2021 South American U-17 Championship

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2021 South American U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2021
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
DatesCancelled
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
2019
2023

The 2021 South American U-17 Championship was originally going be the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish : CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was scheduled to be held in Ecuador between 31 March – 25 April 2021, [1] before its suspension and subsequent cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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On 22 December 2020 CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be rescheduled to the second half of 2021 if FIFA decided to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup, [2] which was confirmed two days later. [3] On 28 December 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed the rescheduling of the tournament, [4] [5] despite the fact that the Colombian Football Federation had announced its cancellation, [6] with October as a possible tentative date and keeping Ecuador as the host country. [7] [8] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021. [9]

As the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-17 World Cup. Originally the top four teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives, together with Peru which would have qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts (fifth-placed team would also have qualified if Peru were among the top four). [5]

Argentina are the defending champions.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (holders)19thChampions (4 times, most recent 2019)
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 19thChampions (1 time, 1986)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 19thChampions (12 times, most recent 2017)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 19thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2019)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 19thChampions (1 time, 1993)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador (hosts)18thThird place (4 times, most recent 2015)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 18thRunners-up (1 time, 1999)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 19thFourth place (1 time, 2007)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 19thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 19thRunners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

As hosts, Peru were the only CONMEBOL representative qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup at the time of the tournament's cancellation.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 24 October 2019 [10] 2 ( 2005 , 2007)

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