2019 South American U-20 Championship

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2019 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20
“Juventud de America” Chile 2019
Sudamericano Sub 20 Chile 2019.png
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates17 January – 10 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Third placeFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Fourth placeFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored60 (1.71 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ecuador.svg Leonardo Campana (6 goals)
2017
2021
2023

The 2019 South American U-20 Championship was the 29th edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish : CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese : CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Chile between 17 January and 10 February 2019. [1]

Contents

The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CONMEBOL representatives. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament, in addition to Peru who had automatically qualified as hosts. [2] However, due to the re-introduction of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020, the tournament was not used for qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. [3]

Ecuador won their first title. Argentina finished second, defending champions Uruguay finished third, while Colombia finished fourth. [4]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 27thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 24thFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 28thChampions (11 times, most recent 2011)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (hosts)29thRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 27thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 24thRunners-up (1 time, 2017)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 27thChampions (1 time, 1971)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 28thThird place (2 times, most recent 1971)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay (holders)28thChampions (8 times, most recent 2017)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 25thThird place (2 times, most recent 2017)

Venues

According to ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. [1] [5] Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua, Estadio La Granja in Curicó and Estadio Fiscal in Talca were the venues chosen by CONMEBOL and ANFP. [6]

Rancagua Curicó Talca
Desfile 2 de Octubre Bicentenario Batalla Rancagua 01.JPG NuevoEstadioLaGranja 2.jpg EstadioTalca.jpg
Estadio El Teniente Estadio La Granja Estadio Fiscal
Capacity: 13,489Capacity: 8,278Capacity: 16,000
34°10′40″S70°44′16″W / 34.177764°S 70.737719°W / -34.177764; -70.737719 (Estadio El Teniente) 34°58′28″S71°13′47″W / 34.974444°S 71.229722°W / -34.974444; -71.229722 (Estadio La Granja) 35°25′11″S71°40′26″W / 35.419722°S 71.673889°W / -35.419722; -71.673889 (Estadio Fiscal)

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Match officials

The referees were:

Support Referees

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 November 2018, 14:15 CLST (UTC−3), at the Teatro Municipal de Rancagua in Rancagua. [7] [8] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Uruguay were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2017 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets). [9]

SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  • Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (9) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  • Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

First stage

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

All times local, CLST (UTC−3). [10] [11]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 430153+29 Final stage
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 421132+17
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 421121+17
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (H)41123414
5Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 40131431
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–1Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
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Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg0–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–2Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
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Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–0Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg2–1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
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Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg0–1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
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Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–0Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
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Chile  Flag of Chile.svg0–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 430184+49 Final stage
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 421132+17
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 420243+16
4Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 41122534
5Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 41032533
Source: CONMEBOL
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg3–0Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Report
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg0–1Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
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Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg3–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
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Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg0–1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
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Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg1–0Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
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Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg1–3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
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Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg0–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg1–0Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
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Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–0Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
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Final stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador (C)531162+410 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup &
2019 Pan American Games
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 530274+39
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 522165+18
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 51222205 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 51223525
6Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 51133964
Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg2–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg1–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg0–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg2–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Report

Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg2–3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Report
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg0–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg0–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
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Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report

Winners

 2019 South American U-20 champions 
Flag of Ecuador.svg
Ecuador
1st title

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament best XI

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament. [13]

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7 February 2019 [14] 15 ( 1979 , 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995 , 1997 , 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005 , 2007 , 2011, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 10 February 2019 [15] 14 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 10 February 2019 [15] 3 (2001, 2011, 2017)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 10 February 2019 [15] 9 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2011 , 2013, 2015)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Pan American Games 2
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 11 October 20131 (2015)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7 February 201914 ( 1951 , 1955 , 1959 , 1963, 1967, 1971 , 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1995 , 2003 , 2007, 2011)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 10 February 20196 (1963, 1975, 1983 , 1999, 2011, 2015 )
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 10 February 20193 (1995, 2007 , 2011)
2Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting rights

South America

The tournament was broadcast by the following TV companies in South America. [16]

CountryBroadcasterRef.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina TyC Sports
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Tigo Sport
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brasil SporTV
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Canal 13 (only Chile matches), Canal del Fútbol (all matches)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Caracol Televisión (only Colombia matches), Caracol HD2 (rest of matches)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador CNT Sports
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay RPC, Unicanal
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Movistar Deportes (all matches), Latina Televisión (only Peru matches)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay VTV (only Uruguay matches), VeraTV (all matches)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela La Tele Tuya

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