South American Youth Football Championship
 | |
| Founded | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Region | CONMEBOL |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champions |  Ecuador (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Brazil (11 titles) |
 2021 South American U-20 Championship | |
The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American association football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL), for South American national teams of men under age of 20.
History
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (11 times).[1]
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.
Results
Under-19
| Edition | Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1954 Details |
 Venezuela
|
 Uruguay |
 Brazil |
 Venezuela |
 Peru | |
| 2 | 1958 Details |
 Chile
|
Uruguay |
 Argentina |
Brazil |
Peru | |
| 3 | 1964 Details |
 Colombia
|
Uruguay |
 Paraguay |
 Colombia |
 Chile | |
| 4 | 1967 Details |
 Paraguay
|
Argentina |
Paraguay |
 Brazil Peru
| ||
| 5 | 1971 Details |
Paraguay
|
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
 Argentina Peru
| ||
| 6 | 1974 Details |
Chile
|
 Brazil |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
Argentina | |
| 7 | 1975 Details |
Peru
|
Uruguay |
Chile |
Argentina |
Peru | |
Under-20
Performances by countries
| Team | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
11 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) | 7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) | 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) | 2 (1979, 2015) |
 Uruguay
|
8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) | 6 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011) | 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) | 3 (1985, 1987, 1997) |
| Argentina
|
5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) | 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) | 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1974, 2017) |
| Colombia
|
3 (1987, 2005, 2013) | 2 (1988, 2015) | 3 (1964, 1985, 1992) | 2 (2003, 2019) |
 Paraguay
|
1 (1971) | 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1988, 1991, 1999) |
| Ecuador
|
1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | 3 (1992, 1995, 2011) | |
| Chile
|
1 (1975) | 1 (1995) | 5 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007) | |
 Peru
|
2 (1967, 1971) | 3 (1954, 1958, 1975) | ||
 Venezuela
|
2 (1954, 2017) | 1 (2009*) | ||
 Bolivia
|
2 (1981, 1983*) |
Top goalscorers
Source: RSSSF.[1]
Men's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
| Team |  1977 |
 1979 |
 1981 |
 1983 |
 1985 |
1987 |
 1989 |
 1991 |
1993 |
 1995 |
 1997 |
 1999 |
2001 |
 2003 |
 2005 |
 2007 |
 2009 |
2011 |
 2013 |
 2015 |
 2017 |
 2019 |
 2021 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
1st | R1 | 2nd | QF | R1 | 1st | 1st | R2 | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 16 | |||||||
| Brazil |
3rd | QF | 1st | 1st | QF | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | 1st | 3rd | R2 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 18 | |||||
| Chile |
4th | R1 | R1 | R2 | 3rd | QF | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia |
QF | R1 | QF | R1 | 3rd | R2 | QF | R2 | R2 | QF | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Ecuador |
R2 | R2 | R1 | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay |
R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Uruguay |
4th | 3rd | QF | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | R2 | R2 | R1 | 2nd | R2 | 4th | R2 | 15 | ||||||||
| Venezuela |
R2 | 2nd | 2 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Julio Bovi Diogo, José Luis Pierrend, Juan Pablo Andrés and Martín Tabeira (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Fechas y sedes para cuatro torneos juveniles 2020 y 2021". CONMEBOL.com. 6 August 2020.
