2017 South American U-17 Championship

The 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Chile 2017) was the 17th edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Chile from 23 February to 19 March 2017.[2][3]

2017 South American U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Chile 2017
Tournament details
Host country Chile
CityRancagua (Final stage)
Dates23 February – 19 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (12th title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored90 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Vinícius Júnior (7 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Vinícius Júnior[1]

Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Chile, Paraguay and Colombia, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.[4]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina17thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Bolivia17thChampions (1 time, 1986)
 Brazil (holders)17thChampions (11 times, most recent 2015)
 Chile (hosts)17thRunners-up (1 time, 1993)
 Colombia17thChampions (1 time, 1993)
 Ecuador16thThird place (4 times, most recent 2015)
 Paraguay16thRunners-up (1 time, 1999)
 Peru17thFourth place (1 time, 2007)
 Uruguay17thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Venezuela17thRunners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

According to ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015,[2][5] this was ratified by CONMEBOL at another meeting of its executive committee held on 4 April 2016.[6] The chosen venues were Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua (Group A and final stage) and Estadio Fiscal, Talca (Group B).[3] On 22 February 2017, Estadio La Granja, Curicó was added as an emergency venue to host the first two matchdays of Group B since Estadio Fiscal field was in poor condition.[7]

Rancagua Talca Curicó
Estadio El Teniente
Estadio Fiscal
Estadio La Granja
34.177917°S 70.737507°W / -34.177917; -70.737507 (Estadio El Teniente) 35.419771°S 71.673905°W / -35.419771; -71.673905 (Estadio Fiscal de Talca) 34.974444°S 71.229722°W / -34.974444; -71.229722 (Estadio La Granja)
Capacity:13,849 Capacity:8,200 Capacity:8,000

Squads
See also: 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship squads

Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[8]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 January 2017, 14:00 CLST (UTC−3), at the Chilean Football Federation headquarters in Santiago, Chile.[9] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five.[10] The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Chile (10) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:[11]

  • The Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich was replaced by Leodán González after Ostojich was ruled out of the championship after suffering an injury.[12] González was assisted by Wilmar Navarro and Dionisio Ruiz (Colombia) in the first stage and by Nievas and Popovits (Uruguay) in the final stage.
  • For the final stage, Fernando Rapallini (Argentina), Óscar Rojas and the assistants Miguel Nievas and Gabriel Popovits (Uruguay) were included.[13]
  • The Colombian referee Luis Sánchez, Ostojich and the uruguayan assistants Carlos Pastorino and Horacio Ferreiro did not referee any match in the tournament.

First stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:[8]

  1. goal difference
  2. goals scored
  3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
  4. drawing of lots

All times local, CLST (UTC−3).[14]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chile (H) 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
3  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
4  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
5  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 3
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Ecuador 1–2 Colombia
Rezabala 25' Report Barrero 72'
Peñaloza 78'
Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)
Chile 1–0 Bolivia
S. Valencia 38' Report
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Ecuador 1–0 Uruguay
Porozo 16' Report
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Chile 1–1 Colombia
Alarcón 70' Report Peñaloza 60'
Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)
Uruguay 1–3 Colombia
Falconis 44' Report Peñaloza 38' (pen.)
Barrero 49'
Campaz 63'
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia
Campos 80' Report
Referee: Adrián Cabello (Venezuela)
Colombia 2–3 Bolivia
López 76'
Campaz 79'		 Report Roca 3', 56'
Melgar 7'
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Chile 1–1 Uruguay
A. Valencia 89' Report Neris 70'
Referee: Adrián Cabello (Venezuela)
Uruguay 2–0 Bolivia
Chacón 45'
Viera 65'		 Report
Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Porozo 23' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8
3  Venezuela 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
4  Argentina 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 3
5  Peru 4 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina 0–1 Venezuela
Report Chalbaud 53'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Brazil 3–0 Peru
Vinícius Jr. 13'
Marcos Antônio 33'
Lincoln 45+2' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Juan Albarracín (Ecuador)
Argentina 0–1 Paraguay
Report Romero 19'
Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)
Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Paulinho 55' Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Paraguay 2–2 Venezuela
Galeano 22' (pen.)
Morínigo 90+1'		 Report Fereira 47'
Hurtado 68'
Referee: Juan Albarracín (Ecuador)
Argentina 3–0 Peru
Colidio 35', 39'
Obando 57'		 Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Venezuela 3–2 Peru
Barragán 21'
Hurtado 30'
Makoun 77'		 Report Mifflin 24'
Sánchez 45+3'
Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)
Brazil 1–1 Paraguay
Vinícius Jr. 38' Report Sánchez 15' (pen.)
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Paraguay 2–0 Peru
Rodríguez 20'
Fuentes 43' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Juan Albarracín (Ecuador)
Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Brenner 61'
Yuri Alberto 82'		 Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 4 1 0 17 2 +15 13 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Chile (H) 5 3 0 2 3 7 −4 9
3  Paraguay 5 2 2 1 10 7 +3 8
4  Colombia 5 2 1 2 4 6 −2 7
5  Venezuela 5 1 1 3 5 10 −5 4
6  Ecuador 5 0 1 4 5 12 −7 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Colombia 2–1 Ecuador
Campaz 53'
Martínez 90+2'		 Report Quiñónez 12'
Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)
Chile 1–0 Venezuela
Díaz 37' Report
Referee: Juan Albarracín (Ecuador)
Brazil 2–2 Paraguay
Lincoln 15', 40' (pen.) Report Sánchez 78'
Fernández 82'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)
Paraguay 2–2 Ecuador
J. Rolón 44'
Fernández 56'		 Report Micolta 35'
Tobar 39'
Referee: Adrián Cabello (Venezuela)
Chile 1–0 Colombia
Zúñiga 19' Report
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Brazil 4–0 Venezuela
Luna 24' (o.g.)
Lucas Halter 39'
Vinícius Jr. 83'
Yuri Alberto 90'		 Report
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Colombia 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)
Chile 0–2 Paraguay
Report Romero 7'
Sánchez 45+1'
Referee: Óscar Rojas (Uruguay)
Brazil 3–0 Ecuador
Vinícius Jr. 19', 29'
Lincoln 52'		 Report
Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)
Paraguay 3–1 Venezuela
Fernández 2'
Romero 20'
Rodríguez 54'		 Report Cásseres 90+1' (pen.)
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
Zúñiga 34' Report
Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)
Brazil 3–0 Colombia
Vinícius Jr. 24', 52'
Alerrandro 69'		 Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Ecuador 2–4 Venezuela
Rezabala 37'
Micolta 46'		 Report Hurtado 21'
Echeverría 25' (pen.)
Barragán 77'
Luna 90+2'
Referee: Óscar Rojas (Uruguay)
Colombia 2–1 Paraguay
Barrero 40'
Vidal 66'		 Report Sánchez 9'
Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)
Chile 0–5 Brazil
Report Paulinho 12'
Alan 44', 63', 83'
Lincoln 80'
Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

Winners
 2017 South American Under-17 Football champions 

Brazil
12th title

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

Source: CONMEBOL[15]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[16][17]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Brazil16 March 201715 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Chile16 March 20173 (1993, 1997, 2015)
 Paraguay16 March 20173 (1999, 2001, 2015)
 Colombia19 March 20175 (1989, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2009)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References
  1. "Vinicius y un protagonismo estratégico" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 March 2017.
  2. "Chile organizará Sudamericanos Sub-17 y Sub-20" (in Spanish). t13.cl. 12 May 2015.
  3. "Rancagua y Talca albergarán el Sudamericano Sub 17 de Chile" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 13 December 2016.
  4. "Brasil golea 5-0 a Chile y es campeón del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 March 2017.
  5. "Chile acogerá torneos sudamericanos juveniles en sus ediciones de los años 2017 y 2019". cdf.cl. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
  6. "Chile será sede del Sudamericano Sub-17 del próximo año" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 5 April 2016.
  7. "Sudamericano Sub 17 - CONMEBOL informa" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  8. "Reglamento Sudamericano Sub-17 - Chile 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.
  9. "Este jueves en Santiago de Chile se sortea el Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 January 2017.
  10. "Definidos los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 12 January 2017.
  11. "Convocados los árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-17, Chile 2017". CONMEBOL. 17 January 2017.
  12. "Se lesionó Ostojich y entró Leodán González". Referí. 23 February 2017.
  13. "Oscar Rojas y su pasión por el fútbol y los autobuses". CONMEBOL. 14 March 2017.
  14. "Fixture del campeonato Sudamericano Sub 17 Chile 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.
  15. "CONMEBOL - Sub 17 Chile 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  16. "Paraguay, Chile and Brazil win passage to India". FIFA.com. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.
  17. "Colombia secure ticket to India". FIFA.com. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017.
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