2003 South American Under 17 Football Championship

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The South American Under 17 Football Championship of 2003 was played in Bolivia from 1 May till 18 May 2003.

The competition was originally scheduled for February 28-March 16 in Venezuela, Maracay - it was postponed to May and moved to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia due to social unrest in Venezuela; Venezuela were awarded the organisation of the 2005 edition instead.

The host of the competition were the cities of Santa Cruz and Montero.

1 First Round
- 1.1 Group A
- 1.2 Group B
2 Final Round
3 Top Goalscorers

[edit] First Round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the final round.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	M	W	L	GF	GC
Brazil	12	4	4	0	10	2
Uruguay	9	4	3	1	10	3
Chile	3	4	1	3	4	7
Ecuador	3	4	1	3	4	9
Venezuela	3	4	1	3	5	12


1 May 2003
Brazil	2:0	Ecuador	Santa Cruz
Chile	0:2	Uruguay	Santa Cruz
3 May 2003
Chile	1:2	Ecuador	Montero
Venezuela	0:4	Uruguay	Montero
5 May 2003
Venezuela	3:2	Ecuador	Santa Cruz
Chile	0:2	Brazil	Santa Cruz
8 May 2003
Uruguay	3:0	Ecuador	Santa Cruz
Venezuela	1:3	Brazil	Santa Cruz
10 May 2003
Venezuela	1:3	Chile	Montero
Uruguay	1:3	Brazil	Montero

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Argentina	10	4	3	1	0	14	1
Colombia	8	4	2	2	0	7	5
Paraguay	6	4	2	0	2	7	10
Peru	2	4	0	2	2	2	7
Bolivia	1	4	0	1	3	2	9


2 May 2003
Paraguay	0:5	Argentina	Santa Cruz
Peru	1:1	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
4 May 2003
Peru	0:2	Paraguay	Santa Cruz
Bolivia	0:1	Colombia	Santa Cruz
6 May 2003
Paraguay	3:4	Colombia	Montero
Argentina	3:0	Peru	Montero
9 May 2003
Argentina	1:1	Colombia	Santa Cruz
Paraguay	2:1	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
11 May 2003
Colombia	1:1	Peru	Santa Cruz
Bolivia	0:5	Argentina	Santa Cruz

[edit] Final Round

The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.

Equipo	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	PP	GF	GC
Argentina	5	3	1	2	0	5	4
Brazil	4	3	1	1	1	5	2
Colombia	4	3	1	1	1	4	5
Uruguay	3	3	1	0	2	4	7


14 May 2003
Brazil	0:1	Colombia	Santa Cruz
Argentina	2:1	Uruguay	Santa Cruz
16 May 2003
Argentina	2:2	Colombia	Santa Cruz
Brazil	4:0	Uruguay	Santa Cruz
18 May 2003
Uruguay	3:1	Colombia	Santa Cruz
Brazil	1:1	Argentina	Santa Cruz