2019 South American U-15 Championship

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2019 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Paraguay 2019
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates23 November – 8 December 2019
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Third placeFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Fourth placeFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored78 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Colombia.svg Ricardo Caraballo (7 goals)
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The 2019 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 9th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was originally to be held in Bolivia between 23 November and 8 December 2019. [1] [2] However, on 8 November 2019, CONMEBOL announced the tournament would be moved to Paraguay due to the 2019 Bolivian protests. [3]

Contents

The defending champions are Argentina.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA will be invited to compete.

TeamAppearancePrevious best top-4 performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (holders)9thChampions (2017)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (invitee)1stNone
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 9thFourth place (2005)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9thChampions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 9thFourth place (2007, 2013)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 9thRunners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 9thThird place (2009)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (hosts)9thChampions (2004, 2009)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 9thChampions (2013)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (invitee)1stNone
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 9thRunners-up (2007, 2015)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 9thNone

Venues

Asunción
Estadio Arsenio Erico Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 42,000
Preferencias Estadio Arsenio Erico.jpg Estadio Defensores del Chaco en 2019.jpg
Luque Villa Elisa
Cancha CONMEBOL Estadio Adrián Jara Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni
Capacity: ?Capacity: 4,000Capacity: 11,000
Preferencias Estadio Adrian Jara.jpg

Initially, Bolivia was designated as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 14 August 2018 in Luque, Paraguay. [1] Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Estadio Samuel Vaca Jiménez in Warnes had been chosen as the venues. [4] [5] [6] However, due to the 2019 Bolivian protests, on 8 November 2019 CONMEBOL moved the tournament to Asunción, Paraguay. [3]

The new venues were announced on 19 November 2019. Four stadiums in 3 cities were chosen, Cancha CONMEBOL and Estadio Adrián Jara in Luque, Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción and Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni in Villa Elisa. [7] The Estadio Defensores del Chaco was added as venue for the final matchday (third place match and final). [8] [9] [10]

Squads

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 22 October 2019, 19:00 BOT (UTC−4), in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. [11] [12] The twelve involved teams were drawn into two groups of six. The original hosts Bolivia and the defending champions Argentina were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 within their group, the remaining 8 CONMEBOL teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2017 South American U-15 Championship (shown in brackets) and the two guests UEFA teams (Belgium and Poland) were placed in a last fifth pot. [12]

SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5
  • Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia (10) (Original hosts, assigned to A1)
  • Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, competition director of CONMEBOL, who had the collaboration of Colombian coach Francisco Maturana and Juan Manuel Peña, former member of the Bolivia national football team. [11]

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:

Support Referees

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, PYT (UTC−3). [13]

As a result of the change of host, the matches of Paraguay will be played on the last turn of each matchday of group B. [14]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5311134+910 Knockout stage
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 531193+610
3Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 51314406
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (G)5203510−56
5Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 512236−35
6Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 511329−74
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guest
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Girado Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.) Report Rojas Soccerball shade.svg71'
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Cancha CONMEBOL, Luque
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Bolivia  Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg0–0Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Angelo Hermosilla (Chile)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–1Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report Tandazo Soccerball shade.svg80'
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg1–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Granadino Soccerball shade.svg9' Report Nascimento Soccerball shade.svg19'
Cancha CONMEBOL, Luque
Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)
Bolivia  Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg0–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg2–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report Caraballo Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–0Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report
Cancha CONMEBOL, Luque
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Bolivia  Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Caraballo Soccerball shade.svg16' Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg0–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report
Cancha CONMEBOL, Luque
Referee: Angelo Hermosilla (Chile)
Bolivia  Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg0–2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–0Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Cancha CONMEBOL, Luque
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Bolivia  Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg2–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Alcón Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.), 54' Report El Khannous Soccerball shade.svg68' (pen.)
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Angelo Hermosilla (Chile)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 422091+88 Knockout stage
2Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (H)413053+26
3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 413054+16
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 410369−33
5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 4022412−82
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (G, W)00000000Withdrew from the tournament. [lower-alpha 1]
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guest; (H) Host; (W) Withdrew
Notes:
  1. ↑ On 13 November 2019, the Polish Football Association (PZPN) announced that its team would not participate due to Bolivia's unstable social and political situation and despite the fact that the tournament was moved to Paraguay. [15]
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Silva Soccerball shade.svg45' Report Herrera Soccerball shade.svg24'
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg3–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report Duarte Soccerball shade.svg79'
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg6–0Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report
Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni. Villa Elisa
Referee: Santiago Bismarks (Colombia)
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg3–2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Flavio Rodríguez De Souza (Brazil)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg0–0Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg1–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Fretes Soccerball shade.svg77' Report Cuero Soccerball shade.svg18'
Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg2–2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report
Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg3–1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Report Assadi Soccerball shade.svg17'
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg0–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción
Referee: Flavio Rodríguez De Souza (Brazil)

Knockout stage

The Third place match and the Final were moved from Estadio Arsenio Erico to Estadio Defensores del Chaco. [16]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 December – Luque
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4
 
8 December – Asunción
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1 (3)
 
5 December – Luque
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1 (5)
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2
 
 
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 0
 
Third place
 
 
8 December – Asunción
 
 
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1
 
 
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2

Semi-finals

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg4–2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report Caraballo Soccerball shade.svg44', 56' (pen.)
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador) [17]
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg2–0Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report
Estadio Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Angelo Hermosilla (Chile) [17]

Third place match

Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–2Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Girado Soccerball shade.svg70' Report
Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela) [18]

Final

 2019 South American Under-15 Football champions 
Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
Fifth title

Goalscorers

There were 78 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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  2. ↑ "Novedades del Sudamericano Sub 15 y el Preolímpico 2020". www.apf.org.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 13 June 2019.
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