2015 South American U-20 Championship
| Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de America" Uruguay 2015 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Uruguay |
| Dates | 14 January – 7 February 2015 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Colombia |
| Third place | Uruguay |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 99 (2.83 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Giovanni Simeone (9 goals) |
The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Uruguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 Juventude da América Uruguai 2015) was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 20 and below. It was held in Uruguay from 14 January to 7 February 2015.[1]
Teams
Venues
A total of three cities hosted the tournament.
| Colonia | Maldonado |
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| Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici | Estadio Domingo Burgueño |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 22,000 |
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| Montevideo | |
| Estadio Gran Parque Central | Estadio Centenario |
| Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 65,235 |
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Match officials
The referees were:[2]
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Squads
Each team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[3]
First stage
The draw was held on September 29, 2014.[4] Each group contains one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela.
The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:[3]
- superior goal difference in all matches
- greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- better result in matches between the tied teams
- drawing of lots
All match times are in local Uruguay Summer Time (UTC−02:00).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Argentina
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | Advance to Final stage |
| 2 |  Paraguay
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Peru
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Ecuador
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Bolivia
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
Source: CONMEBOL
| Argentina | 5–2 | Ecuador |
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Simeone  5', 42'Correa 20'Martínez 32'Monteseirín 39' |
Report | J. Cevallos 22', 85' (pen.) |
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
| Paraguay | 4–2 | Bolivia |
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| Viera 3' Díaz 23'E. Araújo 55'Medina 90+1' |
Report | Iragua 38' A. Pinto 49' |
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 6–2 | Peru |
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| Prieto 23' (o.g.) Bernaola 28' (o.g.)Correa 32'Simeone 41', 89'Suárez 78' |
Report | Gonzales-Vigil 73' Da Silva 73' |
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
| Ecuador | 5–0 | Bolivia |
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| J. Cevallos 34', 40' Burbano 50'Parrales 87', 90+1' |
Report |
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Uruguay (H)
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Final stage |
| 2 | Brazil
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Colombia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Venezuela
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Chile
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 6–1 | Chile |
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| Acosta 20', 45+1' Echeverría 23' (o.g.)Pereiro 66'Amaral 81'Faber 88' |
Report | Echeverría 85' |
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Final stage
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Colombia
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and Olympic play-off |
| 3 | Uruguay (H)
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2015 Pan American Games |
| 4 | Brazil
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics[a] |
| 5 | Peru
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 2015 Pan American Games |
| 6 | Paraguay
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
- ^ Brazil qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as hosts.
| Paraguay | 0–2 | Brazil |
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| Report | Yuri Mamute 65' Marcos Guilherme 77' |
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
| Uruguay | 3–1 | Peru |
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| Acosta 27' Pereiro 55'Arambarri 77' |
Report | Ugarriza 66' |
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
| Peru | 0–5 | Brazil |
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| Report | Nathan 47' Thalles 56', 62' Malcom 71' Léo Pereira 81' |
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Winners
| 2015 South American Youth Football Champions |
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 Argentina Fifth title |
Qualification for other tournaments
The tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the following tournaments:[3]
- The top four teams, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
- The four teams which finished third to sixth, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.[5] This was changed from the previous set-up where the South American Under-17 Football Championship was used as qualification for the Pan American Games football tournament.
- Same as previous Youth Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, CONMEBOL used the tournament to determine which men's under-23 national teams from South America qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Since Brazil already qualified automatically as hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified directly, while the second top-ranked team other than Brazil advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship for the final berth in the Olympics.[6] Since Brazil finished third in the tournament, Argentina qualified for the Olympics,[7] while Colombia advanced to the play-off, where they defeated the United States to become CONMEBOL's third Olympic representative.[8]
Qualified teams for Olympics
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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| Brazil |
2 October 2009 | 12 (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012) |
| Argentina |
7 February 2015 | 7 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008) |
| Colombia |
29 March 2016 | 4 (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).
Goalscorers
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Media coverage
South América
Argentina: TyC Sports (all matches are broadcast live) and Channel 7 (Argentina matches only)
Brazil: SporTV (all matches) and SBT (all matches of Brazil and some matches)
Colombia: Caracol TV (all Colombia matches live)
Paraguay: Tigo Sports (all matches are broadcast live) and La Tele (all matches of Paraguay and some matches)
Peru: América Televisión (all matches are broadcast live)
Uruguay: Tenfield (all matches are broadcast live on VTV, VTV Plus and GolTV Latin América)
North America
USA: beIN Sports (all matches live on beIN Sports en Español)
Europe
United Kingdom: Bet365 online streaming (all matches live)
See also
- 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament
- Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off
- Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
- ^ URUGUAY SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO SUB 20 DE 2015
- ^ "Árbitros convocados para el "Juventud de América"". CONMEBOL.COM. October 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Reglamento – Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América 2015" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "El Juventud de América Uruguay 2015 ya tiene su calendario". CONMEBOL.com. September 29, 2014.
- ^ "The Uruguayan U-20 team starts training ahead of the 2015 Sudamericano". conmebol.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Argentina men's football team qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Rio 2016 Official Website. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Colombia edge USA to end drought". FIFA.com. 30 March 2016.
External links
- Sudamericano Masculino Sub 20, CONMEBOL.com Template:Es icon
Categories:
- South American Youth Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Uruguay
- 2015 in South American football
- 2014–15 in Uruguayan football
- Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
- Qualification tournaments for the 2015 Pan American Games
- 2015 in youth association football