2017 South American U-15 Championship

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2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Argentina 2017
2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates5–19 November 2017
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored142 (4.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Juan Alegría (10 goals)
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The 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Argentina between 5 and 19 November 2017.[1]

Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time. Up to five substitutions may be made for each team in a match.[2]

Host team won their first South American U-15 title by defeating the defending champions Brazil 3–2 in the final.[3]

Teams[]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA were invited to compete.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
  (hosts) 8th Runners-up ()
  8th Fourth place ()
 Brazil (holders) 8th Champions (, , 2011, 2015)
  8th Fourth place (, 2013)
 Colombia 8th Runners-up (, 2011, 2013)
  (invited team) 1st None
  (invited team) 1st None
  8th Third place (2009)
  8th Champions (, 2009)
 Peru 8th Champions (2013)
  8th Runners-up (, 2015)
  8th None

Venues[]

Argentina was named as host of the tournament at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress held on 26 April 2017 in Santiago, Chile.[4] San Juan and Mendoza were chosen as host cities and ratified by CONMEBOL on 11 October 2017.[5]

The matches were originally scheduled to be played in two stadiums. Due to the semi-final of the Copa Argentina played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 12 November 2017, two matches were moved to .[6]

Mendoza
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 42,500
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas.JPG
Capacity: 11,500
Estadio Víctor Legrotaglie - Panorámica (2017).jpg
San Juan
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,286
Estadio San Jua del Bicentenario, Pocito.JPG

Draw[]

The draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Salón Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan.[5][7] The 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams. The hosts Argentina were seeded into Group A, while the title holders Brazil were seeded into Group B. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results in the 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship.

Squads[]

Main article: 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 22 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 5.2).[2]

Match officials[]

The referees and assistants referees were:[8]

Support Referees

Group stage[]

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):[2]

  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ART (UTC−3).[9]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 5 3 2 0 18 8 +10 11 Knockout stage
2   5 3 0 2 13 8 +5 9
3   5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
4  Colombia 5 2 1 2 19 8 +11 7
5   5 1 3 1 13 7 +6 6
6   (G) 5 0 0 5 5 43 −38 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guest; (H) Host
 1–1 
Sosa 78' Report Pizarro 49'
Referee: (Venezuela)
 2–7 
Vecheta ?'
48'		 Report D. Duarte 10', 56', 62'
35'
Torres 38', 51' (p)
72'
Referee: (Ecuador)
 3–2 Colombia
Godoy 20'
Versaci 24' (p)
Palacios 31'		 Report Arroyo 54'
Alegría 80'
Referee: (Brazil)
 2–3 Colombia
D. Duarte 18', 33' Report Alegría 26', 74', 79'
Referee: (Peru)
 7–0 
Sepúlveda ?'
Tapia ?', ?'
Arriagada ?'
Pérez ?'
?'
?'		 Report
Referee: (Bolivia)
 2–2 
Zeballos ?', ?' Report Gutiérrez 25' (p)
Arezo 44'
Referee: (Ecuador)
Colombia 1–1 
Arroyo 25' Report Arezo 49'
Referee: (Venezuela)
 2–0 
López 33'
D. Duarte 54'		 Report
Referee: (Brazil)
 8–2 
Palacios 3'
12', ?'
Krilanovich ?'
Sforza ?', ?'
Zeballos ?', ?'		 Report 25'
Šíp ?'
Referee: (Peru)
 0–2 
Report D. Duarte 56', 75'
Referee: (Peru)
Colombia 12–0 
Alegría ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Arroyo ?', ?', ?'
Mosquera ?'
Mena ?'
?'
Cuesta ?'		 Report
Referee: (Brazil)
 2–2 
Flores 12'
Krilanovich ?'		 Report Sepúlveda 38'
Tapia 68'
Referee: (Bolivia)
 2–1 Colombia
Tapia 49' (pen.)
Arriagada 77'		 Report Alegría 80'
Referee: (Ecuador)
 1–9 
Karabec ?' Report Gutiérrez ?', ?', ?'
Arezo ?', ?', ?'
Alonso ?'
Ocampo ?', ?'
Referee: (Bolivia)
 3–0 
Zeballos ?'
Orozco ?', ?'		 Report
Referee: (Venezuela)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 0 17 1 +16 15 Knockout stage
2  Peru 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 8
3   5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
4   5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
5   5 1 1 3 8 16 −8 4
6   (G) 5 0 1 4 4 12 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guest
 0–0 
Report
 0–3 Peru
Report Ruiz 12', 80'
Cavero 28'
Referee: (Argentina)
Brazil 5–0 
31'
Gabriel Veron 47'
Peglow 54'
70'
Kaio Jorge 75'		 Report
Referee: (Colombia)
Peru 4–1 
Cavero 18'
De la Cruz 38'
Ruiz 48'
Celi 63'		 Report 20'
Referee: (Paraguay)
 2–1 
Pérez 16'
Cordero 65' (p)		 Report 34' (o.g.)
Referee: (Chile)
Brazil 2–0 
Reinier 15'
47'		 Report
Referee: (Argentina)
 2–3 
36'
79'		 Report 10'
12'
41'
Referee: (Colombia)
Peru 0–0 
Report
Brazil 2–0 
Peglow 41'
Kaio Jorge 67' (p)		 Report
Referee: (Argentina)
 1–1 Peru
31' Report Celi 67'
Referee: (Paraguay)
 2–2 
?'
?'		 Report Šaranić ?'
Barišić ?'
Brazil 3–1 
20'
Reinier 40'
Ivonei 70'		 Report 80'
Referee: (Chile)
 2–3 
Pérez 50'
Paz 68'		 Report 25'
34'
80'
Referee: (Paraguay)
 1–3 
Barišić ?' Report 45'
67', 77'
Referee: (Chile)
Brazil 5–0 Peru
Diego Rosa 1'
Peglow 9'
Gabriel Silva 19', 47'
24'		 Report
Referee: (Argentina)

Knockout stage[]

If tied after regulation time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 18.3).[2]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 November – Malvinas Argentinas
 
 
 Brazil2
 
19 November – Bicentenario
 
 1
 
 Brazil2
 
17 November – Bicentenario
 
 3
 
 4
 
 
 Peru1
 

Semi-finals[]

Brazil 2–1 
Peglow 5'
Diego Rosa 36'		 Report 45'
 4–1 Peru
Godoy 23', 40' (p)
Sforza 51'
Amione 59'		 Report 25'
Referee: (Ecuador)

Final[]

Brazil 2–3 
Kaio Jorge 33', 41' Report Palacios 43'
Godoy 46'
Amione 74'
Referee: (Venezuela)


 2017 South American Under-15 Football Champions 


First title

Goalscorers[]

There were 142 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 4.3 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Venezuela (playing against Croatia)

References[]

  1. ^ "CONMEBOL oficializa fechas de torneos juveniles" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15 Argentina 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  3. ^ "Argentina vence a Brasil en gran remontada y es campeón" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 19 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Sudamericano Sub 15 en Argentina" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 27 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Este viernes 13 de octubre se sortearán los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-15 - Argentina 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Cambios en la programación del domingo 12 del Grupo B". CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Conformados los Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 15 – Argentina 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 13 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Sudamericano sub15: Árbitros" (in Spanish). International referee. 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "El Sudamericano Sub-15 con fixture definido". CONMEBOL.com. 16 October 2017.

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