2019 South American U-20 Championship

The 2019 South American U-20 Championship was the 29th edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Chile between 17 January and 10 February 2019.[1]

2019 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20
“Juventud de America” Chile 2019
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates17 January – 10 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ecuador (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored60 (1.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Leonardo Campana (6 goals)

The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CONMEBOL representatives. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament, in addition to Peru who had automatically qualified as hosts.[2] However, due to the re-introduction of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020, the tournament was not used for qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.[3]

Ecuador won their first title. Argentina finished second, defending champions Uruguay finished third, while Colombia finished fourth.[4]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina27thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
 Bolivia24thFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil28thChampions (11 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile (hosts)29thRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia27thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador24thRunners-up (1 time, 2017)
 Paraguay27thChampions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru28thThird place (2 times, most recent 1971)
 Uruguay (holders)28thChampions (8 times, most recent 2017)
 Venezuela25thThird place (2 times, most recent 2017)

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 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[1][5] Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua, Estadio La Granja in Curicó and Estadio Fiscal in Talca were the venues chosen by CONMEBOL and ANFP.[6]

Rancagua Curicó Talca
Estadio El Teniente Estadio La Granja Estadio Fiscal
Capacity: 13,489 Capacity: 8,278 Capacity: 16,000
34.177764°S 70.737719°W / -34.177764; -70.737719 (Estadio El Teniente) 34.974444°S 71.229722°W / -34.974444; -71.229722 (Estadio La Granja) 35.419722°S 71.673889°W / -35.419722; -71.673889 (Estadio Fiscal)

Squads
See also: 2019 South American U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Match officials

The referees were:

Support Referees

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 November 2018, 14:15 CLST (UTC−3), at the Teatro Municipal de Rancagua in Rancagua.[7][8] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Uruguay 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 2017 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Chile (9) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Uruguay (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

First stage

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

All times local, CLST (UTC−3).[10][11]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Final stage
2  Brazil 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
3  Colombia 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7
4  Chile (H) 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
5  Bolivia 4 0 1 3 1 4 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Venezuela 1–0 Colombia
  • Sosa 68'
 Report
Chile 1–1 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Colombia 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Chile 1–2 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 1–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Brazil 2–1 Venezuela
 Report
Bolivia 0–1 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Chile 1–0 Brazil
 Report
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)
Brazil 1–0 Bolivia
 Report
Chile 0–1 Colombia
Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ecuador 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Final stage
2  Argentina 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
3  Uruguay 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
4  Paraguay 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4
5  Peru 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Ecuador 3–0 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Uruguay 0–1 Peru
Report
Paraguay 1–1 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Uruguay 3–1 Ecuador
 Report
Argentina 0–1 Ecuador
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Peru 1–3 Ecuador
 Report
Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Argentina 1–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Uruguay 1–0 Paraguay
 Report

Final stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ecuador (C) 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup &
2019 Pan American Games
2  Argentina 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3 9
3  Uruguay 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4  Colombia 5 1 2 2 2 2 0 5 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5  Brazil 5 1 2 2 3 5 −2 5
6  Venezuela 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions
Brazil 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Ecuador 2–1 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Venezuela 1–1 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Argentina 1–0 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 0–1 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Venezuela 2–0 Brazil
 Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Brazil 2–3 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 1–0 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Venezuela 0–3 Argentina
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Ecuador 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Venezuela 0–2 Colombia
Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Colombia 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Venezuela 0–3 Ecuador
Report
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Brazil 1–0 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Winners
 2019 South American U-20 champions 

Ecuador
1st title

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament best XI

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Argentina7 February 2019[14]15 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017)
 Uruguay10 February 2019[15]14 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Ecuador10 February 2019[15]3 (2001, 2011, 2017)
 Colombia10 February 2019[15]9 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games2
 Peru11 October 20131 (2015)
 Argentina7 February 201914 (1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011)
 Uruguay10 February 20196 (1963, 1975, 1983, 1999, 2011, 2015)
 Ecuador10 February 20193 (1995, 2007, 2011)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting rights

South America

The tournament was broadcast by the following TV companies in South America.[16]

Country Broadcaster Ref.
 Argentina TyC Sports
 Bolivia Tigo Sport
 Brasil SporTV
 Chile Canal 13 (only Chile matches), Canal del Fútbol (all matches)
 Colombia Caracol Televisión (only Colombia matches), Caracol HD2 (rest of matches)
 Ecuador CNT Sports
 Paraguay RPC, Unicanal
 Peru Movistar Deportes (all matches), Latina Televisión (only Peru matches)
 Uruguay VTV (only Uruguay matches), VeraTV (all matches)
 Venezuela La Tele Tuya

References
  1. "Chile organizará Sudamericanos Sub-17 y Sub-20" (in Spanish). t13.cl. 12 May 2015.
  2. "Qualification Systems Manual" (PDF). panamsports.org. 8 May 2018. p. 97. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 14 August 2018.
  4. "Ecuador se corona campeón del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 11 February 2019.
  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. "Rancagua, Curicó y Talca, sedes del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20 – Chile 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 18 September 2018.
  7. "Definida fecha y lugar para el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018.
  8. "En Rancagua el sorteo de grupos del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 4 November 2018.
  9. "La hoja de ruta del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 20 - Chile 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 6 November 2018.
  10. "El Sudamericano Sub-20 tiene calendario establecido" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 December 2018.
  11. "Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-20" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  12. "Cambio de horario en partido Uruguay vs Argentina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 January 2019.
  13. "El 11 ideal del Sudamericano Sub 20 – Chile 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2019.
  14. "Argentina collect South America's first ticket to Poland". FIFA.com. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019.
  15. "Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia reach world stage". FIFA.com. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019.
  16. "Los canales que transmitirán el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Chile 2019" (in Spanish). sub20chile2019.cl. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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