South American Youth Championship
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The South American Youth Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL), for South American national teams of men under age 20.
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[edit] History
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially for men under age 19, this limit was maintained until the 7th championship, hosted by Peru in 1975. Since the 8th edition (1977), when the tournament took place in Venezuela for the second time, the age limit was raised to 20. This change was made in order to use the competition as South American qualification for the FIFA World Youth Championship (now renamed the FIFA U-20 World Cup), held every two years since 1977. The last edition (number 23) was hosted by Paraguay and won by Brazil in 2007.
[edit] Format
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.
[edit] Results
[edit] Summaries
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1954 Details |
 Venezuela |
 Uruguay |
Group Stage |  Brazil |
 Venezuela |
Group Stage |  Peru |
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| 1958 Details |
 Chile |
Uruguay |
Group Stage |  Argentina |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Peru |
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| 1964 Details |
 Colombia |
Uruguay |
Group Stage |  Paraguay |
 Colombia |
Group Stage |  Chile |
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| 1967 Details |
 Paraguay |
Argentina |
2–2 [1] | Paraguay |
Brazil [2] |
No third-place match | Peru [2] |
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| 1971 Details |
Paraguay |
Paraguay |
1–1 [3] | Uruguay |
Argentina [2] |
No third-place match | Peru [2] |
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| 1974 Details |
Chile |
Brazil |
2–1 | Uruguay |
Paraguay |
1–0 | Argentina |
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| 1975 Details |
 Peru |
Uruguay |
1–1 (3–1 p.k.) [4] |
Chile |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Peru |
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| 1977 Details |
Venezuela |
Uruguay |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Paraguay |
Group Stage | Chile |
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| 1979 Details |
 Uruguay |
Uruguay |
Group Stage | Argentina |
Paraguay |
Group Stage | Brazil |
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| 1981 Details |
 Ecuador |
Uruguay |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Argentina |
Group Stage |  Bolivia |
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| 1983 Details |
 Bolivia |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Bolivia |
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| 1985 Details |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Paraguay[5] |
Colombia |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
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| 1987 Details |
Colombia |
Colombia |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
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| 1988 Details |
 Argentina |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Colombia |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Paraguay |
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| 1991 Details |
Venezuela |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Argentina |
Uruguay |
Group Stage | Paraguay |
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| 1992 Details |
Venezuela |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
Colombia |
Group Stage |  Ecuador |
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| 1995 Details |
Bolivia |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Argentina |
Chile |
Group Stage | Ecuador |
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| 1997 Details |
Chile |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Paraguay |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
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| 1999 Details |
Argentina |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Uruguay |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Paraguay |
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| 2001 Details |
Ecuador |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Argentina |
Paraguay |
Group Stage | Chile |
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| 2003 Details |
Uruguay |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Paraguay |
Group Stage | Colombia |
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| 2005 Details |
Colombia |
Colombia |
Group Stage | Brazil |
Argentina |
Group Stage | Chile |
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| 2007 Details |
Paraguay |
Brazil |
Group Stage | Argentina |
Uruguay |
Group Stage | Chile |
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| 2009 Details |
Peru |
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- Key:
- p.k. - match won on penalty kicks
[edit] Performances by countries
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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 Brazil |
9 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007) | 7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) | 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) | |
| Uruguay |
7 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981) | 4 (1971, 1974, 1992, 1999) | 3 (1983, 1991, 2007) | 1 (1997) |
| Argentina |
4 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003) | 7 (1958, 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007) | 5 (1975, 1981, 1987, 1988, 2005) | |
| Colombia |
2 (1987, 2005) | 1 (1988) | 3 (1964, 1985, 1992) | 1 (2003) |
| Paraguay |
1 (1971) | 3 (1964, 1967, 1985) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 1 (1999) |
| Chile |
1 (1975) | 2 (1971, 1995) | 3 (2001, 2005, 2007) | |
 Venezuela |
1 (1954) | |||
| Peru |
1 (1967) | |||
| Bolivia |
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| Ecuador |
[edit] Total Wins
- Brazil 1974 1983 1985 1988 1991 1992 1995 2001 2007 - 9 titles (8 since 1977)
- Uruguay 1954 1958 1964 1975 1977 1979 1981 - 7 titles (3 since 1977)
- Argentina 1967 1997 1999 2003 - 4 titles (3 since 1977)
- Colombia 1987 2005 - 2 titles (2 since 1977)
- Paraguay 1971 - 1 title (none since 1977)
[edit] Points per team
| Equipe | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDiff | %p | |
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| 1 | Brazil |
308 | 149 | 92 | 32 | 25 | 312 | 113 | +199 | 68,9% |
| 2 | Argentina |
257 | 141 | 72 | 41 | 28 | 237 | 127 | +110 | 60,8% |
| 3 | Uruguay |
256 | 144 | 70 | 46 | 28 | 241 | 147 | +94 | 59,3% |
| 4 | Paraguay |
205 | 127 | 58 | 31 | 38 | 213 | 160 | +53 | 53,8% |
| 5 | Colombia |
158 | 114 | 43 | 29 | 42 | 143 | 152 | -9 | 46,2% |
| 6 | Chile |
146 | 123 | 39 | 29 | 55 | 180 | 205 | -25 | 39,6% |
| 7 | Peru |
91 | 99 | 23 | 22 | 54 | 115 | 200 | -85 | 30,6% |
| 8 | Ecuador |
60 | 79 | 15 | 15 | 49 | 71 | 155 | -84 | 25,3% |
| 9 | Venezuela |
52 | 83 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 77 | 205 | -128 | 20,9% |
| 10 | Bolivia |
42 | 76 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 70 | 169 | -99 | 18,4% |
| 11 |  Israel |
9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 60,0% |
| 12 |  Panama |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 0,0% |
[edit] References
- ^ Argentina won by drawing.
- ^ a b c d There was no match for the third place in this edition after the semifinals. The final place between the two losing semifinalists is shown here by the criteria used in the competition in case of drawing: points, goal difference, goals for.
- ^ Paraguay won because of better goal difference in semifinals.
- ^ Replay match after finishing with same points and goal difference at final stage.
- ^ Paraguay finished as runner-up because of better position in first round than Colombia.
[edit] External links
- RSSSF > International Country Results > Youth Tournaments > South American Youth Championships
- Sudamericano Sub-20 (Conmebol's official site)
[edit] See also
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International football
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