2017 South American U-20 Championship
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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]
| Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Ecuador 2017 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Ecuador |
| Dates | 18 January – 11 February |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Uruguay (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Ecuador |
| Third place |  Venezuela |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 91 (2.6 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Rodrigo Amaral Bryan Cabezas Lautaro Martínez Marcelo Torres (5 goals each) |
← 2015 2019 → | |
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) | 26th | Champions (5 times, most recent 2015) |
 Bolivia | 23rd | Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983) |
 Brazil | 27th | Champions (11 times, most recent 2011) |
 Chile | 28th | Runners-up (1 time, 1975) |
 Colombia | 26th | Champions (3 times, most recent 2013) |
| Ecuador (hosts) | 23rd | Third place (3 times, most recent 2011) |
 Paraguay | 26th | Champions (1 time, 1971) |
 Peru | 27th | Third place (2 times, most recent 1971) |
| Uruguay | 27th | Champions (7 times, most recent 1981) |
| Venezuela | 24th | Third place (1 time, most recent 1954) |
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 |
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| Estadio Bellavista | Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba |
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| 1.244610°S 78.623205°W | 0.359607°N 78.118313°W | 0.177508°S 78.476683°W | 1.666265°S 78.660430°W |
| Capacity:16,467 | Capacity:17,260 | Capacity:35,258 | Capacity:14,400 |
Match officials
The referees were:[11]
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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]
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]
- goal difference
- goals scored
- head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
- drawing of lots
All times local, ECT (UTC−5).[13]
Group A
| Ecuador | 0–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Felipe Vizeu  51' |
| Brazil | 3–2 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Matheus Sávio 38' Richarlison 56'Felipe Vizeu 64' |
Report | Medina 79' (pen.), 90' |
Group B
| Argentina | 3–3 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Torres 23', 73' Rogel  88' (o.g.) |
Report | Amaral 3' De la Cruz 45+2' (pen.)Schiappacasse 81' |
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]
| Brazil | 1–0 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Felipe Vizeu 88' |
Report |
| Uruguay | 3–0 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Waller 40' Schiappacasse 64'De la Cruz 82' (pen.) |
Report |
| Brazil | 2–2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Richarlison 9' Felipe Vizeu 65' (pen.) |
Report | Mansilla 25' La. Martínez 90+4' |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| La. Martínez 42', 45' |
Report |
Winners
| 2017 South American Youth Football champions |
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 Uruguay 8th title |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Tomás Conechny- Lucas Rodríguez
Bruno Miranda- Ronaldo Monteiro
- Ramiro Vaca
Matheus Sávio- Maycon
Ignacio Jara- José Luis Sierra
Jorge Obregón
Washington Corozo- Renny Jaramillo
- Joel Quintero
- Jordan Sierra
Sebastián Ferreira- Cristhian Paredes
Rodrigo Bentancur- Mathías Olivera
- Agustín Rogel
- Matías Viña
- Facundo Waller
Sergio Córdova- Josua Mejías
- Own goal
- Agustín Rogel (playing against Argentina)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 5 February 2017[15] | 13 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Ecuador | 11 February 2017[16] | 2 (2001, 2011) |
| Venezuela | 11 February 2017[16] | 1 (2009) |
| Argentina | 11 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.
