2019 South American U-20 Championship CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Chile 2019 Host country Chile Dates 17 January – 10 February Teams 10 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) Champions Ecuador (1st title) Runners-up Argentina Third place Uruguay Fourth place Colombia Matches played 35 Goals scored 60 (1.71 per match) Top scorer(s) Leonardo Campana (6 goals)
International football competition
The 2019 South American U-20 Championship was the 29th 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 was held in Chile between 17 January and 10 February 2019.[1]
The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the CONMEBOL representatives. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament , in addition to Peru who had automatically qualified as hosts.[2] However, due to the re-introduction of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 , the tournament was not used for qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament .[3]
Ecuador won their first title. Argentina finished second, defending champions Uruguay finished third, while Colombia finished fourth.[4]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
Team Appearance Previous best performance Argentina 27th Champions (5 times, most recent 2015 ) Bolivia 24th Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983 ) Brazil 28th Champions (11 times, most recent 2011 ) Chile (hosts) 29th Runners-up (1 time, 1975 ) Colombia 27th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013 ) Ecuador 24th Runners-up (1 time, 2017 ) Paraguay 27th Champions (1 time, 1971 ) Peru 28th Third place (2 times, most recent 1971 ) Uruguay (holders) 28th Champions (8 times, most recent 2017 ) Venezuela 25th Third place (2 times, most recent 2017 )
According to ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque , Paraguay .[1] [5] Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua , Estadio La Granja in Curicó and Estadio Fiscal in Talca were the venues chosen by CONMEBOL and ANFP.[6]
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).
Match officials [ edit ] The referees were:
Support Referees The draw of the tournament was held on 6 November 2018, 14:15 CLST (UTC−3 ), at the Teatro Municipal de Rancagua in Rancagua .[7] [8] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Uruguay 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 2017 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).[9]
Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Chile (9) (Hosts, assigned to A1) Uruguay (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)
First stage [ edit ] The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.
All times local, CLST (UTC−3 ).[10] [11]
Group A [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Final stage [ edit ] Winners [ edit ] 2019 South American U-20 champions Ecuador 1st title
Goalscorers [ edit ] There were 60 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tournament best XI [ edit ] The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]
Qualification for international tournaments [ edit ] Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup [ edit ] The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup .
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1 Argentina 7 February 2019 [14] 15 (1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1989 , 1991 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2017 ) Uruguay 10 February 2019 [15] 14 (1977 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1991 , 1993 , 1997 , 1999 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 ) Ecuador 10 February 2019 [15] 3 (2001 , 2011 , 2017 ) Colombia 10 February 2019 [15] 9 (1985 , 1987 , 1989 , 1993 , 2003 , 2005 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Qualified teams for Pan American Games [ edit ] The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games men's football tournament , including Peru which qualified as hosts.
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games 2 Peru 11 October 2013 1 (2015 ) Argentina 7 February 2019 14 (1951 , 1955 , 1959 , 1963 , 1967 , 1971 , 1975 , 1979 , 1983 , 1987 , 1995 , 2003 , 2007 , 2011 ) Uruguay 10 February 2019 6 (1963 , 1975 , 1983 , 1999 , 2011 , 2015 ) Ecuador 10 February 2019 3 (1995 , 2007 , 2011 )
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Broadcasting rights [ edit ] South America [ edit ] The tournament was broadcast by the following TV companies in South America.[16]
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]