2013 South American U-15 Championship

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2013 South American U-15 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Bolivia 2013
2013 South American Under-15 Football Championship Logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryBolivia
Dates16–30 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Peru (state).svg  Peru (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Third placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fourth placeFlag of Chile.svg  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored72 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Peru.svg Luis Iberico (7 goals)
2011
2015

The 2013 South American U-15 Championship (Spanish : Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Bolivia 2013) was the 6th edition of the South American U-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in Bolivia from 16 to 30 November 2023. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament acted as South American qualifying for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The champion team qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament in Nanjing, China as the CONMEBOL representative. [3]

Brazil were the defending champions, but they failed to defend the title after being eliminated in the group stage.

Peru won their first South American U-15 title by defeating Colombia 1–0 in the final, and qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament. Argentina finished in third place after beating Chile in the third-place play-off.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best top-4 performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6thRunners-up (2005)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (hosts)6thFourth place (2005)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (holders)6thChampions (2005, 2007, 2011)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 6thFourth place (2007)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6thRunners-up (2004, 2011)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 6thThird place (2009)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 6thChampions (2004, 2009)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 6thNone
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6thRunners-up (2007)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 6thNone

Squads

Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 6.2). Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Article 6.7). [3]

Venues

Montero
Estadio Gilberto Parada
Capacity: 15,000
Santa Cruz
Estadio Ramón Aguilera
Capacity: 42,000
TahuichiAguileraBlooming.jpg
Tarija
Estadio IV Centenario
Capacity: 15,000

Bolivia was named host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 20 December 2012 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. [1] [4] It was the third time that Bolivia hosted the tournament, having previously done so in 2005 and 2009. [5]

Four cities were candidates to host the competition: Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Tarija and Sucre. [6] In May 2013, Santa Cruz and Tarija were announced as the host cities, [7] and Montero was added as an extra venue days before the start of the tournament. [8]

Draw

The draw for the groups composition was held on 20 September 2023, 10:00 BOT (UTC−4), at the Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano headquarters in Santa Cruz. [9] [10] 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 eight teams were drawn to one of the two groups. [11]

The draw event was hosted by the president of the Bolivian Football Federation Carlos Chávez and was attended by CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo. [10] After the draw, the groups were formed as follows: [2] [12]

Group A
PosTeam
A1Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
A2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
A3Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
A4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
A5Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Group B
PosTeam
B1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
B2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
B3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
B4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
B5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Match officials

On 23 October 2013, CONMEBOL announced the match officials appointed for the tournament, being selected one referee and one assistant referee from each member association. [13] [14]

First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria: [3]

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All kick-off times are local, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL. [15] [8]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 4310115+610
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4310117+410
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 41126604
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 411256−14
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 4004112−90
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Vietto Soccerball shade.svg7', 90+1' Report Vivero Soccerball shade.svg28'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg0–3Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report Aranda Soccerball shade.svg65'
Colmán Soccerball shade.svg67'
Díaz Soccerball shade.svg68'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–2Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Frachi Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Mendieta Soccerball shade.svg20'
Guivin Soccerball shade.svg68'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Miranda Soccerball shade.svg72' Report Fernández Soccerball shade.svg4'
Pardo Soccerball shade.svg13'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Villaba Soccerball shade.svg21' Report Montaño Soccerball shade.svg55'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg0–3Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report Iberico Soccerball shade.svg42', 53'
Mendieta Soccerball shade.svg65'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg0–2Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report Iberico Soccerball shade.svg8'
Canela Soccerball shade.svg27'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–1Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Roskopf Soccerball shade.svg39', 90+2'
Vietto Soccerball shade.svg27'
Report Villalba Soccerball shade.svg51'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg4–4Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Conechny Soccerball shade.svg6', 14'
Roskopf Soccerball shade.svg70'
Ramos Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Arakaki Soccerball shade.svg11', 32'
Iberico Soccerball shade.svg17', 88'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg1–3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Miranda Soccerball shade.svg53' Report Vivero Soccerball shade.svg30'
Jaramillo Soccerball shade.svg65'
Tello Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Estadio IV Centenario, Tarija
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 431093+610
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 421165+17
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 412142+25
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 412165+15
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 4004414−100
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg2–4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Trujillo Soccerball shade.svg70'
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Cetré Soccerball shade.svg13', 67'
Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg25', 68'

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero
Referee: Pablo Díaz (Argentina)

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg2–2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Rossi Soccerball shade.svg2', 38' Report Pinto Soccerball shade.svg9'
Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg22'
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Miguel Santivañez (Peru)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Evander Soccerball shade.svg18', 31', 33' Report
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg0–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg90+1'

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report Pinto Soccerball shade.svg63'
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg33'
Mosquera Soccerball shade.svg70'
Cuéllar Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report

Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg2–4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Farisato Soccerball shade.svg15'
Herrera Soccerball shade.svg79'
Report Ramírez Soccerball shade.svg20', 90+4'
Rossi Soccerball shade.svg84'
Valverde Soccerball shade.svg90+2'

Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report Reyes Soccerball shade.svg11'
Salas Soccerball shade.svg21'
Fernandois Soccerball shade.svg35'
Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero
Referee: Miguel Santivañez (Peru)

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Miullen Soccerball shade.svg69' Report Mosquera Soccerball shade.svg24'
Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero
Referee: Pablo Díaz (Argentina)

Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was tied after regular time (90 minutes), extra time would not be played and the match would be directly decided by a penalty shoot-out. [3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November - Santa Cruz
 
 
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 2
 
30 November - Santa Cruz
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0
 
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 1
 
28 November - Santa Cruz
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0
 
Third place
 
 
30 November - Santa Cruz
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2

Semi-finals

Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg2–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg9'
Lucumí Soccerball shade.svg54'
Report
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg2–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Iberico Soccerball shade.svg11'
Arakaki Soccerball shade.svg64'
Report
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Mario Diaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Third place

Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg41' Report Vietto Soccerball shade.svg5'
Roskopf Soccerball shade.svg37'

Final

Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Iberico Soccerball shade.svg83' Report
Estadio Ramón Aguilera, Santa Cruz
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
 2013 South American Under-15 Football champions 
Flag of Peru (state).svg
Peru
First title

Goalscorers

Peru's forward Luis Iberico receiving the top scorer award. LuisIbericoPeruSub15Goleador.jpg
Peru's forward Luis Iberico receiving the top scorer award.

There were 72 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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