2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	January 7 to 28
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (9th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	101 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edinson Cavani (7 goals)
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The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the fourth time Paraguay hosted the competition. Brazil finished undefeated and won their ninth title, beating rivals Argentina in the final.

Format[]

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).

Squads[]

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2007 South American Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  Paraguay (host)
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

First group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10
Paraguay	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8
Chile	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3	6
Bolivia	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	4
Peru	4	0	0	4	4	11	–7	0

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
Argentina	4	1	2	1	11	6	+5	5
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
Venezuela	4	1	0	3	3	11	–8	3

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Final group[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
Brazil	11	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5
Argentina	9	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2
Uruguay	7	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1
Chile	6	5	1	3	1	10	6	+4
Paraguay	6	5	2	0	3	7	9	-2
Colombia	1	5	0	1	4	2	12	-10

Fixtures[]

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Winners[]

2007 South American Youth Championship Winners
Brazil Ninth title

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

•  Brazil
•  Argentina
•  Uruguay
•  Chile

Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing[]

•  Brazil
•  Argentina

Topscorers[]

• Edinson Cavani 7
• Arturo Vidal 6
• Nicolás Medina 5
• Alexandre Pato 5
• Lucas 4
• Pablo Mouche 3
• Ismael Sosa 3
• Tchô 3
• Nicolás Larrondo 3
• Javier Acuña 3
• Cristian Bogado 3

Notes[]

• Argentina and Brazil were looking to finish in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Youth Championship, a competition which the two sides have thoroughly dominated, having won 9 of the 16 World Youth titles between them.
• The hosts Paraguay were also hoping to do well, they had finished in the top two every time they have hosted the event before, but they had a disappointing campaign, finishing fifth, missing out on a place in the World Youth Championship altogether.
• Colombia were the defending champions and the only team other than Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to have won the tournament on more than one occasion.
• Chile were looking to qualify for the world Youth Championship, they managed to qualify in 2005 with only 5 points from 5 games, this time around they qualified with 6 points from 5 games.
• The club teams that contributed the most players to the tournament are:
  • 8: Alianza Lima, Peru
  • 7: Sporting Cristal, Peru
  • 6: Racing Club, Argentina
  • 5: Boca Juniors, Argentina
  • 5: Colo-Colo, Chile
  • 5: Club Sport Emelec, Ecuador
  • 5: Club Libertad, Paraguay
  • 5: Danubio, Uruguay
  • 5: Caracas FC, Venezuela
• Only two clubs from outside South America contributed more than one player to the tournament:
  • 2: Cádiz, Spain
  • 2: Udinese, Italy