2013 South American Youth Football Championship

The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Brazilian 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.

2013 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
Juventud de América Argentina 2013
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates9 January – 3 February
Teams10 (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 played35
Goals scored100 (2.86 per match)
Attendance89,500 (2,557 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Nicolás López (6 goals)
Best player(s)Colombia Juan Fernando Quintero

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

Venues

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

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

Match officials

The referees were:

Squads
Main article: 2013 South American U-20 Championship 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
Source:
Paraguay 0–1 Colombia
Report Córdoba 35'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Argentina 0–1 Chile
Report Castillo 21'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Argentina 1–2 Paraguay
Vietto 37' Report González 60'
Domínguez 67'
Attendance: 20,000
Chile 2–0 Bolivia
Castillo 54'
Cuevas 93'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Chile 2–1 Colombia
Cuevas 6'
Lichnovsky 31'		 Report Quintero 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–2 Bolivia
Melano 48'
Vietto 65'		 Report Bejarano 12'
Vargas 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Paraguay 2–3 Chile
González 8'
Alborno 54'		 Report Rojas 23'
Maturana 37'
Contreras 90+1'
Attendance: 7,000
Colombia 6–0 Bolivia
Borja 45', 52', 57'
Nieto 50'
Córdoba 75', 86'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Paraguay 5–1 Bolivia
Gómez 8'
González 31'
Pérez 62', 64'
Rojas 68'		 Report Vargas 57'
Attendance: 1,000
Argentina 3–2 Colombia
Ruiz 13' (pen.)
Iturbe 46'
Allione 69'		 Report Perea 50'
Quintero 74'
Attendance: 8,000

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
Source:
Brazil 1–1 Ecuador
León 38' (o.g.) Report Parrales 28'
Attendance: 500
Uruguay 3–3 Peru
López 40'
Bentancourt 53'
Rolán 55'		 Report Reyna 19'
Gómez 44'
Benavente 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 400
Brazil 2–3 Uruguay
Fred 70'
Marcos Júnior 72'		 Report Laxalt 5'
Rolán 47' (pen.)
López 90'
Attendance: 300
Ecuador 0–1 Venezuela
Report Martínez 28'
Attendance: 300
Peru 1–0 Venezuela
Benavente 36' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 700
Uruguay 2–2 Ecuador
López 19'
Aguirre 85'		 Report Esterilla 46'
Grueso 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Felipe Anderson 45' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 950
Ecuador 2–1 Peru
Esterilla 79'
Cevallos 83'		 Report Deza 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,200
Uruguay 2–2 Venezuela
Rolán 25' (pen.)
López 59'		 Report Martínez 20'
Añor 47'
Attendance: 5,000
Brazil 0–2 Peru
Report Reyna 23'
Flores 90+1'
Attendance: 2,000

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
Source:
Chile 1–3 Paraguay
Castillo 9' González 59'
Pérez 77'
Cardozo 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Patricio Loustou (Argentina)
Peru 1–3 Uruguay
Reyna 42' Formiliano 12'
López 68'
Rolán 88'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Colombia 2–1 Ecuador
Nieto 50'
Quintero 70'		 Parrales 85'
Attendance: 1,000
Chile 4–1 Ecuador
Castillo 18'
Rubio 28' (pen.)
Baeza 75'
Mora 83'		 Esterilla 69'
Attendance: 3,000
Peru 1–1 Paraguay
Araujo 28' Alonso 82'
Attendance: 1,000
Colombia 1–0 Uruguay
Córdoba 38'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Chile 0–1 Uruguay
Bueno 64'
Attendance: 5,000
Peru 0–1 Colombia
Quintero 18' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,800
Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Villamayor 86'
Attendance: 1,000
Chile 1–0 Colombia
Castillo 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,000
Peru 3–2 Ecuador
Reyna 28', 34'
Polo 83'		 Uchuari 52'
Esterilla 70'
Attendance: 2,000
Paraguay 1–0 Uruguay
Alonso 59'
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
López 5'
Attendance: 7,000
Chile 1–1 Peru
Rabello 34' Flores 7'
Attendance: 18,000
Colombia 2–1 Paraguay
Quintero 24'
Vergara 54'		 Rojas 88'
Attendance: 5,000
 2013 South American Youth Football champions 

Colombia
Third title

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

See also

References
  1. "Argentina will host the South American U-20 and U-17 Tournaments in 2013". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. "Acta no 05/2012" (pdf). conmebol.com. p. 6. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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