2015 South American U-20 Championship

2015 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
"Juventud de America" Uruguay 2015
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay Uruguay
Dates14 January – 7 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored99 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Giovanni Simeone
(9 goals)
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The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015) was the 27th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Uruguay from 14 January to 7 February 2015.[1][2]

The tournament served as qualifier for several competitions.[3] The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand as the CONMEBOL representatives. Brazil, as hosts, and the champion team qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament while the runner-up team advanced to a play-off against a CONCACAF team for the final berth in the Olympics. Finally, the four teams ranked third to sixth qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.

Argentina won their fifth title. defending champions Colombia finished second, Uruguay finished third, while Brazil finished fourth.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina 25th Champions (4 times, most recent 2003)
 Bolivia 22nd Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil 26th Champions (11 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile 27th Runners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia (holders) 25th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador 22nd Third place (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Paraguay 25th Champions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru 26th Third place (2 times, most recent 1971)
 Uruguay (hosts) 26th Champions (7 times, most recent 1981)
 Venezuela 23rd Third place (1 time, most recent 1954)

Venues

Uruguay was chosen as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress.[1][4] The matches were held in 4 venues in 3 host cities, Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento (group A) and Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado (group B) for the first stage while the final stage took place at Estadio Gran Parque Central and Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.[5][6]

Colonia Maldonado
Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici Estadio Domingo Burgueño
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 22,000
Montevideo
Estadio Gran Parque Central Estadio Centenario
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 65,235

Squads

Main article: 2015 South American U-20 Championship squads

Each team could register a squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers).[3]

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:[7]

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2014, 20:15 UYT (UTC−3), at the Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas in Montevideo.[8] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Argentina and Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. Paraguay and Uruguay were also seeded into Group A and Group B respectively but assigned to position 2 within their group (As host, Uruguay decided to play in group B). The remaining teams were placed into "pairing pots" (Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) and drawn to determine their group as well as the position within it.[6]

First stage

The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:[3]

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between the tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All match times are in local Uruguay Summer Time (UTC−02:00).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Argentina 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9 9 Advance to Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
3  Peru 4 2 1 1 6 7 −1 7
4  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 9 8 +1 6
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 2 13 −11 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina 5–2 Ecuador
Simeone 5', 42'
Correa 20'
Martínez 32'
Monteseirín 39'		 Report J. Cevallos 22', 85' (pen.)
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Paraguay 4–2 Bolivia
Viera 3'
Díaz 23'
E. Araújo 55'
Medina 90+1'		 Report Iragua 38'
A. Pinto 49'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Argentina 0–1 Paraguay
Report Cañete 6'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–2 Peru
Report Succar 46', 76'
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Argentina 6–2 Peru
Prieto 23' (o.g.)
Bernaola 28' (o.g.)
Correa 32'
Simeone 41', 89'
Suárez 78'		 Report Gonzales-Vigil 73'
Da Silva 73'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Ecuador 5–0 Bolivia
J. Cevallos 34', 40'
Burbano 50'
Parrales 87', 90+1'		 Report
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Paraguay 1–2 Ecuador
Santacruz 68' Report Parrales 6'
Cangá 88'
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Bolivia 0–1 Peru
Report Da Silva 68'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Simeone 5', 12'
Cardozo 72'		 Report
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Paraguay 1–1 Peru
Amarilla 29' Report Succar 23'
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay (H) 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 9 Advance to Final stage
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
3  Colombia 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6
4  Venezuela 4 1 0 3 1 5 −4 3
5  Chile 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 3
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Brazil 2–1 Chile
Marcos Guilherme 42', 46' Report Cuevas 81'
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Colombia
Arambarri 90+1' Report
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Chile 2–0 Venezuela
Echeverría 6'
Cuevas 58'		 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Brazil 0–2 Uruguay
Report Pereiro 27'
Arambarri 59'
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Chile 0–3 Colombia
Report Borré 12'
Lucumí 75'
Otero 81'
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Brazil 2–0 Venezuela
Kenedy 72'
Gabriel Barbosa 78'		 Report
Referee: Alejandro Mancilla (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
Lucumí 60' Report
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Uruguay 6–1 Chile
Acosta 20', 45+1'
Echeverría 23' (o.g.)
Pereiro 66'
Amaral 81'
Faber 88'		 Report Echeverría 85'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Brazil 2–1 Colombia
Thalles 42'
Marcos Guilherme 75'		 Report Manotas 50'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Uruguay 0–1 Venezuela
Report Moreno 27'
Referee: Alejandro Mancilla (Bolivia)

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics
2  Colombia 5 2 3 0 7 2 +5 9 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and Olympic play-off
3  Uruguay (H) 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2015 Pan American Games
4  Brazil 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Summer Olympics[a]
5  Peru 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 3 2015 Pan American Games
6  Paraguay 5 0 1 4 1 10 −9 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Brazil qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as hosts.
Argentina 2–0 Peru
Simeone 1'
Correa 77'		 Report
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Paraguay 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Uruguay 0–0 Brazil
Report
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Paraguay 0–2 Brazil
Report Yuri Mamute 65'
Marcos Guilherme 77'
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Argentina 1–1 Colombia
Compagnucci 88' Report Barrera 50' (pen.)
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Uruguay 3–1 Peru
Acosta 27'
Pereiro 55'
Arambarri 77'		 Report Ugarriza 66'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Peru 1–3 Colombia
Succar 23' Report Lucumí 25', 90'
Borré 40'
Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)
Argentina 2–0 Brazil
M. Rolón 86'
Contreras 89'		 Report
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Uruguay 2–0 Paraguay
Acosta 21'
Pereiro 37'		 Report
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Peru 0–5 Brazil
Report Nathan 47'
Thalles 56', 62'
Malcom 71'
Léo Pereira 81'
Referee: Adrián Vélez (Colombia)
Argentina 3–0 Paraguay
Simeone 17', 76'
L. Rolón 48'		 Report
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Uruguay 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
Paraguay 1–3 Peru
Díaz 84' Report Peña 5'
Cossio 10'
Ugarriza 23'
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Brazil 0–3 Colombia
Report Barrera 57'
Rodríguez 73', 90+1'
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Driussi 35'
Correa 80'		 Report Pereiro 7'
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Winners

 2015 South American Youth Football champions 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers

There were 99 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Argentina 4 February 2015[9] 13 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
 Brazil 4 February 2015[9] 17 (1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
 Uruguay 4 February 2015[9] 12 (1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Colombia 4 February 2015[9] 8 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The four teams which finished third to sixth, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada.[10] This was changed from the previous set-up where the South American Under-17 Football Championship was used as qualification for the Pan American Games football tournament.

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games1
 Peru 4 February 2015 0 (Debut)
 Paraguay 4 February 2015 4 (1951, 1987, 1995, 2003)
 Brazil 7 February 2015 10 (1959, 1963, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011)
 Uruguay 7 February 2015 5 (1963, 1975, 1983, 1999, 2011)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

Same as previous Youth Championships that were held one year prior to the Olympics, CONMEBOL used the tournament to determine which men's under-23 national teams from South America qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Since Brazil already qualified automatically as hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified directly, while the second top-ranked team other than Brazil advanced to a play-off against the third-placed team of the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship for the final berth in the Olympics.[11] Since Brazil finished third in the tournament, Argentina qualified for the Olympics,[12] while Colombia advanced to the play-off, where they defeated the United States to become CONMEBOL's third Olympic representative.[13]

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Brazil 2 October 2009 12 (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012)
 Argentina 7 February 2015[14] 7 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008)
 Colombia 29 March 2016[13] 4 (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Media coverage

South América

North America

Europe

See also

References

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