2023 South American U-15 Championship
International football competition
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The 2023 South American U-15 Championship was the 10th edition of the South American U-15 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia between 4 and 19 October 2024.[1][2]
| CONMEBOL Sub 15 Bolivia 2023 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Bolivia |
| Dates | 4–19 October 2024 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Paraguay (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Ecuador |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer | Zidane Yáñez (5 goals) |
← 2019 2025 → | |
The tournament was originally planned to be held between 17 November to 3 December 2023,[3][4] but on 16 October 2023 CONMEBOL announced that it would be postponed to August–September 2024 due to unforeseen circumstances.[5][6] The tournament was postponed for a second time on 30 August 2024, this time to be held in October 2024.[1][7]
The South American U-15 Championship returns after 5 years because the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021.[8]
Brazil were the defending champions but failed to retain their title by being eliminated in the group stage. The final was contested by Paraguay and Ecuador, with the Paraguayans winning their third title after beating the Ecuadorians 4–3 on penalties.[9] Argentina finished third after defeating Chile 2–1 in the play-off for third place.
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. After two editions with invited UEFA teams, the tournament will once again contested by South American teams only.[6]
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 10th | Champions (2017) |
 Bolivia (hosts) | 10th | Fourth place (2005) |
 Brazil (holders) | 10th | Champions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Chile | 10th | Fourth place (2007, 2013) |
 Colombia | 10th | Runners-up (2004, 2011, 2013) |
| Ecuador | 10th | Third place (2009) |
| Paraguay | 10th | Champions (2004, 2009) |
 Peru | 10th | Champions (2013) |
 Uruguay | 10th | Runners-up (2007, 2015) |
 Venezuela | 10th | None |
Squads
Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers.[10] After the postponement of the tournament from 2023 to 2024, CONMEBOL decided to maintain the original age group of players, so this edition was an U16 tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[6]
Venues
| Santa Cruz |
Location of host city. |
|---|---|
| Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera | |
| Capacity: 35,180[11] | |
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Bolivia was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Council meeting on 30 September 2022.[4][12] This will be the fourth time that Bolivia host the tournament, having previously done so in 2005, 2009 and 2013.[7] Bolivia was also initially selected to host the previous edition in 2019, however, the tournament had to be rescheduled in Paraguay as Bolivia was unable to host it due to the 2019 Bolivian protests.[13]
Santa Cruz and Montero were initially considered as host cities with Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera and Estadio Gilberto Parada as venues.[13][14][15] CONMEBOL later confirmed that the tournament would only be played in Santa Cruz, with Montero being ruled out.[1][16]
Match officials
On 18 September 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[17] The refereeing team for each match consisted of a main referee and his two assistants plus a fourth official.[18]
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- Note
- ^ † Non-FIFA referees.
Draw
The draw of the tournament wIll be held on 12 September 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[19] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Bolivia and defending champions Brazil 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 2019 South American U-15 Championship (shown in brackets).
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[20]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[21]
Group stage
The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.
- Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[10]
- Head-to-head result between tied teams;
- Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Fewest red cards received;
- Fewest yellow cards received;
- Drawing of lots.
All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[22]
Group A
- Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Colombia +2, Bolivia 0, Peru −2.
| Peru | 0–2 | Paraguay |
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| Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
Aranda  32', 38' |
| Paraguay | 1–0 | Colombia |
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| Franco 63' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
| Paraguay | 0–1 | Chile |
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| Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
Meneses 64' |
| Bolivia | 0–4 | Paraguay |
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Group B
- Head-to-head result: Ecuador 2–1 Brazil.
| Ecuador | 2–1 | Brazil |
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| Angulo 11', 40' |
Report | Ruan Pablo 28' |
| Ecuador | 0–4 | Venezuela |
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Final stage
The final stage was played on a single-elimination basis and consisted of the semi-finals, third place match and final. If a match was tied after 80 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner (no extra time was played).[10]
All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[23]
Bracket
The semi-finals matchups are:
- Semi-final 1 (SF1): Group A winners vs Group B runners-up
- Semi-final 2 (SF2): Group B winners vs Group A runners-up
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||||
| Chile | 3 (3) | |||||
| 19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||||
| Ecuador (p) | 3 (4) | |||||
| Ecuador | 0 (3) | |||||
| 16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||||
| Paraguay (p) | 0 (4) | |||||
| Argentina | 2 (3) | |||||
| Paraguay (p) | 2 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||||
| Chile | 1 | |||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Argentina | 2–2 | Paraguay |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 |
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Third place match
Final
| Ecuador | 0–0 | Paraguay |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 |
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Goalscorers
There were 66 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Thomas De Martis
Justin Lerma
Alan Ledesma
Nicolás Azambuja
2 goals
Dell- Ruan Pablo
Yastin Cuevas- Vicente Martínez
Kevin Angulo- Thiago Aranda
- Mauricio De Carvalho
- Carlos Franco
Yimvert Berroterán- David García
- Yerwin Sulbarán
1 goal
- Santiago Espíndola
- Felipe Esquivel
- Facundo Jainikoski
- Uriel Ojeda
- Lautaro Pereyra
- Santiago Silveira
- Thiago Yánez
Brayan Barrios- Jesús Maraude
- Tiago
- Wesley Natã
- Joaquín Meneses
- Matías Orellana
- Agustín Silva
- Santiago Londoño
- Jhon Sevillano
- Edwin Quintero
Samir Meza- Fabio Vásquez
- Agustín Dos Santos
- Facundo Martínez
- John Mancilla
1 own goal
- Román Davis (against Brazil)
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Paraguay (C) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Champions |
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Ecuador |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | Runners-up |
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Argentina |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Chile |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Brazil |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Venezuela |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Colombia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Uruguay |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Peru |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 10 | Bolivia (H) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |
Rules for classification: For 5th to 10th place. 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 22).[10]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts