South American Youth Football Championship

The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Spanish: Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or Portuguese: Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub20
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1954; 70 years ago (1954)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champion(s) Brazil (2023)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (12 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/sub20
2023 South American U-20 Championship

History

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The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela from 22 March to 13 April 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (12 times).[1]

Format

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All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.

Results

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Keys
  • 1954–75: U-19 teams
  • 1977–present: U-20 teams [1]
Ed. Year Host   Winners   Runners-up   Third place Fourth place Teams
1 1954 Venezuela   Uruguay   Brazil   Venezuela   Peru
9
2 1958 Chile   Uruguay   Argentina   Brazil   Peru
6
3 1964 Colombia   Uruguay   Paraguay   Colombia   Chile
7
4 1967 Paraguay   Argentina   Paraguay   Brazil   Peru
9
5 1971 Paraguay   Paraguay   Uruguay   Argentina   Peru
9
6 1974 Chile   Brazil   Uruguay   Paraguay   Argentina
9
7 1975 Peru   Uruguay   Chile   Argentina   Peru
6
8 1977 Venezuela   Uruguay   Brazil   Paraguay   Chile
9
9 1979 Uruguay   Uruguay   Argentina   Paraguay   Brazil
9
10 1981 Ecuador   Uruguay   Brazil   Argentina   Bolivia
9
11 1983 Bolivia   Brazil   Uruguay   Argentina   Bolivia
10
12 1985 Paraguay   Brazil   Paraguay   Colombia   Uruguay
10
13 1987 Colombia   Colombia   Brazil   Argentina   Uruguay
9
14 1988 Argentina   Brazil   Colombia   Argentina   Paraguay
11
15 1991 Venezuela   Brazil   Argentina   Uruguay   Paraguay
10
16 1992 Colombia   Brazil   Uruguay   Colombia   Ecuador
8
17 1995 Bolivia   Brazil   Argentina   Chile   Ecuador
9
18 1997 Chile   Argentina   Brazil   Paraguay   Uruguay
10
19 1999 Argentina   Argentina   Uruguay   Brazil   Paraguay
10
20 2001 Ecuador   Brazil   Argentina   Paraguay   Chile
10
21 2003 Uruguay   Argentina   Brazil   Paraguay   Colombia
10
22 2005 Colombia   Colombia   Brazil   Argentina   Chile
10
23 2007 Paraguay   Brazil   Argentina   Uruguay   Chile
10
24 2009 Venezuela   Brazil   Paraguay   Uruguay   Venezuela
10
25 2011 Peru   Brazil   Uruguay   Argentina   Ecuador
10
26 2013 Argentina   Colombia   Paraguay   Uruguay   Chile
10
27 2015 Uruguay   Argentina   Colombia   Uruguay   Brazil
10
28 2017 Ecuador   Uruguay   Ecuador   Venezuela   Argentina
10
29 2019 Chile   Ecuador   Argentina   Uruguay   Colombia
10
30 2023 Colombia   Brazil   Uruguay   Colombia   Ecuador
10
31 2025 Peru

Performances by countries

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Team Titles Runner-up Third place Fourth place
  Brazil 12
(1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)
7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) 2 (1979, 2015)
  Uruguay 8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) 7 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023) 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) 3 (1985, 1987, 1997)
  Argentina 5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) 2 (1974, 2017)
  Colombia 3 (1987, 2005, 2013) 2 (1988, 2015) 4 (1964, 1985, 1992, 2023) 2 (2003, 2019)
  Paraguay 1 (1971) 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) 3 (1988, 1991, 1999)
  Ecuador 1 (2019) 1 (2017) 4 (1992, 1995, 2011, 2023)
  Chile 1 (1975) 1 (1995) 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)
  Venezuela 2 (1954, 2017) 1 (2009*)
  Peru 5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975)
  Bolivia 2 (1981, 1983*)

Top goalscorers

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Competition Nation Player Number of goals
1954   Paraguay Juan Bautista Agüero 7
1958   Argentina Norberto Raffo 5
1964   Chile Jaime Bravo 5
1967   Argentina Carlos Garcia Cambon 3
1971   Uruguay Ricardo Islas 4
  Paraguay Cristóbal Maldonado
1974   Uruguay Hebert Revetria 8
1975   Uruguay Hebert Revetria 4
  Brazil Toninho Cerezo
1977   Uruguay Amaro Nadal (fr) 4
  Brazil Guinha
1979   Uruguay Arsenio Luzardo 4
1981   Uruguay Enzo Francescoli 5
  Brazil Lela
1983   Uruguay Carlos Aguilera 7
1985   Brazil Romário 4
1987   Argentina Alejandro Russo 4
1988   Brazil Assís 5
  Paraguay Ferreira
1991   Argentina Juan Esnáider 7
1992   Uruguay Fernando Correa 5
1995   Argentina Leonardo Biagini 4
1997   Brazil Adaílton 8
1999   Argentina Luciano Galletti 9
2001   Brazil Adriano 6
  Brazil Ewerthon
2003   Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 8
2005   Colombia Hugo Rodallega 11
2007   Uruguay Edinson Cavani 7
2009   Paraguay Hernán Pérez 5
  Paraguay Robin Ramírez
  Uruguay Abel Hernández
  Brazil Walter
2011   Brazil Neymar 9
2013   Uruguay Nicolás López 6
2015   Argentina Giovanni Simeone 9
2017   Uruguay Rodrigo Amaral 5
  Ecuador Bryan Cabezas
  Argentina Lautaro Martínez
  Argentina Marcelo Torres
2019   Ecuador Leonardo Campana 6
2023   Brazil Vitor Roque 6
  Brazil Andrey Santos

Source: RSSSF.[1]

Men's U-20 World Cup Performances of Qualified South American teams

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team  
1977
 
1979
 
1981
 
1983
 
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
 
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
 
2023
 
2025
Total
  Argentina 1st R1 2nd QF R1 1st 1st R2 1st 4th 1st 1st QF R1 R1 R2 R2 17
  Brazil 3rd QF 1st 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd QF QF QF 1st 3rd R2 2nd 1st 2nd QF 19
  Chile 4th R1 R1 R2 3rd QF Q 7
  Colombia QF R1 QF R1 3rd R2 QF R2 R2 QF QF 11
  Ecuador R2 R2 R1 3rd R2 5
  Paraguay R1 QF R1 R1 R2 4th R2 R2 R2 9
  Uruguay 4th 3rd QF QF R1 QF 2nd 4th R2 R2 R1 2nd R2 4th R2 1st 16
  Venezuela R2 2nd 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Diogo, Julio Bovi; Pierrend, José Luis; Andrés, Juan Pablo; Tabeira, Martín (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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