South American Youth Football Championship

South American Youth Football Championship
Founded	1954
Region	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	10
Current champions	Argentina (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (11 titles)
Website	Official webpage
2015 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 27) was hosted by Uruguay and won by Argentina in 2015.

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.

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^[6] Details	Ecuador

Past winning coaches

Year	Winners	Head coach/Manager
1954 Details	Uruguay
1958 Details	Uruguay
1964 Details	Uruguay
1967 Details	Argentina
1971 Details	Paraguay
1974 Details	Brazil
1975 Details	Uruguay
1977 Details	Uruguay
1979 Details	Uruguay
1981 Details	Uruguay
1983 Details	Brazil	Jair Pereira da Silva
1985 Details	Brazil	Gílson Nuñes
1987 Details	Colombia	Finot Castano
1988 Details	Brazil
1991 Details	Brazil	Júlio Leal
1992 Details	Brazil	Júlio Leal
1995 Details	Brazil
1997 Details	Argentina	José Pekerman
1999 Details	Argentina	José Pekerman
2001 Details	Brazil	Marcos Paquetá
2003 Details	Argentina	Hugo Tocalli
2005 Details	Colombia	Eduardo Lara
2007 Details	Brazil	Nélson Rodrigues
2009 Details	Brazil	Rogério Lourenço
2011 Details	Brazil	Ney Franco
2013 Details	Colombia	Carlos Restrepo
2015 Details	Argentina	Humberto Grondona

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	7 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981)	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)	1 (1974)
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)
Peru			2 (1967, 1971)	3 (1954, 1958, 1975)
Venezuela			1 (1954)	1 (2009)
Ecuador				3 (1992, 1995, 2011)
Bolivia				2 (1981, 1983)

Overall statistics

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	149	92	32	25	312	113	+199	308
2	Argentina	141	72	41	28	237	127	+110	257
3	Uruguay	144	70	46	28	241	147	+94	256
4	Paraguay	127	58	31	38	213	160	+53	205
5	Colombia	114	43	29	42	143	152	−9	158
6	Chile	123	39	29	55	180	205	−25	146
7	Peru	99	23	22	54	115	200	−85	91
8	Ecuador	79	15	15	49	71	155	−84	60
9	Venezuela	83	12	16	55	77	205	−128	52
10	Bolivia	76	10	12	54	70	169	−99	42
11	Israel	5	3	0	2	6	4	+2	9
12	Panama	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

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
	Uruguay	Abel Hernández	5
	Brazil	Walter	5
2011	Brazil	Neymar	9
2013	Uruguay	Nicolás López	6
2015	Argentina	Giovanni Simeone	9

Source: ^[7]

References

↑ Argentina won by drawing.
1 2 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 shooutout
↑ Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.
↑ http://www.conmebol.com/es/03032015-1059/se-inicio-en-la-sede-de-la-conmebol-la-reunion-del-comite-ejecutivo
↑ "Neymar fue el máximo goleador". ESPN. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

External links

South American Youth Football Championship

Tournaments	Venezuela 1954 Chile 1958 Colombia 1964 Paraguay 1967 Paraguay 1971 Chile 1974 Peru 1975 Venezuela 1977 Uruguay 1979 Ecuador 1981 Bolivia 1983 Paraguay 1985 Colombia 1987 Argentina 1988 Venezuela 1991 Colombia 1992 Bolivia 1995 Chile 1997 Argentina 1999 Ecuador 2001 Uruguay 2003 Colombia 2005 Paraguay 2007 Venezuela 2009 Peru 2011 Argentina 2013 Uruguay 2015 Ecuador 2017

Squads	...1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)

Bolivia (FBF)

Brazil (CBF)

Chile (FFC)

Colombia (FCF)

Ecuador (FEF)

Paraguay (APF)

Peru (FPF)

Uruguay (AUF)

Venezuela (FVF)

National team competitions

Men	Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Under-20 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship

Women	Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal

Club competitions

Men	Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores

Women	Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

Defunct	Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

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