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2025 South American U-20 Championship

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2025 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 Venezuela 2025
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates23 January – 16 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
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The 2025 South American U-20 Championship will be the 31st edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It will be held in Venezuela from 23 January to 16 February 2025.[1][2]

Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Chile who automatically qualify as host (if Chile were among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team would also qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup).[3]

Brazil are the defending champions.

Host nation and venues

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Original host

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Peru was originally announced as host country for the tournament by the CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez during a CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 10 April 2024, with Arequipa as host city.[4][5][6] The Peruvian Football Federation had submitted to CONMEBOL in March 2024 the bid to organize this competition.[7]

With three venues required as a minimum by CONMEBOL,[8] four possible venues were initially considered: Estadio Monumental UNSA, Estadio Melgar, Estadio La Tomilla and Estadio Municipal de Sachaca, with the latter three needing considerable improvements to host the matches.[9][10] In October 2024, it was announced that Lima would be added as host city due to the lack of suitable stadiums in Arequipa, with the first stage planned to be held in Lima and the final stage to take place in Arequipa.[11][12][13]

On 13 November 2024, local Peruvian media announced that Peru had lost the hosting of the tournament, presumably due to institutional instability in the Peruvian Football Federation as a result of the arrest of its president Agustín Lozano a week earlier.[14][15]

Venezuela, the new host

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On 15 November 2024, CONMEBOL announced some changes to its competition calendar for 2025 in a letter sent to its member associations, confirming Venezuela as the new host of the South American U-20 Championship, replacing Peru.[16][2] In this way, Venezuela had to relinquish the organization of the 2025 South American U-17 Championship for which it had previously been designated, leaving the task to Colombia.[17]

Venezuelan Football Federation president Jorge Giménez announced that the potential host cities would be Barquisimeto, Valencia, Puerto La Cruz and Maturín.[1][18] These host cities were confirmed by CONMEBOL when publishing the tournament's match schedule, with the exception of Maturín, which was replaced by Caracas.[19][20][21]

Barquisimeto
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Location of the host cities of the 2025 South American U-20 Championship.
Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare
Capacity: 40,312
Valencia
Estadio Misael Delgado
Capacity: 10,400
Puerto La Cruz Caracas
Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui Estadio Brígido Iriarte Estadio Olímpico de la UCV
Capacity: 37,485 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 24,264

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina 29th Champions (5 times, most recent 2015)
 Bolivia 26th Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil (holders) 30th Champions (12 times, most recent 2023)
 Chile 31st Runners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia 29th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador 26th Champions (1 time, 2019)
 Paraguay 29th Champions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru (hosts) 30th Fourth place (5 times, most recent 1975)
 Uruguay 30th Champions (8 times, most recent 2017)
 Venezuela 27th Third place (2 times, most recent 2017)

Squads

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Main article: 2025 South American U-20 Championship squads

Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 47 and 50).[3]

Draws

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Original draw

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The original draw of the tournament was held on 29 October 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[22] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Peru and defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final position in the 2023 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[22]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Peru (10) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[23]

The original draw resulted in the following groups:[24]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Peru
A2  Uruguay
A3  Venezuela
A4  Paraguay
A5  Argentina
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Brazil
B2  Colombia
B3  Ecuador
B4  Chile
B5  Bolivia

Second draw

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As a result of the change of the host country, CONMEBOL decided to hold a second draw on 6 December 2024 under the same procedures as the previous one, but with the seedings and pots updated.[25]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Venezuela (5) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

The second draw resulted in the following groups:[26]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Venezuela
A2  Uruguay
A3  Paraguay
A4  Chile
A5  Peru
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Brazil
B2  Colombia
B3  Ecuador
B4  Argentina
B5  Bolivia

Match officials

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On 10 December 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament, including an Italian refereeing team from UEFA.[27] This is the second time that a UEFA refereeing team will participate in the South American U-20 Championship because of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme.[28]

First stage

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The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

In the first stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):[3]

  1. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    • Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[29]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Peru Match 2 Paraguay
Venezuela Match 1 Chile
Chile Match 6 Uruguay
Peru Match 5 Venezuela
Chile Match 10 Peru
Uruguay Match 9 Paraguay
Uruguay Match 14 Peru
Paraguay Match 13 Venezuela
Venezuela Match 17 Uruguay
Paraguay Match 18 Chile

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 24 January 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Bolivia Match 4 Ecuador
Brazil Match 3 Argentina
Bolivia Match 7 Brazil
Argentina Match 8 Colombia
Argentina Match 12 Bolivia
Colombia Match 11 Ecuador
Colombia Match 16 Bolivia
Ecuador Match 15 Brazil
Brazil Match 19 Colombia
Ecuador Match 20 Argentina

Final stage

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If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in PET (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Group A winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 Group A runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Group A third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Group B winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Group B runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Group B third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 February 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Note: Final round schedule may be modified by the Organizing Committee.

1AMatch 213B
1BMatch 222A
3AMatch 232B
1AMatch 242B
1BMatch 253B
2AMatch 263A
3AMatch 271A
2BMatch 281B
2AMatch 293B
2AMatch 301A
1BMatch 313A
3BMatch 322B
1AMatch 331B
2BMatch 342A
3BMatch 353A

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Chile 17 December 2023[30] 6 (1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  2. ^ a b CONMEBOL (15 November 2024). "ACTUALIZACIÓN - Fechas y Sedes Torneos CONMEBOL 2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ovación.
  3. ^ a b c "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sub20 2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ Chávez, Erick (10 April 2024). "¡Confirmado! Arequipa será sede del Sudamericano Sub 20 Masculino 2025" [Confirmed! Arequipa will host the South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú.
  5. ^ "Conmebol confirmó las fechas de todos los torneos que organizará en el 2025" [Conmebol confirmed the dates of all the tournaments it will organise in 2025] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Conmebol: Arequipa será sede del próximo Sudamericano Sub 20 de fútbol masculino" [Conmebol: Arequipa will host the next South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 10 April 2024.
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  13. ^ "¿Por qué Arequipa ya no será sede principal del Sudamericano Sub 20 de fútbol?" [Why Arequipa will no longer be the main venue for the South American U-20 Championship?] (in Spanish). El Búho. 2 October 2024.
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  15. ^ "Perú perdió sede del Sudamericano Sub 20 que estaba programado para iniciar en el 2025" [Peru lost the hosting of the South American U-20 Championship that was scheduled to begin in 2025] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 November 2024.
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  17. ^ Zabala, Daniel (15 November 2024). "Colombia será sede de importantes torneos de selecciones: Conmebol confirmó" [Colombia will host important national team tournaments: Conmebol confirmed] (in Spanish). Antena 2.
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