2023 South American U-15 Championship

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2024 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15
Bolivia 2023
Tournament details
Host countryBolivia
Dates4–19 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Third placeFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fourth placeFlag of Chile.svg  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored66 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Chile.svg Zidane Yáñez (5 goals)
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The 2023 South American U-15 Championship was the 10th edition of the South American U-15 Championship (Spanish : CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia between 4 and 19 October 2024. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament was originally planned to be held between 17 November to 3 December 2023, [3] [4] but on 16 October 2023 CONMEBOL announced that it would be postponed to August–September 2024 due to unforeseen circumstances. [5] [6] The tournament was postponed for a second time on 30 August 2024, this time to be held in October 2024. [1] [7]

The South American U-15 Championship returns after 5 years because the COVID-19 pandemic forced CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021. [8]

Brazil were the defending champions but failed to retain their title by being eliminated in the group stage. The final was contested by Paraguay and Ecuador, with the Paraguayans winning their third title after beating the Ecuadorians 4–3 on penalties. [9] Argentina finished third after defeating Chile 2–1 in the play-off for third place.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. After two editions with invited UEFA teams, the tournament will once again contested by South American teams only. [6]

TeamAppearancePrevious best top-4 performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 10thChampions (2017)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (hosts)10thFourth place (2005)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (holders)10thChampions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 10thFourth place (2007, 2013)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 10thRunners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 10thThird place (2009)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 10thChampions (2004, 2009)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 10thChampions (2013)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 10thRunners-up (2007, 2015)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 10thNone

Squads

Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers. [10] After the postponement of the tournament from 2023 to 2024, CONMEBOL decided to maintain the original age group of players, so this edition was an U16 tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament. [6]

Venues

Santa Cruz
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Location of host city.
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Capacity: 35,180 [11]
ESTADIORAMONAGUILERACOSTAS.jpg

Bolivia was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Council meeting on 30 September 2022. [4] [12] This will be the fourth time that Bolivia host the tournament, having previously done so in 2005, 2009 and 2013. [7] Bolivia was also initially selected to host the previous edition in 2019, however, the tournament had to be rescheduled in Paraguay as Bolivia was unable to host it due to the 2019 Bolivian protests. [13]

Santa Cruz and Montero were initially considered as host cities with Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera and Estadio Gilberto Parada as venues. [13] [14] [15] CONMEBOL later confirmed that the tournament would only be played in Santa Cruz, with Montero being ruled out. [1] [16]

Match officials

On 18 September 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament. [17] The refereeing team for each match consisted of a main referee and his two assistants plus a fourth official. [18]

Note
  1. ^
    † Non-FIFA referees.

Draw

The draw of the tournament wIll be held on 12 September 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. [19] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. 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 teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2019 South American U-15 Championship (shown in brackets).

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

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5. [20]

The draw resulted in the following groups: [21]

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

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20): [10]

  1. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    • Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL. [22]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 440081+712 Final stage
2Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 430171+69
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 41034403 [a]
4Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (H)410329−73 [a]
5Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 410328−63 [a]
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head points. Head-to-head goal difference: Colombia +2, Bolivia 0, Peru −2.
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Cuevas Soccerball shade.svg33' Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Nazareno Arasa (Argentina)
Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svg0–1Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Report Meza Soccerball shade.svg13'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Rodrigo de Lima (Brazil)
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg3–0Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Alejandro Velásquez (Venezuela)
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svg1–3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Vásquez Soccerball shade.svg42' Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Robert Cabrera (Ecuador)
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–2Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Angulo Soccerball shade.svg67' Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Javier Feres (Uruguay)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 422064+28 Final stage
2Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 412158−35 [a]
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 412175+25 [a]
4Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 41127704
5Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 403156−13
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Ecuador 2–1 Brazil.
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg4–1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report Sulbarán Soccerball shade.svg37'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Javier Revollo (Bolivia)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg0–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report Silveira Soccerball shade.svg49'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg1–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg40+1' Report Ruan Pablo Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.)
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svg2–2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Javier Revollo (Bolivia)
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–2Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Report Lerma Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.), 80+4'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: José Ortiz (Colombia)
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg2–1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Angulo Soccerball shade.svg11', 40' Report Ruan Pablo Soccerball shade.svg28'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svg0–4Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Report
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: José Ortiz (Colombia)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Wesley Natã Soccerball shade.svg40+5' Report Esquivel Soccerball shade.svg26'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)

Final stage

The final stage was played on a single-elimination basis and consisted of the semi-finals, third place match and final. If a match was tied after 80 minutes, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner (no extra time was played). [10]

All match times are local times, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL. [23]

Bracket

The semi-finals matchups are:

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3 (3)
 
19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador (p)3 (4)
 
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 0 (3)
 
16 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (p)0 (4)
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2 (3)
 
 
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (p)2 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
19 October – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2

Semi-finals

Third place match

Chile  Flag of Chile.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Yáñez Soccerball shade.svg45'
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)

Final

Goalscorers

There were 66 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (C)632193+611Champions
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 6141811−37Runners-up
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6330107+312Third place
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 6411126+613Fourth place
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 412175+25Eliminated in
Group stage
6Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 41127704
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 41034403
8Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 403156−13
9Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 410328−63
10Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (H)410329−73
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: For 5th to 10th place. 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored ; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 22). [10]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

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