South American Youth Football Championship
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Founded | 1954 |
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Region | CONMEBOL |
Number of teams | 10 |
Current champions |
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Most successful team(s) |
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Website | Official webpage |
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The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American association football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL), for South American national teams of men under age of 20.
History
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially for men under age 19, this limit was maintained until the 7th championship, hosted by Peru in 1975. Since the 8th edition (1977), when the tournament took place in Venezuela for the second time, the age limit was raised to 20. This change was made in order to use the competition as South American qualification for the FIFA World Youth Championship (now renamed the FIFA U-20 World Cup), held every two years since 1977. The most recent edition (number 28) was hosted by Ecuador and won by Uruguay in 2017.
The Championship has had only five champions during its history (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay). However, since 1983, Brazil has largely dominated the tournament, sharing the trophy only on three occasions with Colombia and on four occasions with Argentina.
Format
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
Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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1954 Details |
Uruguay |
Brazil |
Venezuela |
Peru | |
1958 Details |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Peru | |
1964 Details |
Uruguay |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
Chile |
Year | Host | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
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1967 Details |
Argentina |
2–2[1] | Paraguay |
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1971 Details |
Paraguay |
1–1[3] | Uruguay |
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1974 Details |
Brazil |
2–1 | Uruguay |
Paraguay |
1–0 | Argentina |
Performances by countries
Team | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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11 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) | 7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) | 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) | 2 (1979, 2015) | |
8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979*, 1981, 2017) | 6 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011) | 5 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*) | 3 (1985, 1987, 1997) | |
5 (1967, 1997*, 1999, 2003, 2015) | 6 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007) | 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988*, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1974, 2017) | |
3 (1987*, 2005*, 2013) | 2 (1988, 2015) | 3 (1964*, 1985, 1992*) | 1 (2003) | |
1 (1971*) | 5 (1964, 1967*, 1985*, 2009, 2013) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1988, 1991, 1999) | |
1 (1975) | 1 (1995) | 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013) | ||
1 (2017*) | 3 (1992, 1995, 2011) | |||
2 (1967, 1971) | 3 (1954, 1958, 1975*) | |||
2 (1954*, 2017) | 1 (2009*) | |||
2 (1981, 1983*) |
- * = As hosts
Top goalscorers
Source: RSSSF.[6]
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- 5th-6th – Fifth to Sixth place
- 7th-10th – Seventh to Tenth place
- GS – Group stage
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- XX — Country not affiliated to CONMEBOL at that time
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1954 |
1958 |
1964 |
1967 |
1971 |
1974 |
1975 |
1977 |
1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1988 |
1991 |
1992 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
Years |
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× | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | × | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 4th | q | 27 | |
× | × | × | × | GS | × | 6th | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 8th | q | 24 | |
2nd | 3rd | × | 3rd | GS | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9th | 4th | 5th | q | 28 | |
GS | 5th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 9th | q | 29 | |
GS | × | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 3rd | GS | 7th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | q | 27 | |
GS | × | × | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | 9th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | q | 24 | |
Part of AFC and later OFC | GS | × | Part of UEFA | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GS | × | Part of CONCACAF | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GS | × | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | × | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 6th | 7th | q | 27 | |
4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | 4th | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 10th | q | 28 | |
1st | 1st | 1st | GS | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | GS | 3rd | 2nd | × | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | q | 28 | |
3rd | 6th | 7th | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | × | GS | 5th | 7th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 9th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 3rd | q | 25 | |
Overall statistics
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 190 | 115 | 40 | 35 | 381 | 151 | +230 | 270 | |
2 | 190 | 95 | 56 | 39 | 320 | 201 | +119 | 246 | |
3 | 181 | 90 | 53 | 38 | 304 | 174 | +130 | 233 | |
4 | 162 | 71 | 39 | 52 | 267 | 212 | +55 | 181 | |
5 | 160 | 59 | 41 | 60 | 197 | 207 | -10 | 159 | |
6 | 153 | 50 | 32 | 71 | 218 | 255 | -37 | 132 | |
7 | 129 | 30 | 29 | 70 | 148 | 253 | -105 | 89 | |
8 | 118 | 28 | 26 | 64 | 124 | 206 | -82 | 82 | |
9 | 117 | 20 | 29 | 68 | 109 | 252 | -143 | 69 | |
10 | 96 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 83 | 223 | -140 | 37 | |
11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 0 |
- ^1 Not an CONMEBOL member; Entered as part of qualifying tournament for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship after having been excluded from the AFC Youth Championship for political reasons.
- ^2 Not an CONMEBOL member
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
- 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 | Total |
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1st | R1 | 2nd | QF | R1 | 1st | 1st | R2 | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | QF | R1 | R1 | 15 | ||||||||
3rd | QF | 1st | 1st | QF | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | 1st | 3rd | R2 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 18 | |||||
4th | R1 | R1 | R2 | 3rd | QF | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
QF | R1 | QF | R1 | 3rd | R2 | QF | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
R2 | R2 | R1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
4th | 3rd | QF | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | R2 | R2 | R1 | 2nd | R2 | 4th | 14 | |||||||||
R2 | 2nd | 2 |
See also
References
- ↑ Argentina won by drawing.
- 1 2 There was no match for the third place in this edition after the semifinals.
- ↑ Paraguay won because of better goal difference in semifinals.
- ↑ Replay match after finishing with same points and goal difference at final stage. Match was 1–1 draw. Uruguay won 3–1 in a penalty shootout
- ↑ Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.
- ↑ "South American Youth Championships - Topscorers". RSSSF. 19 February 2015.