2019 South American U-20 Championship


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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]

2019 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20
“Juventud de America” Chile 2019
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates17 January – 10 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ecuador (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored60 (1.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Leonardo Campana (6 goals)

← 2017

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]

Rancagua Curicó Talca
     
Estadio El Teniente Estadio La Granja Estadio Fiscal
Capacity: 13,489 Capacity: 8,278 Capacity: 16,000
34°10′40″S 70°44′16″W / 34.177764°S 70.737719°W 34°58′28″S 71°13′47″W / 34.974444°S 71.229722°W 35°25′11″S 71°40′26″W / 35.419722°S 71.673889°W

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).

The referees were:

  •   Gery Vargas
    • Assistant Referee 1: José Antelo
    • Assistant Referee 2: Edwar Saavedra
  •   Raphael Claus
    • Assistant Referee 1: Kléber Lúcio Gil
    • Assistant Referee 2: Bruno Pires
  •   Piero Maza
    • Assistant Referee 1: Claudio Ríos
    • Assistant Referee 2: José Retamal
  •   Nicolás Gallo
    • Assistant Referee 1: John Alexander León
    • Assistant Referee 2: Wílmar Navarro
  •   Carlos Orbe
    • Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Macías
    • Assistant Referee 2: Ricardo Barén
  •   Joel Alarcón
    • Assistant Referee 1: Víctor Ráez
    • Assistant Referee 2: Michael Orué
  •   Leodán González
    • Assistant Referee 1: Richard Trinidad
    • Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Barreiro
  •   Alexis Herrera
    • Assistant Referee 1: Carlos Alexander López
    • Assistant Referee 2: Jorge Urrego
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)

The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

All times local, CLST (UTC−3).[10][11]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Venezuela 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9 Final stage
2   Brazil 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
3   Colombia 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 7
4   Chile (H) 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
5   Bolivia 4 0 1 3 1 4 −3 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ecuador 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Final stage
2   Argentina 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
3   Uruguay 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
4   Paraguay 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4
5   Peru 4 1 0 3 2 5 −3 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ecuador (C) 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup &
2019 Pan American Games
2   Argentina 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3 9
3   Uruguay 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4   Colombia 5 1 2 2 2 2 0 5 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
5   Brazil 5 1 2 2 3 5 −2 5
6   Venezuela 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6 4
 2019 South American U-20 champions 
 
Ecuador
1st title

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

The best XI team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.[13]

Qualification for international tournaments

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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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 Cup1
  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

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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 Games2
  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.

The tournament was broadcast by the following TV companies in South America.[16]

Country Broadcaster Ref.
  Argentina TyC Sports
  Bolivia Tigo Sport
  Brasil SporTV
  Chile Canal 13 (only Chile matches), Canal del Fútbol (all matches)
  Colombia Caracol Televisión (only Colombia matches), Caracol HD2 (rest of matches)
  Ecuador CNT Sports
  Paraguay RPC, Unicanal
  Peru Movistar Deportes (all matches), Latina Televisión (only Peru matches)
  Uruguay VTV (only Uruguay matches), VeraTV (all matches)
  Venezuela La Tele Tuya
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  2. ^ "Qualification Systems Manual" (PDF). panamsports.org. 8 May 2018. p. 97. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". CONMEBOL.com. 14 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Ecuador se corona campeón del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Chile acogerá torneos sudamericanos juveniles en sus ediciones de los años 2017 y 2019". cdf.cl. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Rancagua, Curicó y Talca, sedes del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20 – Chile 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 18 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Definida fecha y lugar para el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018.
  8. ^ "En Rancagua el sorteo de grupos del Sudamericano Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 4 November 2018.
  9. ^ "La hoja de ruta del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 20 - Chile 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 6 November 2018.
  10. ^ "El Sudamericano Sub-20 tiene calendario establecido" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Fixture - Sudamericano Sub-20" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  12. ^ "Cambio de horario en partido Uruguay vs Argentina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 January 2019.
  13. ^ "El 11 ideal del Sudamericano Sub 20 – Chile 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Argentina collect South America's first ticket to Poland". FIFA.com. 8 February 2019. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019.
  15. ^ a b c "Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia reach world stage". FIFA.com. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "Los canales que transmitirán el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Chile 2019" (in Spanish). sub20chile2019.cl. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.