2015 South American U-20 Championship

The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, Portuguese: Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015) was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Uruguay from 14 January to 7 February 2015.[1][2]

2015 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
"Juventud de America" Uruguay 2015
Tournament details
Host country Uruguay
Dates14 January – 7 February 2015
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored99 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Giovanni Simeone
(9 goals)

The tournament served as qualifier for several competitions.[3] The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand as the CONMEBOL representatives. Brazil, as hosts, and the champion team qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament while the runner-up team advanced to a play-off against a CONCACAF team for the final berth in the Olympics. Finally, the four teams ranked third to sixth qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.

Argentina won their fifth title. defending champions Colombia finished second, Uruguay finished third, while Brazil finished fourth.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina25thChampions (4 times, most recent 2003)
 Bolivia22ndFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil26thChampions (11 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile27thRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia (holders)25thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador22ndThird place (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Paraguay25thChampions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru26thThird place (2 times, most recent 1971)
 Uruguay (hosts)26thChampions (7 times, most recent 1981)
 Venezuela23rdThird place (1 time, most recent 1954)

Venues

Uruguay was chosen 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.[1][4] The matches were held in 4 venues in 3 host cities, Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento (group A) and Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado (group B) for the first stage while the final stage took place at Estadio Gran Parque Central and Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.[5][6]

Colonia Maldonado
Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 22,000
Montevideo
Estadio Gran Parque Central Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 65,235

Squads
See also: 2015 South American Youth Football Championship squads

Each team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[3]

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:[7]

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2014, 20:15 UYT (UTC−3), at the Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas in Montevideo.[8] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Argentina and Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. Paraguay and Uruguay were also seeded into Group A and Group B respectively but assigned to position 2 within their group (As host, Uruguay decided to play in group B). The remaining teams were placed into "pairing pots" (Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) and drawn to determine their group as well as the position within it.[6]

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:[3]

  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 Uruguay Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Argentina 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9 9 Advance to Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
3  Peru 4 2 1 1 6 7 −1 7
4  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 9 8 +1 6
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina 5–2 Ecuador
Simeone  5', 42'
Correa  20'
Martínez  32'
Monteseirín  39'		 Report J. Cevallos  22', 85' (pen.)
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Paraguay 4–2 Bolivia
Viera  3'
Díaz  23'
E. Araújo  55'
Medina  90+1'		 Report Iragua  38'
A. Pinto  49'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Argentina 0–1 Paraguay
Report Cañete  6'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–2 Peru
Report Succar  46', 76'
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Argentina 6–2 Peru
Prieto  23' (o.g.)
Bernaola  28' (o.g.)
Correa  32'
Simeone  41', 89'
Suárez  78'		 Report Gonzales-Vigil  73'
Da Silva  73'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Ecuador 5–0 Bolivia
J. Cevallos  34', 40'
Burbano  50'
Parrales  87', 90+1'		 Report
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Paraguay 1–2 Ecuador
Santacruz  68' Report Parrales  6'
Cangá  88'
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Bolivia 0–1 Peru
Report Da Silva  68'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Simeone  5', 12'
Cardozo  72'		 Report
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Paraguay 1–1 Peru
Amarilla  29' Report Succar  23'
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay (H) 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 9 Advance to Final stage
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
3  Colombia 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6
4  Venezuela 4 1 0 3 1 5 −4 3
5  Chile 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 3
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Brazil 2–1 Chile
Marcos Guilherme  42', 46' Report Cuevas  81'
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Colombia
Arambarri  90+1' Report
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Chile 2–0 Venezuela
Echeverría  6'
Cuevas  58'		 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Brazil 0–2 Uruguay
Report Pereiro  27'
Arambarri  59'
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Chile 0–3 Colombia
Report Borré  12'
Lucumí  75'
Otero  81'
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Brazil 2–0 Venezuela
Kenedy  72'
Gabriel  78'		 Report
Referee: Alejandro Mancilla (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Lucumí  60' Report
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Uruguay 6–1 Chile
Acosta  20', 45+1'
Echeverría  23' (o.g.)
Pereiro  66'
Amaral  81'
Faber  88'		 Report Echeverría  85'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Brazil 2–1 Colombia
Thalles  42'
Marcos Guilherme  75'		 Report Manotas  50'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Uruguay 0–1 Venezuela
Report Moreno  27'
Referee: Alejandro Mancilla (Bolivia)

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.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Colombia 5 2 3 0 7 2 +5 9 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and Olympic play-off
3  Uruguay (H) 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2015 Pan American Games
4  Brazil 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics[lower-alpha 1]
5  Peru 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 3 2015 Pan American Games
6  Paraguay 5 0 1 4 1 10 −9 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Brazil qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as hosts.
Argentina 2–0 Peru
Simeone  1'
Correa  77'		 Report
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Paraguay 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Uruguay 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Paraguay 0–2 Brazil
Report Yuri Mamute  65'
Marcos Guilherme  77'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Argentina 1–1 Colombia
Compagnucci  88' Report Barrera  50' (pen.)
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Uruguay 3–1 Peru
Acosta  27'
Pereiro  55'
Arambarri  77'		 Report Ugarriza  66'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Peru 1–3 Colombia
Succar  23' Report Lucumí  25', 90'
Borré  40'
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Argentina 2–0 Brazil
M. Rolón  86'
Contreras  89'		 Report
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Uruguay 2–0 Paraguay
Acosta  21'
Pereiro  37'		 Report
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Peru 0–5 Brazil
Report Nathan  47'
Thalles  56', 62'
Malcom  71'
Léo Pereira  81'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Argentina 3–0 Paraguay
Simeone  17', 76'
L. Rolón  48'		 Report
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Uruguay 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Paraguay 1–3 Peru
Díaz  84' Report Peña  5'
Cossio  10'
Ugarriza  23'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Brazil 0–3 Colombia
Report Barrera  57'
Rodríguez  73', 90+1'
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Driussi  35'
Correa  80'		 Report Pereiro  7'
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Winners
 2015 South American Youth Football Champions 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Argentina4 February 2015[9]13 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
 Brazil4 February 2015[9]17 (1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 , 2009, 2011)
 Uruguay4 February 2015[9]12 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Colombia4 February 2015[9]8 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The four teams which finished third to sixth, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.[10] This was changed from the previous set-up where the South American Under-17 Football Championship was used as qualification for the Pan American Games football tournament.

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games1
 Peru4 February 20150 (Debut)
 Paraguay4 February 20154 (1951, 1987, 1995, 2003)
 Brazil7 February 201510 (1959, 1963, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011)
 Uruguay7 February 20155 (1963, 1975, 1983, 1999, 2011)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

Same as previous Youth Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, CONMEBOL used the tournament to determine which men's under-23 national teams from South America qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Since Brazil already qualified automatically as hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified directly, while the second top-ranked team other than Brazil advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship for the final berth in the Olympics.[11] Since Brazil finished third in the tournament, Argentina qualified for the Olympics,[12] while Colombia advanced to the play-off, where they defeated the United States to become CONMEBOL's third Olympic representative.[13]

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Brazil2 October 200912 (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Argentina7 February 2015[14]7 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008)
 Colombia29 March 2016[13]4 (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Media coverage

South América

North America

Europe

See also

References
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