2025 South American Under-20 Championship

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2025 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 2025
Tournament details
Host country Peru
City Arequipa
DatesTBD
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
2023
2027

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 Arequipa, Peru.

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The top four teams will qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives besides Chile who automatically qualified as host. If Chile reaches the semi-finals, the two teams that finish 3rd in the group stage will play a play-off game for the spot instead. [1]

Brazil 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 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)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL will 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 20236 ( 1987 , 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

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

Venues

On 10 April 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation revealed the four venues that will host the tournament. [2]

Arequipa
Estadio Monumental de la UNSA Estadio Mariano Melgar
Capacity: 60,370Capacity: 15,000
Tribuna Oriente Estadio UNSA.JPG Estadio Mariano Melgar.JPG
Estadio Municipal de Cayma Estadio Municipal de Sachaca
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 6,000

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References

  1. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA.com. 17 December 2023.
  2. "¡LOS 4 ESTADIOS PARA EL SUDAMERICANO DE AREQUIPA!".