46,2% |
| 6 |
Chile |
146 |
123 |
39 |
29 |
55 |
180 |
205 |
-25 |
39,6% |
| 7 |
Peru |
91 |
99 |
23 |
22 |
54 |
115 |
200 |
-85 |
30,6% |
| 8 |
Ecuador |
60 |
79 |
15 |
15 |
49 |
71 |
155 |
-84 |
25,3% |
| 9 |
Venezuela |
52 |
83 |
12 |
16 |
55 |
77 |
205 |
-128 |
20,9% |
| 10 |
Bolivia |
42 |
76 |
10 |
12 |
54 |
70 |
169 |
-99 |
18,4% |
| 11 |
 Israel |
9 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
60,0% |
| 12 |
 Panama |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
20 |
-16 |
0,0% |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Argentina won by drawing.
- ^ a b c d There was no match for the third place in this edition after the semifinals. The final place between the two losing semifinalists is shown here by the criteria used in the competition in case of drawing: points, goal difference, goals for.
- ^ Paraguay won because of better goal difference in semifinals.
- ^ Replay match after finishing with same points and goal difference at final stage.
- ^ Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.
[edit] External links
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