2017 South American U-20 Championship

The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Ecuador 2017, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Equador 2017) was the 28th edition of the South American Youth Football Championship, a football competition for the under-20 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 18 January to 11 February 2017.[1][2]

2017 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
“Juventud de America” Ecuador 2017
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates18 January – 11 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (8th title)
Runners-up Ecuador
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored91 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Rodrigo Amaral
Ecuador Bryan Cabezas
Argentina Lautaro Martínez
Argentina Marcelo Torres
(5 goals each)

Uruguay were crowned champions, and together with Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina (holders)26thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
 Bolivia23rdFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil27thChampions (11 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile28thRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia26thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador (hosts)23rdThird place (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Paraguay26thChampions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru27thThird place (2 times, most recent 1971)
 Uruguay27thChampions (7 times, most recent 1981)
 Venezuela24thThird place (1 time, most recent 1954)

Squads
See also: 2017 South American Youth Football Championship squads

Each team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

Venues

A total of eight venues in seven cities were proposed by FEF in July 2016,[5] days later Latacunga was added as a possible venue.[6] Tulcán was also nominated,[7] but was finally dismissed along with Cuenca, Machala and Portoviejo. Eventually, five venues were confirmed to host the matches, Estadio Bellavista in Ambato, Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba in Riobamba and Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga for the Group A; Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra in Ibarra for the Group B while the final stage took place at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito.[8][2][9] However, on 5 January 2017, Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga was dropped as refurbishment work was not completed in time.[10]

Ambato Ibarra Quito Riobamba
Estadio Bellavista
 Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba
1.244610°S 78.623205°W / -1.244610; -78.623205 (Estadio Bellavista) 0.359607°N 78.118313°W / 0.359607; -78.118313 (Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra) 0.177508°S 78.476683°W / -0.177508; -78.476683 (Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa) 1.666265°S 78.660430°W / -1.666265; -78.660430 (Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba)
Capacity:16,467 Capacity:17,260 Capacity:35,258 Capacity:14,400

Match officials

The referees were:[11]

Draw

Originally, the draw was scheduled for 30 November 2016 in Montevideo but had to be postponed due to crash of LaMia Flight 2933 that occurred on 28 November 2016.[2] It was rescheduled to be held on 7 December 2016, 11:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[12] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Ecuador (hosts) and Argentina (title holders) were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Ecuador (7) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Argentina (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

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:[4]

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

All times local, ECT (UTC−5).[13]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ecuador (H) 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
3  Brazil 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
4  Paraguay 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
5  Chile 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Colombia 1–1 Paraguay
Ceter 88' Report S. Ferreira 80'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 0–1 Brazil
Report Felipe Vizeu 51'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Brazil 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Ecuador 4–3 Colombia
Estupiñán 40'
Quintero 51'
Cabezas 55' (pen.)
Caicedo 90+1'		 Report Ceter 6'
Obregón 37'
Valencia 73'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Brazil 3–2 Paraguay
Matheus Sávio 38'
Richarlison 56'
Felipe Vizeu 64'		 Report Medina 79' (pen.), 90'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Ecuador 1–1 Chile
Sierra 6' Report Sierra 79'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Paraguay 2–1 Chile
Báez 32'
Paredes 90'		 Report Jara 81'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Colombia 1–0 Brazil
Valencia 86' Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–0 Chile
Valencia 4' Report
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Ecuador 2–1 Paraguay
Corozo 19'
Lino 21'		 Report Báez 46'
Referee: Dario Herrera (Argentina)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 4 2 2 0 8 3 +5 8 Final stage
2  Argentina 4 1 3 0 9 5 +4 6
3  Venezuela 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 4
4  Bolivia 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 4
5  Peru 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
Source: CONMEBOL
Uruguay 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Argentina 1–1 Peru
La. Martínez 89' Report Siucho 11'
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Peru 0–2 Bolivia
Report Monteiro 54'
Miranda 88'
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)
Argentina 3–3 Uruguay
Torres 23', 73'
Rogel 88' (o.g.)		 Report Amaral 3'
De la Cruz 45+2' (pen.)
Schiappacasse 81'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Peru 1–1 Venezuela
Siucho 55' Report Herrera 88'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Argentina 5–1 Bolivia
Torres 22', 42'
Mansilla 35'
Conechny 54'
Rodríguez 68'		 Report R. Vaca 70'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Venezuela 0–0 Bolivia
Report
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Uruguay 2–0 Peru
Amaral 8' (pen.)
Schiappacasse 63'		 Report
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Uruguay 3–0 Bolivia
Rogel 17'
Bentancur 43'
Amaral 82'		 Report
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)
Argentina 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

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.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 5 4 0 1 10 5 +5 12 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2  Ecuador (H) 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3 7
3  Venezuela 5 2 1 2 8 6 +2 7
4  Argentina 5 2 1 2 6 9 −3 7
5  Brazil 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 6
6  Colombia 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 2
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela
Hernández 85' (pen.) Report Soteldo 35'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Uruguay 3–0 Argentina
De la Cruz 37'
Olivera 40'
Amaral 61'		 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 2–2 Brazil
Jaramillo 69' (pen.)
Estupiñán 77' (pen.)		 Report Guilherme Arana 14'
Maycon 24'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Hernández 56' Report Torres 1'
La. Martínez 90'
Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)
Uruguay 2–1 Brazil
Amaral 59'
Viña 90+1'		 Report Guilherme Arana 23'
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Ecuador 2–4 Venezuela
Estupiñán 87' (pen.)
Cabezas 90+7' (pen.)		 Report Herrera 39'
Soteldo 52' (pen.)
Chacón 55'
Córdova 63'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Felipe Vizeu 88' Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Uruguay 3–0 Colombia
Waller 40'
Schiappacasse 64'
De la Cruz 82' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Ecuador 3–0 Argentina
Estupiñán 39' (pen.)
Caicedo 57'
Cabezas 62'		 Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Ecuador 3–0 Colombia
Cabezas 49', 82'
Caicedo 62'		 Report
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Uruguay 0–3 Venezuela
Report Mejías 67'
Soteldo 70' (pen.)
Chacón 75' (pen.)
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Brazil 2–2 Argentina
Richarlison 9'
Felipe Vizeu 65' (pen.)		 Report Mansilla 25'
La. Martínez 90+4'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Argentina 2–0 Venezuela
La. Martínez 42', 45' Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Ecuador 1–2 Uruguay
Lino 65' Report Ardaiz 4', 25'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Winners
 2017 South American Youth Football champions 

Uruguay
8th title

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

Source: CONMEBOL.com[14]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Uruguay5 February 2017[15]13 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Ecuador11 February 2017[16]2 (2001, 2011)
 Venezuela11 February 2017[16]1 (2009)
 Argentina11 February 2017[16]14 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References
  1. "Sixto Vizuete seguirá al frente de la Sub 20 de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La República. 30 January 2015.
  2. "SORTEO DE GRUPOS SUDAMERICANO SUB 20 ECUADOR 2017" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016.
  3. "Sudamericano Sub 20: Uruguay se consagra campeón al vencer 2 a 1 a Ecuador" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2017.
  4. "Reglamento Sudamericano Sub-20 - Ecuador 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.
  5. "Javier Rodríguez: "Queremos ganar el Sudamericano Sub-20" |" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "LATACUNGA EN LA MIRA PARA LA SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO DE FÚTBOL SUB.20 (AUDIOS)" (in Spanish). aldiaonline.com. 8 August 2016.
  7. "Tulcán podría ser calificada como subsede del Sudamericano de Fútbol Sub 20" (in Spanish). La Hora. 22 September 2016.
  8. "Todo listo para el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Ecuador 2017" (in Spanish). ANFP. 17 November 2016.
  9. "Quedaron definidos los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-20 Ecuador 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 December 2016.
  10. "Modificación de sede y programa de partidos del Sudamericano Sub-20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 January 2017.
  11. "Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-20, Ecuador 2017". CONMEBOL. 11 December 2016.
  12. "Sorteo de grupos del Sudamericano Sub-20 será el 7 de diciembre en Luque". CONMEBOL. 1 December 2016.
  13. "Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-20 - Ecuador 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  14. "Goleadores: CONMEBOL - SUB 20 ECUADOR 2017". CONMEBOL.
  15. "Sudamericano Sub 20: Uruguay golea 3-0 a Colombia y clasifica al Mundial" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 February 2017.
  16. "South American quartet bound for Korea Republic". FIFA.com. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017.
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