2017 South American U-20 Championship

The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Ecuador 2017, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Ecuador 2017) was the 28th edition of the South American Youth Football Championship, a football competition for the under-20 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 18 January to 11 February 2017.[1][2]

2017 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
“Juventud de America” Ecuador 2017
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates18 January – 11 February 2017
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (8th title)
Runners-up Ecuador
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored91 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rodrigo Amaral
Bryan Cabezas
Lautaro Martínez
Marcelo Torres
(5 goals each)

Uruguay were crowned champions, and together with Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina (holders)26thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
 Bolivia23rdFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil27thChampions (11 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile28thRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia26thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador (hosts)23rdThird place (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Paraguay26thChampions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru27thThird place (2 times, most recent 1971)
 Uruguay27thChampions (7 times, most recent 1981)
 Venezuela24thThird place (1 time, most recent 1954)

Squads
See also: 2017 South American Youth Football Championship squads

Each team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

Venues

A total of eight venues in seven cities were proposed by FEF in July 2016,[5] days later Latacunga was added as a possible venue.[6] Tulcán was also nominated,[7] but was finally dismissed along with Cuenca, Machala and Portoviejo. Eventually, five venues were confirmed to host the matches, Estadio Bellavista in Ambato, Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba in Riobamba and Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga for the Group A; Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra in Ibarra for the Group B while the final stage took place at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito.[8][2][9] However, on 5 January 2017, Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga was dropped as refurbishment work was not completed in time.[10]

Ambato Ibarra Quito Riobamba
Estadio Bellavista
 Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
1.244610°S 78.623205°W / -1.244610; -78.623205 (Estadio Bellavista) 0.359607°N 78.118313°W / 0.359607; -78.118313 (Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra) 0.177508°S 78.476683°W / -0.177508; -78.476683 (Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa) 1.666265°S 78.660430°W / -1.666265; -78.660430 (Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba)
Capacity:16,467 Capacity:17,260 Capacity:35,258 Capacity:14,400

Match officials

The referees were:[11]

Draw

Originally, the draw was scheduled for 30 November 2016 in Montevideo but had to be postponed due to crash of LaMia Flight 2933 that occurred on 28 November 2016.[2] It was rescheduled to be held on 7 December 2016, 11:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[12] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Ecuador (hosts) and Argentina (title holders) 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 2015 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Ecuador (7) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Argentina (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

First stage

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

Tiebreakers

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

  1. goal difference
  2. goals scored
  3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
  4. drawing of lots

All times local, ECT (UTC−5).[13]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ecuador (H) 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
3  Brazil 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
4  Paraguay 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
5  Chile 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Colombia 1–1 Paraguay
Ceter  88' Report S. Ferreira  80'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 0–1 Brazil
Report Felipe Vizeu  51'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Brazil 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Ecuador 4–3 Colombia
Estupiñán  40'
Quintero  51'
Cabezas  55' (pen.)
Caicedo  90+1'		 Report Ceter  6'
Obregón  37'
Valencia  73'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Brazil 3–2 Paraguay
Matheus Sávio  38'
Richarlison  56'
Felipe Vizeu  64'		 Report Medina  79' (pen.), 90'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Ecuador 1–1 Chile
Sierra  6' Report Sierra  79'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Paraguay 2–1 Chile
Báez  32'
Paredes  90'		 Report Jara  81'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Colombia 1–0 Brazil
Valencia  86' Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–0 Chile
Valencia  4' Report
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Ecuador 2–1 Paraguay
Corozo  19'
Lino  21'		 Report Báez  46'
Referee: Dario Herrera (Argentina)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 4 2 2 0 8 3 +5 8 Final stage
2  Argentina 4 1 3 0 9 5 +4 6
3  Venezuela 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 4
4  Bolivia 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 4
5  Peru 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
Source: CONMEBOL
Uruguay 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Argentina 1–1 Peru
La. Martínez  89' Report Siucho  11'
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Peru 0–2 Bolivia
Report Monteiro  54'
Miranda  88'
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)
Argentina 3–3 Uruguay
Torres  23', 73'
Rogel  88' (o.g.)		 Report Amaral  3'
De la Cruz  45+2' (pen.)
Schiappacasse  81'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Peru 1–1 Venezuela
Siucho  55' Report Herrera  88'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Argentina 5–1 Bolivia
Torres  22', 42'
Mansilla  35'
Conechny  54'
Rodríguez  68'		 Report R. Vaca  70'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Venezuela 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Uruguay 2–0 Peru
Amaral  8' (pen.)
Schiappacasse  63'		 Report
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Uruguay 3–0 Bolivia
Rogel  17'
Bentancur  43'
Amaral  82'		 Report
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)
Argentina 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Final stage

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 5 4 0 1 10 5 +5 12 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Ecuador (H) 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3 7
3  Venezuela 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2 7
4  Argentina 5 2 1 2 6 9 −3 7
5  Brazil 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 6
6  Colombia 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 2
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela
Hernández  85' (pen.) Report Soteldo  35'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Uruguay 3–0 Argentina
De la Cruz  37'
Olivera  40'
Amaral  61'		 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 2–2 Brazil
Jaramillo  69' (pen.)
Estupiñán  77' (pen.)		 Report Guilherme Arana  14'
Maycon  24'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Hernández  56' Report Torres  1'
La. Martínez  90'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Uruguay 2–1 Brazil
Amaral  59'
Viña  90+1'		 Report Guilherme Arana  23'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Ecuador 2–4 Venezuela
Estupiñán  87' (pen.)
Cabezas  90+7' (pen.)		 Report Herrera  39'
Soteldo  52' (pen.)
Chacón  55'
Córdova  63'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Felipe Vizeu  88' Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Uruguay 3–0 Colombia
Waller  40'
Schiappacasse  64'
De la Cruz  82' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Ecuador 3–0 Argentina
Estupiñán  39' (pen.)
Caicedo  57'
Cabezas  62'		 Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Ecuador 3–0 Colombia
Cabezas  49', 82'
Caicedo  62'		 Report
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Uruguay 0–3 Venezuela
Report Mejías  67'
Soteldo  70' (pen.)
Chacón  75' (pen.)
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Brazil 2–2 Argentina
Richarlison  9'
Felipe Vizeu  65' (pen.)		 Report Mansilla  25'
La. Martínez  90+4'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Argentina 2–0 Venezuela
La. Martínez  42', 45' Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Ecuador 1–2 Uruguay
Lino  65' Report Ardaiz  4', 25'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Winners
 2017 South American Youth Football Champions 

Uruguay
8th title

Goalscorers
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Source: CONMEBOL.com[14]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Uruguay5 February 2017[15]13 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Ecuador11 February 2017[16]2 (2001, 2011)
 Venezuela11 February 2017[16]1 (2009)
 Argentina11 February 2017[16]14 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References
  1. "Sixto Vizuete seguirá al frente de la Sub 20 de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La República. 30 January 2015.
  2. "SORTEO DE GRUPOS SUDAMERICANO SUB 20 ECUADOR 2017" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016.
  3. "Sudamericano Sub 20: Uruguay se consagra campeón al vencer 2 a 1 a Ecuador" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2017.
  4. "Reglamento Sudamericano Sub-20 - Ecuador 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.
  5. "Javier Rodríguez: "Queremos ganar el Sudamericano Sub-20" |" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "LATACUNGA EN LA MIRA PARA LA SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO DE FÚTBOL SUB.20 (AUDIOS)" (in Spanish). aldiaonline.com. 8 August 2016.
  7. "Tulcán podría ser calificada como subsede del Sudamericano de Fútbol Sub 20" (in Spanish). La Hora. 22 September 2016.
  8. "Todo listo para el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Ecuador 2017" (in Spanish). ANFP. 17 November 2016.
  9. "Quedaron definidos los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-20 Ecuador 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 December 2016.
  10. "Modificación de sede y programa de partidos del Sudamericano Sub-20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 January 2017.
  11. "Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-20, Ecuador 2017". CONMEBOL. 11 December 2016.
  12. "Sorteo de grupos del Sudamericano Sub-20 será el 7 de diciembre en Luque". CONMEBOL. 1 December 2016.
  13. "Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-20 - Ecuador 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  14. "Goleadores: CONMEBOL - SUB 20 ECUADOR 2017". CONMEBOL.
  15. "Sudamericano Sub 20: Uruguay golea 3-0 a Colombia y clasifica al Mundial" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 February 2017.
  16. "South American quartet bound for Korea Republic". FIFA.com. 12 February 2017.
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