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2023 South American U-15 Championship

The 2023 South American U-15 Championship was the 10th edition of the South American U-15 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia between 4 and 19 October 2024.[1][2]

2024 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15
Bolivia 2023
Tournament details
Host countryBolivia
Dates4–19 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Paraguay (3rd title)
Runners-up Ecuador
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Zidane Yáñez (5 goals)
← 2019
2025 →

The tournament was originally planned to be held between 17 November to 3 December 2023,[3][4] but on 16 October 2023 CONMEBOL announced that it would be postponed to August–September 2024 due to unforeseen circumstances.[5][6] The tournament was postponed for a second time on 30 August 2024, this time to be held in October 2024.[1][7]

The South American U-15 Championship returns after 5 years because the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021.[8]

Brazil were the defending champions but failed to retain their title by being eliminated in the group stage. The final was contested by Paraguay and Ecuador, with the Paraguayans winning their third title after beating the Ecuadorians 4–3 on penalties.[9] Argentina finished third after defeating Chile 2–1 in the play-off for third place.

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. After two editions with invited UEFA teams, the tournament will once again contested by South American teams only.[6]

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
  Argentina 10th Champions (2017)
  Bolivia (hosts) 10th Fourth place (2005)
  Brazil (holders) 10th Champions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Chile 10th Fourth place (2007, 2013)
  Colombia 10th Runners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
  Ecuador 10th Third place (2009)
  Paraguay 10th Champions (2004, 2009)
  Peru 10th Champions (2013)
  Uruguay 10th Runners-up (2007, 2015)
  Venezuela 10th None

Squads

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Main article: 2023 South American U-15 Championship squads

Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers.[10] After the postponement of the tournament from 2023 to 2024, CONMEBOL decided to maintain the original age group of players, so this edition was an U16 tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[6]

Venues

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Santa Cruz
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Location of host city.
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Capacity: 35,180[11]
 

Bolivia was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Council meeting on 30 September 2022.[4][12] This will be the fourth time that Bolivia host the tournament, having previously done so in 2005, 2009 and 2013.[7] Bolivia was also initially selected to host the previous edition in 2019, however, the tournament had to be rescheduled in Paraguay as Bolivia was unable to host it due to the 2019 Bolivian protests.[13]

Santa Cruz and Montero were initially considered as host cities with Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera and Estadio Gilberto Parada as venues.[13][14][15] CONMEBOL later confirmed that the tournament would only be played in Santa Cruz, with Montero being ruled out.[1][16]

Match officials

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On 18 September 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[17] The refereeing team for each match consisted of a main referee and his two assistants plus a fourth official.[18]

Note
  1. ^
    † Non-FIFA referees.

Draw

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The draw of the tournament wIll be held on 12 September 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[19] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Bolivia and defending champions Brazil 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 2019 South American U-15 Championship (shown in brackets).

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •   Bolivia (9) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •   Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[20]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[21]

Group A
Pos Team
A1   Bolivia
A2   Paraguay
A3   Colombia
A4   Peru
A5   Chile
Group B
Pos Team
B1   Brazil
B2   Argentina
B3   Ecuador
B4   Venezuela
B5   Uruguay

Group stage

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The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[10]

  1. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    • Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[22]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chile 4 4 0 0 8 1 +7 12 Final stage
2   Paraguay 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9
3   Colombia 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 3[a]
4   Bolivia (H) 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 3[a]
5   Peru 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3[a]
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Colombia +2, Bolivia 0, Peru −2.
Chile  1–0  Colombia
Cuevas   33' Report
Bolivia  0–1  Peru
Report Meza   13'
Peru  0–2  Paraguay
Report CONMEBOL
Report APF		 Aranda   32', 38'
Chile  3–0  Bolivia
 Report
Peru  1–3  Chile
Vásquez   42' Report
Paraguay  1–0  Colombia
Franco   63' Report CONMEBOL
Report APF
Paraguay  0–1  Chile
Report CONMEBOL
Report APF		 Meneses   64'
Colombia  1–2  Bolivia
Angulo   67' Report
Colombia  3–0  Peru
 Report
Bolivia  0–4  Paraguay
Report CONMEBOL
Report APF

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 8 Final stage
2   Ecuador 4 1 2 1 5 8 −3 5[a]
3   Brazil 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5[a]
4   Venezuela 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
5   Uruguay 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Ecuador 2–1 Brazil.
Uruguay  1–1  Ecuador
Azambuja   65' Report Angulo   69'
Brazil  4–1  Venezuela
 Report Sulbarán   37'
Venezuela  0–1  Argentina
Report Silveira   49'
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)
Uruguay  1–1  Brazil
Dos Santos   40+1' Report Ruan Pablo   53' (pen.)
Venezuela  2–2  Uruguay
 Report
Argentina  2–2  Ecuador
 Report Lerma   26' (pen.), 80+4'
Referee: José Ortiz (Colombia)
Argentina  2–1  Uruguay
 Report Azambuja   20'
Ecuador  2–1  Brazil
Angulo   11', 40' Report Ruan Pablo   28'
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)
Ecuador  0–4  Venezuela
Report
Referee: José Ortiz (Colombia)
Brazil  1–1  Argentina
Wesley Natã   40+5' Report Esquivel   26'

Final stage

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The final stage was played on a single-elimination basis and consisted of the semi-finals, third place match and final. If a match was tied after 80 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner (no extra time was played).[10]

All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[23]

Bracket

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The semi-finals matchups are:

  • Semi-final 1 (SF1): Group A winners vs Group B runners-up
  • Semi-final 2 (SF2): Group B winners vs Group A runners-up
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
 
  Chile3 (3)
 
19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
  Ecuador (p)3 (4)
 
  Ecuador0 (3)
 
16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
  Paraguay (p)0 (4)
 
  Argentina2 (3)
 
 
  Paraguay (p)2 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
 
  Chile1
 
 
  Argentina2

Semi-finals

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Chile  3–3  Ecuador
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Argentina  2–2  Paraguay
 Report CONMEBOL
Report APF
Penalties
 3–4
Referee: José Ortiz (Colombia)

Third place match

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Chile  1–2  Argentina
Yáñez   45'
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)

Final

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Ecuador  0–0  Paraguay
Report CONMEBOL
Report APF
Penalties
 3–4

Goalscorers

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There were 66 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Paraguay (C) 6 3 2 1 9 3 +6 11 Champions
    Ecuador 6 1 4 1 8 11 −3 7 Runners-up
    Argentina 6 3 3 0 10 7 +3 12 Third place
4   Chile 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Fourth place
5   Brazil 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 Eliminated in
Group stage
6   Venezuela 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
7   Colombia 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 3
8   Uruguay 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3
9   Peru 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3
10   Bolivia (H) 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: For 5th to 10th place. 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored ; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 22).[10]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Confirmación de sede y cambio de fecha para la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-15 se jugará en octubre" [South American Under-15 Championship to be played in October] (in Spanish). La Paz: Ahora El Pueblo. 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Postergación de la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Información relevante sobre la CONMEBOL Sub15 – 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Bolivia será escenario en octubre del sudamericano de fútbol Sub-15". Correo del Sur (in Spanish). Asunción. EFE. 31 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Paraguay, tricampeón del CONMEBOL Sub15" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ Anuario Conmebol Sudamericana 2023. CONMEBOL. 21 March 2024. p. 58. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  12. ^ Rojas, Betty (5 October 2022). "Bolivia jugará amistoso ante Perú en noviembre" [Bolivia will play a friendly match against Peru in November]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish).
  13. ^ a b Apaza, Paulo (24 January 2023). "Santa Cruz albergará el Sudamericano Sub-15" [Santa Cruz will host the South American U-15]. La Razón (in Spanish).
  14. ^ Apaza, Paulo (27 March 2024). "El Tahuichi y el Gilberto Parada serán los escenarios para el Sudamericano Sub-16" [Tauhichi and Gilberto Parada will be the venues for the South American U-16]. La Razón (in Spanish).
  15. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-15 servirá como prueba a Santa Cruz para la final de Copa Sudamericana 2025" [U-15 South American Championship will serve as a test for Santa Cruz for the 2025 Copa Sudamericana final]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 18 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Con sede en Santa Cruz: Bolivia ya conoce a sus rivales en el Sudamericano Sub-15" [Con sede en Santa Cruz: Bolivia ya conoce a sus rivales en el Sudamericano Sub-15]. El País (in Spanish). 12 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" [Referees appointed for the CONMEBOL U-15 2023]. CONMEBOL. 18 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Designaciones de árbitros para la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" [Referee designations for CONMEBOL U15 2023]. CONMEBOL. 3 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Sorteo de grupos para la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 September 2024.
  20. ^ "SORTEO DE GRUPOS | CONMEBOL SUB15 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 September 2024 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ "Grupos definidos para la CONMEBOL Sub15 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 September 2024.
  22. ^ "CONMEBOL SUB15 2023 Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 September 2024.
  23. ^ CONMEBOL [@CONMEBOL] (14 October 2024). "¡Días y horarios de la Fase Final de la CONMEBOL #Sub15!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
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