2025 South American U-20 Championship

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2025 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 Venezuela 2025
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates23 January – 16 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
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The 2025 South American U-20 Championship will be the 31st 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 will be held in Venezuela from 23 January to 16 February 2025. [1] [2]

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Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Chile who automatically qualify as host (if Chile were among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team would also qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup). [3]

Brazil are the defending champions.

Host nation and venues

Original host

Peru was originally announced as host country for the tournament by the CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez during a CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 10 April 2024, with Arequipa as host city. [4] [5] [6] The Peruvian Football Federation had submitted to CONMEBOL in March 2024 the bid to organize this competition. [7]

With three venues required as a minimum by CONMEBOL, [8] four possible venues were initially considered: Estadio Monumental UNSA, Estadio Melgar, Estadio La Tomilla and Estadio Municipal de Sachaca, with the latter three needing considerable improvements to host the matches. [9] [10] In October 2024, it was announced that Lima would be added as host city due to the lack of suitable stadiums in Arequipa, with the first stage planned to be held in Lima and the final stage to take place in Arequipa. [11] [12] [13]

On 13 November 2024, local Peruvian media announced that Peru had lost the hosting of the tournament, presumably due to institutional instability in the Peruvian Football Federation as a result of the arrest of its president Agustín Lozano a week earlier. [14] [15]

Venezuela, the new host

On 15 November 2024, CONMEBOL announced some changes to its competition calendar for 2025 in a letter sent to its member associations, confirming Venezuela as the new host of the South American U-20 Championship, replacing Peru. [16] [2] In this way, Venezuela had to relinquish the organization of the 2025 South American U-17 Championship for which it had previously been designated, leaving the task to Colombia. [17]

Venezuelan Football Federation president Jorge Giménez announced that the potential host cities would be Barquisimeto, Valencia, Puerto La Cruz and Maturín. [1]

Teams

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

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 29thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 26thFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (holders)30thChampions (12 times, most recent 2023)
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 31stRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 29thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 26thChampions (1 time, 2019)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 29thChampions (1 time, 1971)
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru (hosts)30thFourth place (5 times, most recent 1975)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 30thChampions (8 times, most recent 2017)
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 27thThird place (2 times, most recent 2017)

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 47 and 50). [3]

Draws

Original draw

The original draw of the tournament was held on 29 October 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. [18] The ten involved teams will be drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Peru 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 final position in the 2023 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets). [18]

SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  • Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru (10) (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. [19]

The original draw resulted in the following groups: [20]

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

Second draw

As a result of the change of the host country, CONMEBOL decided to hold a second draw on 6 December 2024 under the same procedures as the previous one, but with the seedings and pots updated. [21]

SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  • Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela (5) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  • Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)

The second draw resulted in the following groups: [22]

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

Match officials

On 10 December 2024, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament, including an Italian refereeing team from UEFA. [23] This is the second time that a UEFA refereeing team will participate in the South American U-20 Championship because of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme. [24]

First stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the first 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 21): [3]

  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 in COT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela (H)00000000 Final stage
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 00000000
3Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 00000000
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 00000000
5Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svgMatch 1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 2Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Peru  Flag of Peru (state).svgMatch 5Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Chile  Flag of Chile.svgMatch 6Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svgMatch 9Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Chile  Flag of Chile.svgMatch 10Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgMatch 13Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svgMatch 14Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
Venezuela  Flag of Venezuela (state).svgMatch 17Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svgMatch 18Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 00000000 Final stage
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 00000000
3Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 00000000
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 00000000
5Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 24 January 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svgMatch 3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svgMatch 4Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Bolivia  Flag of Bolivia.svgMatch 7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgMatch 8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgMatch 11Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgMatch 12Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svgMatch 15Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svgMatch 16Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svgMatch 19Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Ecuador  Flag of Ecuador.svgMatch 20Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Final stage

If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in PET (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Group A winners00000000 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2Group A runners-up00000000
3Group A third place00000000
4Group B winners00000000
5Group B runners-up00000000
6Group B third place00000000
First match(es) will be played: 4 February 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Note: Final round schedule may be modified by the Organizing Committee.

1AMatch 213B
1BMatch 222A
3AMatch 232B
1AMatch 242B
1BMatch 253B
2AMatch 263A
3AMatch 271A
2BMatch 281B
2AMatch 293B
2AMatch 301A
1BMatch 313A
3BMatch 322B
1AMatch 331B
2BMatch 342A
3BMatch 353A

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 17 December 2023 [25] 6 ( 1987 , 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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Events in the year 2025 in Peru.

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