2019 South American U-17 Championship

The 2019 South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Peru 2019) was the 18th edition of the South American U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Peru from 21 March to 14 April 2019.[1]

2019 South American U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Perú 2019
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
CityLima[1]
Dates21 March – 14 April[1]
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored106 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Johan Mina (6 goals)
Fair play award Ecuador

The top four teams, champions Argentina, which won their fourth title, Chile, Paraguay, and Ecuador, qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Brazil who qualified automatically as hosts replacing Peru, despite failing to qualify out of the first stage as defending champions for the first time.[2]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina18thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Bolivia18thChampions (1 time, 1986)
 Brazil (holders)18thChampions (12 times, most recent 2017)
 Chile18thRunners-up (2 times, most recent 2017)
 Colombia18thChampions (1 time, 1993)
 Ecuador17thThird place (4 times, most recent 2015)
 Paraguay17thRunners-up (1 time, 1999)
 Peru (hosts)18thFourth place (1 time, 2007)
 Uruguay18thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Venezuela18thRunners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

Peru was confirmed as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 22 January 2019 in Rio de Janeiro. All games were scheduled to be played in Lima at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos.[1][3]

Lima
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Capacity: 22,000
12.057°S 77.075°W / -12.057; -77.075 (Estadio Universidad San Marcos)

Squads
See also: 2019 South American U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team can register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 February 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The host Peru 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 2017 South American U-17 Championship (shown in brackets).[5]

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

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:[6]

Support Referees

First stage

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

All times local, PET (UTC−5).[7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Peru (H) 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 Final stage
2  Chile 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
3  Ecuador 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
4  Venezuela 4 1 2 1 6 7 −1 5
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 4 13 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador
  • Peña 88'
 Report
Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)
Peru 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)
Peru 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Bolivia 3–5 Venezuela
 Report
Ecuador 3–2 Chile
  • Mina 35', 66', 90+1'
 Report
Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)
Chile 3–0 Venezuela
  • Flores 26'
  • Rojas 31'
  • Tapia 34'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Peru 3–1 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)
Bolivia 0–4 Chile
Report
  • González 17'
  • Tati 58'
  • Belmar 71'
  • Rojas 90+1'
Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)
Peru 2–0 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7 Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
3  Argentina 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
4  Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 8 −1 7
5  Colombia 4 0 0 4 4 8 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Uruguay 3–0 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Brazil 3–2 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–1 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Brazil 1–1 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–2 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–2 Paraguay
 Report
  • Peralta 18', 41'
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)
Paraguay 3–2 Uruguay
  • D. Duarte 8'
  • Peralta 55'
  • López 81'
 Report
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Brazil 3–2 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)
Colombia 0–1 Paraguay
Report
  • D. Duarte 63'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Brazil 0–3 Argentina
Report
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Final stage

The schedule of the final matchday was modified based on which teams were possible to be champions.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (C) 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Chile 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
3  Paraguay 5 1 3 1 5 6 −1 6
4  Ecuador 5 1 2 2 7 8 −1 5
5  Peru (H) 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
6  Uruguay 5 1 1 3 10 11 −1 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Chile 1–0 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Uruguay 2–2 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Peru 0–0 Argentina
Report
Paraguay 1–1 Ecuador
 Report
  • Plúas 43'
Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)
Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Peru 2–3 Chile
 Report
Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Brazil)
Chile 0–2 Argentina
Report
Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)
Uruguay 4–1 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Peru 0–2 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)
Paraguay 0–3 Argentina
Report
Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Brazil)
Uruguay 2–4 Chile
 Report
  • Rojas 60'
  • Osses 64', 90+3'
  • Aravena 88'
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Peru 1–1 Ecuador
 Report
Peru 3–2 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Chile 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)
Ecuador 4–1 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

Winners
 2019 South American U-17 Football champions 

Argentina
Fourth title

Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including Brazil who qualified automatically as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Brazil15 March 2019[9]16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Argentina11 April 2019[10]13 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Chile11 April 2019[10]4 (1993, 1997, 2015, 2017)
 Paraguay14 April 2019[11]4 (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017)
 Ecuador14 April 2019[11]4 (1987, 1995, 2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Sudamericano Sub-17: Del 21 de marzo al 14 de abril en Lima" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. "Argentina es campeón del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 17 - Perú 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 15 April 2019.
  3. "LA FPF CONFIRMA SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO SUB 17" (in Spanish). FPF. 12 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. "Conformados los grupos del Sudamericano Sub 17 – Perú 2019" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 27 February 2019.
  5. "Sorteo de Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 17 – Perú 2019" (in Spanish). Conmebol.com. 25 February 2019.
  6. "Árbitros: Sudamericano Sub 17 2019" (in Spanish). International referee. 16 March 2019.
  7. ""Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-17"" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  8. "Decisiva última jornada del Hexagonal Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 12 April 2019.
  9. "FIFA Council decides on key steps for upcoming international tournaments". FIFA.com. 15 March 2019.
  10. "Argentina, Chile lock up qualification with room to spare". FIFA.com. 12 April 2019.
  11. "Paraguay and Ecuador win tickets to Brazil 2019". FIFA.com. 15 April 2019.
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