South American Youth Football Championship

CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub20
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1954; 70 years ago (1954)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champion(s) Brazil (2023)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (12 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/sub20
2023 South American U-20 Championship

The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Spanish: Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or Portuguese: Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

History

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The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela from 22 March to 13 April 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (12 times).[1]

Format

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All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.

Results

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Keys
  • 1954–75: U-19 teams
  • 1977–present: U-20 teams [1]
Ed. Year Host 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place Fourth place Teams
1 1954 Venezuela  Uruguay  Brazil  Venezuela  Peru
9
2 1958 Chile  Uruguay  Argentina  Brazil  Peru
6
3 1964 Colombia  Uruguay  Paraguay  Colombia  Chile
7
4 1967 Paraguay  Argentina  Paraguay  Brazil  Peru
9
5 1971 Paraguay  Paraguay  Uruguay  Argentina  Peru
9
6 1974 Chile  Brazil  Uruguay  Paraguay  Argentina
9
7 1975 Peru  Uruguay  Chile  Argentina  Peru
6
8 1977 Venezuela  Uruguay  Brazil  Paraguay  Chile
9
9 1979 Uruguay  Uruguay  Argentina  Paraguay  Brazil
9
10 1981 Ecuador  Uruguay  Brazil  Argentina  Bolivia
9
11 1983 Bolivia  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina  Bolivia
10
12 1985 Paraguay  Brazil  Paraguay  Colombia  Uruguay
10
13 1987 Colombia  Colombia  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay
9
14 1988 Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Paraguay
11
15 1991 Venezuela  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Paraguay
10
16 1992 Colombia  Brazil  Uruguay  Colombia  Ecuador
8
17 1995 Bolivia  Brazil  Argentina  Chile  Ecuador
9
18 1997 Chile  Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay
10
19 1999 Argentina  Argentina  Uruguay  Brazil  Paraguay
10
20 2001 Ecuador  Brazil  Argentina  Paraguay  Chile
10
21 2003 Uruguay  Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  Colombia
10
22 2005 Colombia  Colombia  Brazil  Argentina  Chile
10
23 2007 Paraguay  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Chile
10
24 2009 Venezuela  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela
10
25 2011 Peru  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina  Ecuador
10
26 2013 Argentina  Colombia  Paraguay  Uruguay  Chile
10
27 2015 Uruguay  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay  Brazil
10
28 2017 Ecuador  Uruguay  Ecuador  Venezuela  Argentina
10
29 2019 Chile  Ecuador  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
10
30 2023 Colombia  Brazil  Uruguay  Colombia  Ecuador
10
31 2025 Venezuela

Performances by countries

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Team Titles Runner-up Third place Fourth place
 Brazil 12
(1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023) 		7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) 2 (1979, 2015)
 Uruguay 8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) 7 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023) 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) 3 (1985, 1987, 1997)
 Argentina 5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) 2 (1974, 2017)
 Colombia 3 (1987, 2005, 2013) 2 (1988, 2015) 4 (1964, 1985, 1992, 2023) 2 (2003, 2019)
 Paraguay 1 (1971) 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) 3 (1988, 1991, 1999)
 Ecuador 1 (2019) 1 (2017) 4 (1992, 1995, 2011, 2023)
 Chile 1 (1975) 1 (1995) 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)
 Venezuela 2 (1954, 2017) 1 (2009*)
 Peru 5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975)
 Bolivia 2 (1981, 1983*)

Top goalscorers

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Competition Nation Player Number of goals
1954  Paraguay Juan Bautista Agüero 7
1958  Argentina Norberto Raffo 5
1964  Chile Jaime Bravo 5
1967  Argentina Carlos Garcia Cambon 3
1971  Uruguay Ricardo Islas 4
 Paraguay Cristóbal Maldonado
1974  Uruguay Hebert Revetria 8
1975  Uruguay Hebert Revetria 4
 Brazil Toninho Cerezo
1977  Uruguay Amaro Nadal (fr) 4
 Brazil Guinha
1979  Uruguay Arsenio Luzardo 4
1981  Uruguay Enzo Francescoli 5
 Brazil Lela
1983  Uruguay Carlos Aguilera 7
1985  Brazil Romário 4
1987  Argentina Alejandro Russo 4
1988  Brazil Assís 5
 Paraguay Ferreira
1991  Argentina Juan Esnáider 7
1992  Uruguay Fernando Correa 5
1995  Argentina Leonardo Biagini 4
1997  Brazil Adaílton 8
1999  Argentina Luciano Galletti 9
2001  Brazil Adriano 6
 Brazil Ewerthon
2003  Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 8
2005  Colombia Hugo Rodallega 11
2007  Uruguay Edinson Cavani 7
2009  Paraguay Hernán Pérez 5
 Paraguay Robin Ramírez
 Uruguay Abel Hernández
 Brazil Walter
2011  Brazil Neymar 9
2013  Uruguay Nicolás López 6
2015  Argentina Giovanni Simeone 9
2017  Uruguay Rodrigo Amaral 5
 Ecuador Bryan Cabezas
 Argentina Lautaro Martínez
 Argentina Marcelo Torres
2019  Ecuador Leonardo Campana 6
2023  Brazil Vitor Roque 6
 Brazil Andrey Santos

Source: RSSSF.[1]

Men's U-20 World Cup Performances of Qualified South American teams

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team Tunisia
1977		 Japan
1979		 Australia
1981		 Mexico
1983		 Soviet Union
1985		 Chile
1987		 Saudi Arabia
1989		 Portugal
1991		 Australia
1993		 Qatar
1995		 Malaysia
1997		 Nigeria
1999		 Argentina
2001		 United Arab Emirates
2003		 Netherlands
2005		 Canada
2007		 Egypt
2009		 Colombia
2011		 Turkey
2013		 New Zealand
2015		 South Korea
2017		 Poland
2019		 Argentina
2023		 Chile
2025		 Total
 Argentina 1st R1 2nd QF R1 1st 1st R2 1st 4th 1st 1st QF R1 R1 R2 R2 17
 Brazil 3rd QF 1st 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd QF QF QF 1st 3rd R2 2nd 1st 2nd QF 19
 Chile 4th R1 R1 R2 3rd QF Q 7
 Colombia QF R1 QF R1 3rd R2 QF R2 R2 QF QF 11
 Ecuador R2 R2 R1 3rd R2 5
 Paraguay R1 QF R1 R1 R2 4th R2 R2 R2 9
 Uruguay 4th 3rd QF QF R1 QF 2nd 4th R2 R2 R1 2nd R2 4th R2 1st 16
 Venezuela R2 2nd 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Diogo, Julio Bovi; Pierrend, José Luis; Andrés, Juan Pablo; Tabeira, Martín (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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