2013 South American Youth Football Championship

2013 South American Youth Football Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	9 January – 3 February
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Colombia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	100 (2.86 per match)
Attendance	89,500 (2,557 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nicolás López (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Fernando Quintero
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The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Argentina 2013) was an association football competition for national under-20 teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Argentina from 9 January to 3 February 2013 and was won by Colombia, with Paraguay as runners-up.

Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, which were the first four teams of this tournament qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.

Host selection[]

Argentina was chosen as host country at a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee on 18 March 2011 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. At the meeting, it was decided to make Argentina the host nation for both the South American Under-20 and Under-17 tournaments in 2013.^[1]

Teams[]

•  Argentina (hosts)
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil (holder and world champions)
•  Chile
•  Colombia (winner)
•  Ecuador
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Venues[]

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

Mendoza	Mendoza San Juan
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 40,268
San Juan
Estadio del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,000

Match officials[]

The referees were:

Squads[]

First stage[]

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

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 Argentine time (UTC−03:00).

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chile	4	4	0	0	8	3	+5	12
Colombia	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
Argentina	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
Bolivia	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	1

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
Uruguay	4	1	3	0	10	9	+1	6
Ecuador	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
Venezuela	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
Brazil	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4

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Final stage[]

The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.^[2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	5	4	0	1	6	3	+3	12
Paraguay	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	10
Uruguay	5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	9
Chile	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
Peru	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5
Ecuador	5	0	0	5	4	11	−7	0

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2013 South American Youth Football Champions
Colombia Third title

Goalscorers[]

6 goals

• Nicolás López

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Luis León (for Brazil)

See also[]

• 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Tournament at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)