South American Youth Football Championship

South American Youth Football Championship
Founded	1954
Region	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	10
Current champions	Uruguay (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (11 titles)
Website	Official webpage
	2017 South American Youth Football 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 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 most recent edition (number 28) was hosted by Ecuador and won by Uruguay in 2017.

The Championship has had only five champions during its history (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay). However, since 1983, Brazil has largely dominated the tournament, sharing the trophy only on three occasions with Colombia and on four occasions with Argentina.^{[citation needed]}

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

Year	Host	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
1954 Details	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil	Venezuela	Peru
1958 Details	Chile	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Peru
1964 Details	Colombia	Uruguay	Paraguay	Colombia	Chile

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1967 Details	Paraguay	Argentina	2–2^[1]	Paraguay	Brazil Peru^[2]
1971 Details	Paraguay	Paraguay	1–1^[3]	Uruguay	Argentina Peru^[2]
1974 Details	Chile	Brazil	2–1	Uruguay	Paraguay	1–0	Argentina

Year	Host	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
1975 Details	Peru	Uruguay^[4]	Chile	Argentina	Peru
1977 Details	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Chile
1979 Details	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil
1981 Details	Ecuador	Uruguay	Brazil	Argentina	Bolivia
1983 Details	Bolivia	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Bolivia
1985 Details	Paraguay	Brazil	Paraguay^[5]	Colombia	Uruguay
1987 Details	Colombia	Colombia	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay
1988 Details	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Paraguay
1991 Details	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Paraguay
1992 Details	Colombia	Brazil	Uruguay	Colombia	Ecuador
1995 Details	Bolivia	Brazil	Argentina	Chile	Ecuador
1997 Details	Chile	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
1999 Details	Argentina	Argentina	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay
2001 Details	Ecuador	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Chile
2003 Details	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia
2005 Details	Colombia	Colombia	Brazil	Argentina	Chile
2007 Details	Paraguay	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Chile
2009 Details	Venezuela	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Venezuela
2011 Details	Peru	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Ecuador
2013 Details	Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay	Uruguay	Chile
2015 Details	Uruguay	Argentina	Colombia	Uruguay	Brazil
2017 Details	Ecuador	Uruguay	Ecuador	Venezuela	Argentina
2019 Details	Chile

Performances by countries

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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)	5 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*)	3 (1985, 1987, 1997)
Argentina	5 (1967, 1997*, 1999, 2003, 2015)	6 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007)	8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988*, 2005, 2011)	2 (1974, 2017)
Colombia	3 (1987, 2005, 2013)	2 (1988, 2015)	3 (1964, 1985, 1992)	1 (2003)
Paraguay	1 (1971*)	5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013)	6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003)	3 (1988, 1991, 1999)
Chile		1 (1975)	1 (1995)	6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)
Ecuador		1 (2017*)		3 (1992, 1995, 2011)
Peru			2 (1967, 1971)	3 (1954, 1958, 1975*)
Venezuela			2 (1954*, 2017)	1 (2009*)
Bolivia				2 (1981, 1983*)

* = As hosts

Top goalscorers

Competition	Nation	Player	Number of goals
1954	Paraguay	Juan Bautista Agüero	7
1958	Argentina	Norberto Raffo	5
1964	Chile	Jaime Bravo López	5
1967	Argentina	Carlos Garcia Cambon	3
1971	Uruguay	Ricardo Islas	4
	Paraguay	Cristóbal Maldonado	4
1974	Uruguay	Hebert Revetria	8
1975	Uruguay	Hebert Revetria	4
	Brazil	Toninho Cerezo	4
1977	Uruguay	Amaro Nadal	4
	Brazil	Aguinaldo Roberto Gallon	4
1979	Uruguay	Arsenio Luzardo	4
1981	Uruguay	Enzo Francescoli	5
	Brazil	Reinaldo "Lela" Felisbino	5
1983	Uruguay	Carlos Aguilera	7
1985	Brazil	Romário	5
1987	Argentina	Alejandro Russo	4
1988	Brazil	Roberto de Assis Moreira	5
	Paraguay	Javier Ferreira	5
1991	Argentina	Juan Esnaider	7
1992	Uruguay	Fernando Correa	5
1995	Argentina	Leonardo Biagini	4
1997	Brazil	Adaílton Martins Bolzan	8
1999	Argentina	Luciano Galletti	9
2001	Brazil	Adriano	6
	Brazil	Ewerthon	6
2003	Argentina	Fernando Cavenaghi	8
2005	Colombia	Hugo Rodallega	11
2007	Uruguay	Edinson Cavani	7
2009	Paraguay	Hernán Pérez	5
	Paraguay	Robin Ramírez	5
	Uruguay	Abel Hernández	5
	Brazil	Walter	5
2011	Brazil	Neymar	9
2013	Uruguay	Nicolás López	6
2015	Argentina	Giovanni Simeone	9
2017	Uruguay	Rodrigo Amaral	5
	Ecuador	Bryan Cabezas	5
	Argentina	Lautaro Martínez	5
	Argentina	Marcelo Torres	5

Source: RSSSF.^[6]

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th-6th – Fifth to Sixth place
7th-10th – Seventh to Tenth place
GS – Group stage
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
XX — Country not affiliated to CONMEBOL at that time
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1954	1958	1964	1967	1971	1974	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1988	1991	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Years
Argentina	×	2nd	6th	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	2nd	3rd	3rd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	×	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	6th	3rd	7th	1st	4th	q	27
Bolivia	×	×	×	×	GS	×	6th	GS	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	10th	9th	9th	9th	8th	8th	10th	10th	10th	10th	8th	q	24
Brazil	2nd	3rd	×	3rd	GS	1st	5th	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	9th	4th	5th	q	28
Chile	GS	5th	4th	GS	GS	GS	2nd	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	3rd	6th	6th	4th	7th	4th	4th	8th	5th	4th	9th	9th	q	29
Colombia	GS	×	3rd	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	3rd	1st	2nd	GS	3rd	GS	7th	8th	6th	4th	1st	6th	5th	6th	1st	2nd	6th	q	27
Ecuador	GS	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	4th	9th	10th	5th	6th	10th	7th	7th	4th	6th	7th	2nd	q	24
Israel	Part of AFC and later OFC													GS	×	Part of UEFA														1
Panama	GS	×	Part of CONCACAF																											1
Paraguay	GS	×	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	×	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	2nd	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	7th	5th	2nd	8th	2nd	6th	7th	q	27
Peru	4th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	GS	4th	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8th	5th	8th	10th	9th	10th	9th	7th	5th	5th	10th	q	28
Uruguay	1st	1st	1st	GS	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	×	4th	2nd	7th	5th	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	q	28
Venezuela	3rd	6th	7th	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	×	GS	5th	7th	10th	8th	6th	9th	4th	9th	8th	8th	3rd	q	25

Overall statistics

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	190	115	40	35	381	151	+230	270
2	Uruguay	190	95	56	39	320	201	+119	246
3	Argentina	181	90	53	38	304	174	+130	233
4	Paraguay	162	71	39	52	267	212	+55	181
5	Colombia	160	59	41	60	197	207	-10	159
6	Chile	153	50	32	71	218	255	-37	132
7	Peru	129	30	29	70	148	253	-105	89
8	Ecuador	118	28	26	64	124	206	-82	82
9	Venezuela	117	20	29	68	109	252	-143	69
10	Bolivia	96	11	15	70	83	223	-140	37
11	Israel ^¹	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	6
12	Panama ^²	3	0	0	3	4	20	-16	0

^¹ Not an CONMEBOL member; Entered as part of qualifying tournament for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship after having been excluded from the AFC Youth Championship for political reasons.
^² Not an CONMEBOL member

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

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	Total
Argentina		1st	R1	2nd			QF	R1		1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st		QF		R1	R1	15
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		9
Ecuador													R2					R2			R1	3
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	14
Venezuela																	R2				2nd	2

References

^ Argentina won by drawing.
^ ^a ^b There was no match for the third place in this edition after the semifinals.
^ Paraguay won because of better goal difference in semifinals.
^ Replay match after finishing with same points and goal difference at final stage. Match was 1–1 draw. Uruguay won 3–1 in a penalty shootout
^ Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.
^ "South American Youth Championships - Topscorers". RSSSF. 19 February 2015.

External links

[1] Argentina won by drawing.

[Semifinalists-2] There was no match for the third place in this edition after the semifinals.

[3] Paraguay won because of better goal difference in semifinals.

[4] Replay match after finishing with same points and goal difference at final stage. Match was 1–1 draw. Uruguay won 3–1 in a penalty shootout

[5] Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.

[6] "South American Youth Championships - Topscorers". RSSSF. 19 February 2015.

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