2015 South American U-17 Championship

The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 17 and below. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 29 March 2015.[2][3]

2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Paraguay 2015
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates4–29 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored116 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Leandrinho
(8 goals)
Fair play award Ecuador[1]

This tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[4] The top four teams, tournament champions Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and hosts Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Chile who automatically qualified as hosts of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina (holders)16thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Bolivia16thChampions (1 time, 1986)
 Brazil16thChampions (10 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile16thRunners-up (1 time, 1993)
 Colombia16thChampions (1 time, 1993)
 Ecuador15thThird place (3 times, most recent 2005)
 Paraguay (hosts)15thRunners-up (1 time, 1999)
 Peru16thFourth place (1 time, 2007)
 Uruguay16thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Venezuela16thRunners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

Paraguay was named as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress.[5] A total of three venues were chosen to host the matches: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz in Asunción, Estadio Deportivo Capiatá in Capiatá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque.[3]

Asunción
Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Capacity: 10,000
Capiatá
Estadio Deportivo Capiatá
Capacity: 8,000
Luque
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 24,000

Match officials

On 10 February 2015, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistants referees summoned for the tournament.[6][7] The assistants Ariel Scime (Argentina), Cleriston Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Changala (Uruguay) and Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) were replaced by Cristian Navarro, Bruno Boschilia, Gabriel Popovits and Luis Murillo respectively.

Squads
Main article: 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship squads

Each team may register a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

Draw

The draw was held on 24 October 2014, 10:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[8][9] The ten teams involved were settled in five "pairing pots" (Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) to be drawn into two groups of five. Initially Argentina and Brazil were announced as seeded teams,[10] however, Paraguay (as hosts) and Uruguay were finally the teams seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining teams, including Argentina and Brazil, were drawn to determine their group as well as their position within it.[11]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The draw results were as follows:[9]

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

First stage

The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:[4]

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between the tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3).[12][13][14]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Paraguay (H) 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 Advance to Final stage
2  Brazil 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3  Colombia 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
4  Venezuela 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
5  Peru 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Paraguay 3–2 Venezuela
Díaz  24'
S. Ferreira  42', 51'		 Report Chacón  76'
Yendis  83'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 3–2 Colombia
Leandrinho  50'
Evander  65'
Andrey  73'		 Report Bolaños  45+1' (pen.)
Ariza  74'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Venezuela 2–2 Peru
Farisato  14'
Chacón  54'		 Report Iberico  59', 60'
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–2 Brazil
Díaz  68'
Morel  80'		 Report Leandrinho  32'
Kléber  53'
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Colombia 4–2 Peru
Bolaños  10'
Valdeblánquez  35'
D. Pérez  47' (pen.)
Cuesta  50'		 Report Iberico  40' (pen.), 69'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 2–3 Venezuela
Lincoln  16'
Adryelson  23'		 Report Herrera  53' (pen.)
Chacón  75'
Zé Marcos  82' (o.g.)
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Venezuela 1–1 Colombia
Herrera  56' Report D. Pérez  6' (pen.)
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Paraguay 2–0 Peru
R. Ferreira  20'
S. Ferreira  81'		 Report
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Brazil 3–0 Peru
Leandrinho  59', 63', 82' Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–1 Colombia
Valiente  9' Report Ariza  58' (pen.)
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 12 Advance to Final stage
2  Ecuador 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 9
3  Argentina 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
4  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
5  Chile 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina 1–2 Ecuador
Berterame  89' Report Pereira  21'
Naula  88'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Uruguay 4–1 Bolivia
Ergas  38'
Valverde  48'
N. Rodríguez  71', 84'		 Report H. Vaca  56'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Uruguay 2–1 Argentina
Valverde  4', 76' (pen.) Report Conechny  64'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Bolivia 3–2 Chile
Iriondo  25'
Miranda  48'
H. Vaca  63'		 Report Mazuela  15', 90'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Argentina 4–1 Bolivia
Conechny  31'
Ruiz  45+1', 90+2'
Coyette  63'		 Report Miranda  19'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Ecuador 4–1 Chile
Corozo  28'
Estupiñán  72'
Naula  88', 90+2'		 Report Salazar  33'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Bolivia 0–4 Ecuador
Report Corozo  1'
Tello  10'
Jaramillo  25'
Casquete  33'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay 4–1 Chile
Rossi  1', 88'
Valverde  17'
Schiappacasse  90+3'		 Report Provoste  77' (pen.)
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Argentina 1–0 Chile
Conechny  28' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
Saracchi  80' Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[4]

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3 for matchdays 1–2, and UTC−4 for matchdays 3–5).[15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 3 0 2 8 7 +1 9 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Argentina 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 8
3  Ecuador 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4  Paraguay (H) 5 2 1 2 11 10 +1 7
5  Uruguay 5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 6
6  Colombia 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Brazil 0–1 Argentina
Report Berterame  34'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Paraguay 4–0 Colombia
R. Ferreira  37', 81'
Valdeblánquez  60' (o.g.)
Valiente  72'		 Report
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Uruguay 0–1 Ecuador
Report Pereira  36'
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Brazil 2–1 Ecuador
Leandrinho  5'
Lincoln  33'		 Report Tello  65'
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–4 Argentina
S. Ferreira  78' Report Conechny  3', 90'
Berterame  32'
Chicco  80'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Colombia
Rossi  68' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Colombia 1–1 Argentina
Carrascal  24' Report Roskopf  49'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Paraguay 2–2 Ecuador
Rodas  51'
Díaz  62'		 Report Casquete  1', 9'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay 2–3 Brazil
Valverde  61', 75' (pen.) Report Evander  14', 82'
Ramón  68'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Colombia 1–2 Ecuador
Cetré  52' Report Pereira  40'
Corozo  53'
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Paraguay 2–3 Brazil
Aranda  7'
Caíque  67' (o.g.)		 Report Andrey  38'
Leandrinho  42', 77'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay 2–1 Argentina
Mederos  21'
R. Fernández  42'		 Report Palacios  74'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Ecuador 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–1 Uruguay
Paredes  31'
S. Ferreira  75'		 Report Valverde  53'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Brazil 0–1 Colombia
Report Cetré  58'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Winners
 2015 South American Under-17 Football Champions 

Brazil
Eleventh title

Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Caíque (playing against Paraguay)
  • Zé Marcos (playing against Venezuela)
  • Jefferson Valdeblánquez (playing against Paraguay)

Source: CONMEBOL

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, besides Chile who qualified automatically as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Chile3 March 2011[16]2 (1993, 1997)
 Brazil26 March 2015[17]14 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Argentina26 March 2015[17]12 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Ecuador26 March 2015[17]3 (1987, 1995, 2011)
 Paraguay29 March 2015[18]2 (1999, 2001)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

References
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  11. Sorteo Sudamericano Sub 17 Paraguay 2015 [Paraguay 2015 South American U-17 Draw] (in Spanish). Prensa Albirroja. 24 October 2014.
  12. "Sub 17 JUVENIL (MASCULINO) - 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOOL.com. November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
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  14. "El Sudamericano sub 17 con horarios definidos" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 26 February 2015.
  15. "Sudamericano Sub-17: programa de partidos de la fase final, que inicia mañana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 March 2015.
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