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2025 South American U-20 Championship

The 2025 South American U-20 Championship will be the 31st edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It will be held in Arequipa, Peru from 23 January to 16 February 2025.[1][2]

2025 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 2025
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
CityArequipa
Dates23 January – 16 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
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Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Chile who automatically qualify as host (if Chile were among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team would also qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup).[3]

Brazil are the defending champions.

Host nation and venues

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Peru was announced as host country for the tournament by the CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez during a CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 10 April 2024, with Arequipa as host city.[1][4] The Peruvian Football Federation had submitted to CONMEBOL in March 2024 the bid to organize this competition.[5]

This will be the third time that Peru hosts the tournament, having previously done so in 1975 and 2011.[6] Arequipa will once again be the host city as in 2011 when it shared the organization with Tacna and Moquegua.[7]

With three venues required as a minimum by CONMEBOL,[8] four possible venues were initially considered: Estadio Monumental UNSA, Estadio Melgar, Estadio La Tomilla and Estadio Municipal de Sachaca, with the latter three needing considerable improvements to host the matches.[9][10]

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Argentina 29th Champions (5 times, most recent 2015)
  Bolivia 26th Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
  Brazil (holders) 30th Champions (12 times, most recent 2023)
  Chile 31st Runners-up (1 time, 1975)
  Colombia 29th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
  Ecuador 26th Champions (1 time, 2019)
  Paraguay 29th Champions (1 time, 1971)
  Peru (hosts) 30th Fourth place (5 times, most recent 1975)
  Uruguay 30th Champions (8 times, most recent 2017)
  Venezuela 27th Third place (2 times, most recent 2017)

Squads

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Main article: 2025 South American U-20 Championship squads

Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 47 and 50).[3]

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 29 October 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[11] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Peru 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 final position in the 2023 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[11]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •   Peru (10) (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.[12]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[13]

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

First stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the first 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 21):[3]

  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 in COT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Peru (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2   Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Peru  Match 1  Paraguay
Argentina  Match 2  Venezuela
Argentina  Match 5  Peru
Paraguay  Match 6  Uruguay
Uruguay  Match 9  Venezuela
Paraguay  Match 10  Argentina
Venezuela  Match 13  Peru
Uruguay  Match 14  Argentina
Peru  Match 17  Uruguay
Venezuela  Match 18  Paraguay

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2   Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 24 January 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Brazil  Match 3  Chile
Bolivia  Match 4  Ecuador
Bolivia  Match 7  Brazil
Chile  Match 8  Colombia
Colombia  Match 11  Ecuador
Chile  Match 12  Bolivia
Ecuador  Match 15  Brazil
Colombia  Match 16  Bolivia
Brazil  Match 19  Colombia
Ecuador  Match 20  Chile

Final stage

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If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in PET (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Group A winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2 Group A runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Group A third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Group B winners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Group B runners-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Group B third place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 4 February 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Note: Final round schedule may be modified by the Organizing Committee.

1AMatch 213B
1BMatch 222A
3AMatch 232B
1AMatch 242B
1BMatch 253B
2AMatch 263A
3AMatch 271A
2BMatch 281B
2AMatch 293B
2AMatch 301A
1BMatch 313A
3BMatch 322B
1AMatch 331B
2BMatch 342A
3BMatch 353A

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
  Chile 17 December 2023[14] 6 (1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b Chávez, Erick (10 April 2024). "¡Confirmado! Arequipa será sede del Sudamericano Sub 20 Masculino 2025" [Confirmed! Arequipa will host the South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú.
  2. ^ "Conmebol confirmó las fechas de todos los torneos que organizará en el 2025" [Conmebol confirmed the dates of all the tournaments it will organise in 2025] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sub20 2025" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Conmebol: Arequipa será sede del próximo Sudamericano Sub 20 de fútbol masculino" [Conmebol: Arequipa will host the next South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "¡Arequipa será sede del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Masculino 2025!" [Arequipa will host the CONMEBOL U-20 Men's 2025!] (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ Castro, Johan (10 April 2024). "Conmebol hizo oficial la sede del Sudamericano Sub-20 del 2025" [Conmebol made official the venue for the South American Under-20 Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Antena 2.
  7. ^ "Arequipa nuevamente sede de un Sudamericano de fútbol" [Arequipa once again hosts a South American football tournament] (in Spanish). El Pueblo. 11 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-20: Representantes de la FPF y el IPD inspeccionaron el estadio Melgar de Arequipa" [South American U-20 Championship: Representatives of the FPF and the IPD inspected the Estadio Melgar in Arequipa] (in Spanish). Correo. 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ Tribuna Deportiva [@PeruTribuna] (10 April 2024). "¡LOS 4 ESTADIOS PARA EL SUDAMERICANO DE AREQUIPA!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Bazán, Raúl (2 July 2024). "Arequipa perdería sede del Sudamericano Sub 20: la preocupante advertencia de 'Chemo' Del Solar para el cambio de escenario" [Arequipa could lose venue for the South American U-20 Championship: 'Chemo' Del Solar's worrisome warning for the change of venue] (in Spanish). Infobae.
  11. ^ a b "Sorteo de Grupos para la CONMEBOL Sub20 2025". CONMEBOL. 21 October 2024.
  12. ^ "SORTEO DE GRUPOS | CONMEBOL SUB20 2025" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2024 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Los grupos para la CONMEBOL Sub20 2025" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 October 2024.
  14. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023.
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