South American Youth Football Championship
Founded | 1954 |
---|---|
Region | CONMEBOL |
Number of teams | 10 |
Current champions | Ecuador (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (11 titles) |
2023 South American U-20 Championship |
The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and (Spanish:) Juventud de América or (Portuguese:) Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American association football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL (Spanish: CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL; Portuguese: CONfederação Sul-AMEricana de FuteBOL), for South American national teams of men under age of 20.
History[]
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (11 times).[1]
Format[]
All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They 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 results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.
Results[]
Under-19[]
Edition | Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Teams |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1954 Details |
Venezuela | Uruguay |
Brazil |
Venezuela |
Peru |
9 |
2 | 1958 Details |
Chile | Uruguay |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Peru |
6 |
3 | 1964 Details |
Colombia | Uruguay |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
Chile |
7 |
4 | 1967 Details |
Paraguay | Argentina |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
Peru |
9 |
5 | 1971 Details |
Paraguay | Paraguay |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Peru |
9 |
6 | 1974 Details |
Chile | Brazil |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
Argentina |
9 |
7 | 1975 Details |
Peru | Uruguay |
Chile |
Argentina |
Peru |
6 |
Under-20[]
Edition | Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Teams |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 1977 Details |
Venezuela | Uruguay |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
Chile |
9 |
9 | 1979 Details |
Uruguay | Uruguay |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
9 |
10 | 1981 Details |
Ecuador | Uruguay |
Brazil |
Argentina |
Bolivia |
9 |
11 | 1983 Details |
Bolivia | Brazil |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Bolivia |
10 |
12 | 1985 Details |
Paraguay | Brazil |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
Uruguay |
10 |
13 | 1987 Details |
Colombia | Colombia |
Brazil |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
9 |
14 | 1988 Details |
Argentina | Brazil |
Colombia |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
11 |
15 | 1991 Details |
Venezuela | Brazil |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
10 |
16 | 1992 Details |
Colombia | Brazil |
Uruguay |
Colombia |
Ecuador |
8 |
17 | 1995 Details |
Bolivia | Brazil |
Argentina |
Chile |
Ecuador |
9 |
18 | 1997 Details |
Chile | Argentina |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
10 |
19 | 1999 Details |
Argentina | Argentina |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
10 |
20 | 2001 Details |
Ecuador | Brazil |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
Chile |
10 |
21 | 2003 Details |
Uruguay | Argentina |
Brazil |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
10 |
22 | 2005 Details |
Colombia | Colombia |
Brazil |
Argentina |
Chile |
10 |
23 | 2007 Details |
Paraguay | Brazil |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Chile |
10 |
24 | 2009 Details |
Venezuela | Brazil |
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
Venezuela |
10 |
25 | 2011 Details |
Peru | Brazil |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Ecuador |
10 |
26 | 2013 Details |
Argentina | Colombia |
Paraguay |
Uruguay |
Chile |
10 |
27 | 2015 Details |
Uruguay | Argentina |
Colombia |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
10 |
28 | 2017 Details |
Ecuador | Uruguay |
Ecuador |
Venezuela |
Argentina |
10 |
29 | 2019 Details |
Chile | Ecuador |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Colombia |
10 |
– | 2021 Details |
Venezuela | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | 10 | |||
30 | 2023 Details |
10 |
Performances by countries[]
[citation needed]
Team | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 11 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) | 7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) | 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) | 2 (1979, 2015) |
Uruguay | 8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) | 6 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011) | 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) | 3 (1985, 1987, 1997) |
Argentina | 5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) | 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) | 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1974, 2017) |
Colombia | 3 (1987, 2005, 2013) | 2 (1988, 2015) | 3 (1964, 1985, 1992) | 2 (2003, 2019) |
Paraguay | 1 (1971) | 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1988, 1991, 1999) |
Ecuador | 1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | 3 (1992, 1995, 2011) | |
Chile | 1 (1975) | 1 (1995) | 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013) | |
Venezuela | 2 (1954, 2017) | 1 (2009*) | ||
Peru | 5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975) | |||
Bolivia | 2 (1981, 1983*) |
Top goalscorers[]
Competition | Nation | Player | Number of goals |
---|---|---|---|
1954 | Paraguay | Juan Bautista Agüero | 7 |
1958 | Argentina | Norberto Raffo | 5 |
1964 | Chile | Jaime Bravo | 5 |
1967 | Argentina | Carlos Garcia Cambon | 3 |
1971 | Uruguay | Ricardo Islas | 4 |
Paraguay | Cristóbal Maldonado | ||
1974 | Uruguay | Hebert Revetria | 8 |
1975 | Uruguay | Hebert Revetria | 4 |
Brazil | Toninho | ||
1977 | Uruguay | (fr) | 4 |
Brazil | Guinha | ||
1979 | Uruguay | Arsenio Luzardo | 4 |
1981 | Uruguay | Enzo Francescoli | 5 |
Brazil | Lela | ||
1983 | Uruguay | Carlos Aguilera | 7 |
1985 | Brazil | Romário | 4 |
1987 | Argentina | Alejandro Russo | 4 |
1988 | Brazil | Assís | 5 |
Paraguay | Ferreira | ||
1991 | Argentina | Juan Esnaider | 7 |
1992 | Uruguay | Fernando Correa | 5 |
1995 | Argentina | Leonardo Biagini | 4 |
1997 | Brazil | Adaílton | 8 |
1999 | Argentina | Luciano Galletti | 9 |
2001 | Brazil | Adriano | 6 |
Brazil | Ewerthon | ||
2003 | Argentina | Fernando Cavenaghi | 8 |
2005 | Colombia | Hugo Rodallega | 11 |
2007 | Uruguay | Edinson Cavani | 7 |
2009 | Paraguay | Hernán Pérez | 5 |
Paraguay | Robin Ramírez | ||
Uruguay | Abel Hernández | ||
Brazil | Walter | ||
2011 | Brazil | Neymar | 9 |
2013 | Uruguay | Nicolás López | 6 |
2015 | Argentina | Giovanni Simeone | 9 |
2017 | Uruguay | Rodrigo Amaral | 5 |
Ecuador | Bryan Cabezas | ||
Argentina | Lautaro Martínez | ||
Argentina | Marcelo Torres | ||
2019 | Ecuador | Leonardo Campana | 6 |
Source: RSSSF.[1]
Men's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers[]
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1977 |
1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
Total |
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Argentina | 1st | R1 | 2nd | QF | R1 | 1st | 1st | R2 | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 16 | |||||||
Brazil | 3rd | QF | 1st | 1st | QF | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | 1st | 3rd | R2 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 18 | |||||
Chile | 4th | R1 | R1 | R2 | 3rd | QF | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Colombia | QF | R1 | QF | R1 | 3rd | R2 | QF | R2 | R2 | QF | 10 | |||||||||||||
Ecuador | R2 | R2 | R1 | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Uruguay | 4th | 3rd | QF | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | R2 | R2 | R1 | 2nd | R2 | 4th | R2 | 15 | ||||||||
Venezuela | R2 | 2nd | 2 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Julio Bovi Diogo, José Luis Pierrend, Juan Pablo Andrés and Martín Tabeira (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[]
- 2019 tournament at Conmebol
- South American Youth Championship
- Under-20 association football
- CONMEBOL competitions
- Football qualification for the Summer Olympics
- Recurring sporting events established in 1954
- 1954 establishments in South America