The 2015

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( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) 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

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from 14 January to 7 February 2015. The tournament served as qualifier for several competitions. The top four teams qualified for the

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as the CONMEBOL representatives.

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, 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

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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

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won their fifth title. defending champions Colombia finished second,

finished third, while

finished fourth.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

Uruguay was chosen as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in

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, prior to the 62nd

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. The matches were held in 4 venues in 3 host cities,

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(group A) and

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, Maldonado (group B) for the first stage while the final stage took place at

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and

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in Montevideo.

Squads

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

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:

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:Assistant: Ezequiel Brailovsky Alejandro Mancilla :Assistant: Wilson Arellano Ricardo Marques :Assistant: Kléber Lúcio Gil

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:Assistant: Marcelo Barraza

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:Assistant: Wilmar Navarro

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:Assistant: Luis Vera

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:Assistant: Milciades Saldívar

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:Assistant: Braulio Cornejo

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:Assistant: Nicolás Tarán

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:Assistant: Jairo Romero

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2014, 20:15 UYT ( UTC−3), at the Hipódromo Nacional de Maroñas in Montevideo. 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.

First stage

The top three teams in each group qualified for the

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. When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to: # superior goal difference in all matches # greater number of goals scored in all group matches # better result in matches between the tied teams # drawing of lots All match times are in local Uruguay Summer Time ( UTC−02:00).

Group A

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Group B

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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. ---- ---- ---- ----

Winners

Goalscorers

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

. :

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,

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, and

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, qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games men's football tournament in Canada. This was changed from the previous set-up where the

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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. :

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

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. Since

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

against the third-placed team of the

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for the final berth in the Olympics. Since Brazil finished third in the tournament,

qualified for the Olympics, while Colombia advanced to the

, where they defeated the

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to become CONMEBOL's third Olympic representative. The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. :

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

* :

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(all matches are broadcast live) and Channel 7 (

matches only) * :

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(all matches) and

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(all matches of Brazil and some matches) * :

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(all Colombia matches live) * :

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(all matches are broadcast live) and

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(all matches of Paraguay and some matches) * :

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(all matches are broadcast live) * :

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(all matches are broadcast live on VTV, VTV Plus and GolTV Latin América)

North America

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(all matches live on beIN Sports en Español)

Europe

* :

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online streaming (all matches live)

References

External links

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2015 South American Youth Championship The 2015 South American Youth Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 "Juventud de América" Uruguay 2015, pt, Campeonato Sulamericano Sub-20 "Juventude da América" Uruguai 2015, region=BR) was the 27th edition of the biennia ...

2015 in South American football 2014–15 in Uruguayan football Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification Qualification tournaments for the 2015 Pan American Games 2015 in youth association football