2017 South American U-15 Championship

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]

2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Argentina 2017
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates5–19 November
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored142 (4.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Juan Alegría (10 goals)

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][3]

Host team Argentina won their first South American U-15 title by defeating the defending champions Brazil 3–2 in the final.[4]

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
 Argentina (hosts)8thRunners-up (2005)
 Bolivia8thFourth place (2005)
 Brazil (holders)8thChampions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Chile8thFourth place (2007, 2013)
 Colombia8thRunners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
 Croatia (invited team)1stNone
 Czech Republic (invited team)1stNone
 Ecuador8thThird place (2009)
 Paraguay8thChampions (2004, 2009)
 Peru8thChampions (2013)
 Uruguay8thRunners-up (2007, 2015)
 Venezuela8thNone

Venues

Argentina was named as host of the tournament at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress held on 26 April 2017 in Santiago, Chile.[5] San Juan and Mendoza were chosen as host cities and ratified by CONMEBOL on 11 October 2017.[6]

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 Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie.[7]

Mendoza
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 42,500
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Capacity: 11,500
San Juan
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,286

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.[6][8] 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:[9]

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).[10]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 5 3 2 0 18 8 +10 11 Knockout stage
2  Paraguay 5 3 0 2 13 8 +5 9
3  Chile 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
4  Colombia 5 2 1 2 19 8 +11 7
5  Uruguay 5 1 3 1 13 7 +6 6
6  Czech Republic (G) 5 0 0 5 5 43 −38 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guests; (H) Hosts
Uruguay 1–1 Chile
Sosa 78' Report Pizarro 49'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Czech Republic 2–7 Paraguay
Vecheta ?'
Nízký 48'		 Report D. Duarte 10', 56', 62'
Velázquez 35'
Torres 38', 51' (p)
Viera 72'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Argentina 3–2 Colombia
Godoy 20'
Versaci 24' (p)
Palacios 31'		 Report Arroyo 54'
Alegría 80'
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Paraguay 2–3 Colombia
D. Duarte 18', 33' Report Alegría 26', 74', 79'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Chile 7–0 Czech Republic
Sepúlveda ?'
Tapia ?', ?'
Arriagada ?'
Pérez ?'
Cisterna ?'
Cartagena ?'		 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Argentina 2–2 Uruguay
Zeballos ?', ?' Report Gutiérrez 25' (p)
Arezo 44'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Colombia 1–1 Uruguay
Arroyo 25' Report Arezo 49'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Paraguay 2–0 Chile
López 33'
D. Duarte 54'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina 8–2 Czech Republic
Palacios 3'
Benítez 12', ?'
Krilanovich ?'
Sforza ?', ?'
Zeballos ?', ?'		 Report Kozel 25'
Šíp ?'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Uruguay 0–2 Paraguay
Report D. Duarte 56', 75'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Colombia 12–0 Czech Republic
Alegría ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Arroyo ?', ?', ?'
Mosquera ?'
Mena ?'
Saer ?'
Cuesta ?'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina 2–2 Chile
Flores 12'
Krilanovich ?'		 Report Sepúlveda 38'
Tapia 68'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Chile 2–1 Colombia
Tapia 49' (pen.)
Arriagada 77'		 Report Alegría 80'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Czech Republic 1–9 Uruguay
Karabec ?' Report Gutiérrez ?', ?', ?'
Arezo ?', ?', ?'
Alonso ?'
Ocampo ?', ?'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Argentina 3–0 Paraguay
Zeballos ?'
Orozco ?', ?'		 Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (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  Ecuador 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
4  Venezuela 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
5  Bolivia 5 1 1 3 8 16 −8 4
6  Croatia (G) 5 0 1 4 4 12 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Ecuador 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Croatia 0–3 Peru
Report Ruiz 12', 80'
Cavero 28'
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Brazil 5–0 Bolivia
Cadu 31'
Gabriel Veron 47'
Peglow 54'
Pedro Arthur 70'
Kaio Jorge 75'		 Report
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Peru 4–1 Bolivia
Cavero 18'
De la Cruz 38'
Ruiz 48'
Celi 63'		 Report Tomé de Araujo 20'
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Venezuela 2–1 Croatia
Pérez 16'
Cordero 65' (p)		 Report Jiménez 34' (o.g.)
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 2–0 Ecuador
Reinier 15'
Kaká 47'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Bolivia 2–3 Ecuador
Zeballos 36'
Briceño 79'		 Report Mina 10'
Plúas 12'
Romero 41'
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Peru 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Brazil 2–0 Croatia
Peglow 41'
Kaio Jorge 67' (p)		 Report
Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
Ecuador 1–1 Peru
Acosta 31' Report Celi 67'
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, Mendoza
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Bolivia 2–2 Croatia
Flores ?'
Romero ?'		 Report Šaranić ?'
Barišić ?'
Brazil 3–1 Venezuela
Kaká 20'
Reinier 40'
Ivonei 70'		 Report Peña 80'
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, Mendoza
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Venezuela 2–3 Bolivia
Pérez 50'
Paz 68'		 Report Tomé de Araujo 25'
Romero 34'
Briceño 80'
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Croatia 1–3 Ecuador
Barišić ?' Report Morán 45'
Romero 67', 77'
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 5–0 Peru
Diego Rosa 1'
Peglow 9'
Gabriel Silva 19', 47'
Pedro Arthur 24'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (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
 
 Paraguay1
 
 Brazil2
 
17 November – Bicentenario
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina4
 
 
 Peru1
 

Semi-finals
Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
Peglow 5'
Diego Rosa 36'		 Report B. Duarte 45'
Argentina 4–1 Peru
Godoy 23', 40' (p)
Sforza 51'
Amione 59'		 Report Huayhua 25'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Final
Brazil 2–3 Argentina
Kaio Jorge 33', 41' Report Palacios 43'
Godoy 46'
Amione 74'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
 2017 South American Under-15 Football champions 

Argentina
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 Óscar Jiménez (playing against Croatia)

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