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)
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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 Arequipa, Peru in dates to be confirmed. [1]

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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).

Brazil are the defending champions.

Host nation and venues

Peru was 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. [1] [2] The Peruvian Football Federation had submitted to CONMEBOL in March 2024 the bid to organize this competition. [3]

This will be the third time that Peru hosts the tournament, having previously done so in 1975 and 2011. [4] Arequipa will once again be the host city as in 2011 when it shared the organization with Tacna and Moquegua. [5]

With three venues required as a minimum by CONMEBOL, [6] 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. [7] [8]

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 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 [9] 6 ( 1987 , 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Chávez, Erick (10 April 2024). "¡Confirmado! Arequipa será sede del Sudamericano Sub 20 Masculino 2025" [Confirmed! Arequipa will host the South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú.
  2. ↑ "Conmebol: Arequipa será sede del próximo Sudamericano Sub 20 de fútbol masculino" [Conmebol: Arequipa will host the next South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 10 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "¡Arequipa será sede del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Masculino 2025!" [Arequipa will host the CONMEBOL U-20 Men's 2025!] (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Castro, Johan (10 April 2024). "Conmebol hizo oficial la sede del Sudamericano Sub-20 del 2025" [Conmebol made official the venue for the South American Under-20 Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Antena 2.
  5. ↑ "Arequipa nuevamente sede de un Sudamericano de fútbol" [Arequipa once again hosts a South American football tournament] (in Spanish). El Pueblo. 11 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sudamericano Sub-20: Representantes de la FPF y el IPD inspeccionaron el estadio Melgar de Arequipa" [South American U-20 Championship: Representatives of the FPF and the IPD inspected the Estadio Melgar in Arequipa] (in Spanish). Correo. 16 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Tribuna Deportiva [@PeruTribuna] (10 April 2024). "¡LOS 4 ESTADIOS PARA EL SUDAMERICANO DE AREQUIPA!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Bazán, Raúl (2 July 2024). "Arequipa perdería sede del Sudamericano Sub 20: la preocupante advertencia de 'Chemo' Del Solar para el cambio de escenario" [Arequipa could lose venue for the South American U-20 Championship: 'Chemo' Del Solar's worrisome warning for the change of venue] (in Spanish). Infobae.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023.
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