2019 South American U-20 Championship CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Chile 2019 Host country Chile Dates 17 January – 10 February 2019 Teams 10 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) Champions Ecuador (1st title) Runners-up Argentina Third place Uruguay Fourth place Colombia Matches played 35 Goals scored 60 (1.71 per match) Top scorer(s) Leonardo Campana (6 goals)
International football competition
The 2019 South American U-20 Championship was the 29th edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish : CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 ), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Chile between 17 January and 10 February 2019.[ 1]
The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CONMEBOL representatives. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament , in addition to Peru who had automatically qualified as hosts.[ 2] However, due to the re-introduction of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 , the tournament was not used for qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament .[ 3]
Ecuador won their first title. Argentina finished second, defending champions Uruguay finished third, while Colombia finished fourth.[ 4]
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
Team
Appearance
Previous best performance
Argentina
27th
Champions (5 times, most recent 2015 )
Bolivia
24th
Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983 )
Brazil
28th
Champions (11 times, most recent 2011 )
Chile (hosts)
29th
Runners-up (1 time, 1975 )
Colombia
27th
Champions (3 times, most recent 2013 )
Ecuador
24th
Runners-up (1 time, 2017 )
Paraguay
27th
Champions (1 time, 1971 )
Peru
28th
Third place (2 times, most recent 1971 )
Uruguay (holders)
28th
Champions (8 times, most recent 2017 )
Venezuela
25th
Third place (2 times, most recent 2017 )
Venues
The matches were played in three venues:[ 5]
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).
Match officials
The referees were:
Support Referees
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 6 November 2018, 14:15 CLST (UTC−3 ), at the Teatro Municipal de Rancagua in Rancagua .[ 6] [ 7] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Uruguay 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 results in the 2017 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[ 8]
Seeded
Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
Chile (9) (Hosts, assigned to A1) Uruguay (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)
First stage
The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.
All times local, CLST (UTC−3 ).[ 9] [ 10]
Group A
Group B
Final stage
Winners
2019 South American U-20 Champions
Ecuador 1st title
Goalscorers
There were 60 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tournament best XI
The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[ 12]
Qualification for international tournaments
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup .
Team
Qualified on
Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Argentina
7 February 2019 [ 13]
15 (1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1989 , 1991 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2017 )
Uruguay
10 February 2019 [ 14]
14 (1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1991 , 1993 , 1997 , 1999 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 )
Ecuador
10 February 2019 [ 14]
3 (2001 , 2011 , 2017 )
Colombia
10 February 2019 [ 14]
9 (1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1993 , 2003 , 2005 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Qualified teams for Pan American Games
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament , including Peru which qualified as hosts.
Team
Qualified on
Previous appearances in Pan American Games 2
Peru
11 October 2013
1 (2015 )
Argentina
7 February 2019
14 (1951 , 1955 , 1959 , 1963 , 1967 , 1971 , 1975 , 1979 , 1983 , 1987 , 1995 , 2003 , 2007 , 2011 )
Uruguay
10 February 2019
6 (1963 , 1975 , 1983 , 1999 , 2011 , 2015 )
Ecuador
10 February 2019
3 (1995 , 2007 , 2011 )
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Broadcasting rights
South America
The tournament was broadcast by the following TV companies in South America.[ 15]
References
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