2019 South American U-17 Championship

The 2019 South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Peru 2019) was the 18th edition of the South American U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Peru from 21 March to 14 April 2019.[1]

2019 South American U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Perú 2019
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
CityLima[1]
Dates21 March – 14 April[1]
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored106 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Johan Mina (6 goals)
Fair play award Ecuador
2017
2021

The top four teams, champions Argentina, which won their fourth title, Chile, Paraguay, and Ecuador, qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Brazil who qualified automatically as hosts replacing Peru, despite failing to qualify out of the first stage as defending champions for the first time.[2]

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Argentina 18th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
  Bolivia 18th Champions (1 time, 1986)
  Brazil (holders) 18th Champions (12 times, most recent 2017)
  Chile 18th Runners-up (2 times, most recent 2017)
  Colombia 18th Champions (1 time, 1993)
  Ecuador 17th Third place (4 times, most recent 2015)
  Paraguay 17th Runners-up (1 time, 1999)
  Peru (hosts) 18th Fourth place (1 time, 2007)
  Uruguay 18th Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
  Venezuela 18th Runners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

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Peru was confirmed as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 22 January 2019 in Rio de Janeiro. All games were scheduled to be played in Lima at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos.[1][3]

Lima
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Capacity: 22,000
12°03′25″S 77°04′30″W / 12.057°S 77.075°W / -12.057; -77.075 (Estadio Universidad San Marcos)
 

Squads

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Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team can register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 27 February 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The host Peru and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship (shown in brackets).[5]

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

Match officials

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The referees and assistants referees were:[6]

Support Referees

First stage

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

All times local, PET (UTC−5).[7]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Peru (H) 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 Final stage
2   Chile 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
3   Ecuador 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
4   Venezuela 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5
5   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 4 13 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Venezuela  1–1  Ecuador
Peña   88' Report Vite   85'
Peru  0–0  Chile
Report

Ecuador  1–0  Bolivia
Mina   30' Report
Peru  0–0  Venezuela
Report

Bolivia  3–5  Venezuela
Report
Ecuador  3–2  Chile
Mina   35', 66', 90+1' Report

Chile  3–0  Venezuela
Report
Peru  3–1  Bolivia
Report Chura   48'

Bolivia  0–4  Chile
Report
Peru  2–0  Ecuador
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7 Final stage
2   Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
3   Argentina 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
4   Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 8 −1 7
5   Colombia 4 0 0 4 4 8 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Uruguay  3–0  Argentina
Report
Brazil  3–2  Paraguay
Report

Argentina  2–1  Colombia
Report Campaña   88'
Brazil  1–1  Uruguay
Gabriel Veron   67' Report Milans   84'

Colombia  1–2  Uruguay
Arroyo   6' (pen.) Report
Argentina  2–2  Paraguay
Report Peralta   18', 41'

Paraguay  3–2  Uruguay
Report
Brazil  3–2  Colombia
Report

Colombia  0–1  Paraguay
Report D. Duarte   63'
Brazil  0–3  Argentina
Report

Final stage

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The schedule of the final matchday was modified based on which teams were possible to be champions.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (C) 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2   Chile 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
3   Paraguay 5 1 3 1 5 6 −1 6
4   Ecuador 5 1 2 2 7 8 −1 5
5   Peru (H) 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
6   Uruguay 5 1 1 3 10 11 −1 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Chile  1–0  Ecuador
Aravena   80' Report
Uruguay  2–2  Paraguay
Report
Peru  0–0  Argentina
Report

Paraguay  1–1  Ecuador
Ovelar   70' Report Plúas   43'
Uruguay  0–1  Argentina
Report Sforza   46'
Peru  2–3  Chile
Report

Chile  0–2  Argentina
Report Godoy   1', 38' (pen.)
Uruguay  4–1  Ecuador
Report Vite   11'
Peru  0–2  Paraguay
Report

Paraguay  0–3  Argentina
Report
Uruguay  2–4  Chile
Report
Peru  1–1  Ecuador
Celi   50' Report Mercado   23'

Peru  3–2  Uruguay
Report
Chile  0–0  Paraguay
Report
Ecuador  4–1  Argentina
Report Palacios   48'

Winners

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 2019 South American U-17 Football champions 
 
Argentina
Fourth title

Goalscorers

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There were 106 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including Brazil who qualified automatically as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
  Brazil 15 March 2019[9] 16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
  Argentina 11 April 2019[10] 13 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
  Chile 11 April 2019[10] 4 (1993, 1997, 2015, 2017)
  Paraguay 14 April 2019[11] 4 (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017)
  Ecuador 14 April 2019[11] 4 (1987, 1995, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sudamericano Sub-17: Del 21 de marzo al 14 de abril en Lima" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Argentina es campeón del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 17 - Perú 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "LA FPF CONFIRMA SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO SUB 17" (in Spanish). FPF. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Conformados los grupos del Sudamericano Sub 17 – Perú 2019" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Sorteo de Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 17 – Perú 2019" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 25 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Árbitros: Sudamericano Sub 17 2019" (in Spanish). International referee. 16 March 2019.
  7. ^ ""Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-17"" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  8. ^ "Decisiva última jornada del Hexagonal Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ "FIFA Council decides on key steps for upcoming international tournaments". FIFA.com. 15 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Argentina, Chile lock up qualification with room to spare". FIFA.com. 12 April 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Paraguay and Ecuador win tickets to Brazil 2019". FIFA.com. 15 April 2019.
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