South American Youth Football Championship
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.
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| Founded | 1954 |
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| Region | CONMEBOL |
| Number of teams | 10 |
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| Most successful team(s) |  |
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History
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 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 (11 times).[1]
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
Under-19
| Edition | Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | |
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| 1 | 1954 Details |
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 Uruguay |
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Venezuela |
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| 2 | 1958 Details |
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Uruguay |
 Argentina |
Brazil |
Peru | |
| 3 | 1964 Details |
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Uruguay |
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Colombia |
Chile | |
| 4 | 1967 Details |
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Argentina |
Paraguay |
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| 5 | 1971 Details |
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Paraguay |
Uruguay |
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| 6 | 1974 Details |
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Uruguay |
Paraguay |
Argentina | |
| 7 | 1975 Details |
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Uruguay |
Chile |
Argentina |
Peru | |
Under-20
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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) |
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8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) | 6 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011) | 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) | 3 (1985, 1987, 1997) |
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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) |
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3 (1987, 2005, 2013) | 2 (1988, 2015) | 3 (1964, 1985, 1992) | 2 (2003, 2019) |
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1 (1971) | 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1988, 1991, 1999) |
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1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | 3 (1992, 1995, 2011) | |
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1 (1975) | 1 (1995) | 5 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007) | |
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2 (1967, 1971) | 3 (1954, 1958, 1975) | ||
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2 (1954, 2017) | 1 (2009*) | ||
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2 (1981, 1983*) |
Top goalscorers
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Source: RSSSF.[1]
Men's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers
- 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
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| 1st | R1 | 2nd | QF | R1 | 1st | 1st | R2 | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 16 | |||||||
| 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 | QF | 10 | |||||||||||||
| R2 | R2 | R1 | 3rd | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 4th | 3rd | QF | QF | R1 | QF | 2nd | 4th | R2 | R2 | R1 | 2nd | R2 | 4th | R2 | 15 | ||||||||
| R2 | 2nd | 2 |
References
- Julio Bovi Diogo, José Luis Pierrend, Juan Pablo Andrés and Martín Tabeira (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
