The 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Chile 2017) was the 17th edition of the
South American Under-17 Football Championship
The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now ...
, a
football
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competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
. It was held in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
from 23 February to 19 March 2017.
Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Chile, Paraguay and Colombia, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
India
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.
Teams
All ten
CONMEBOL
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member national teams entered the tournament.
Venues
According to
ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015,
this was ratified by CONMEBOL at another meeting of its Executive Committee held on 4 April 2016. The chosen venues were
Estadio El Teniente
Estadio El Teniente, also known as Estadio El Teniente-Codelco for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Rancagua, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium can fit 14,087 people and was built in 1945 with ...
,
Rancagua
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It was originally named Sant ...
(Group A and final stage) and
Estadio Fiscal
Estadio Fiscal de Talca is a multi-use public stadium in Talca, Chile. It is currently used mostly for association football matches and is the home stadium of Rangers.
The stadium was built in 1930 as "Estadio Municipal de Talca". after sev ...
,
Talca
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(Group B).
On 22 February 2017,
Estadio La Granja
The Estadio La Granja is a sports venue which is located in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. The stadium holds 8,278 people and is part of a large sporting complex which also features tennis courts, swimming pools, a gymnasium, a velodrome and so ...
,
Curicó
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The province lies between the provinces of Colchagu ...
was added as an emergency venue to host the first two matchdays of Group B since Estadio Fiscal field was in poor condition.
Squads
Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 12 January 2017, 14:00
CLST (
UTC−3), at the Chilean Football Federation headquarters in
Santiago
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,
Chile
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.
The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the
2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (shown in brackets).
Match officials
The referees and assistants referees were:
Jorge Baliño and
Fernando Rapallini
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Refereeing career
In 2011, Rapallini began officiating in the Argenti ...
:Assistants: Lucas Germanotta and Gabriel Chade
Juan Nelio García
:Assistants: Jorge Baldivieso and Roger Orellana
Raphael Claus
:Assistants: Bruno Pires and Danilo Manis
Eduardo Gamboa
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:Assistants: Claudio Ríos and Edson Cisternas
Luis Sánchez
:Assistants: Wilmar Navarro and Dionisio Ruiz
Juan Albarracín
:Assistants: Ricardo Barén and Edwin Bravo
José Méndez
José Colmenar del Valle Méndez (January 2, 1885 – October 31, 1928) was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as ''El Diamante Negro'' ...
:Assistants: Juan Zorrilla and Carlos Cáceres
Michael Espinoza
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Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
:Assistants: Michael Orué and Stephen Atoche
Leodán González and
Óscar Rojas
:Assistants: Miguel Nievas and Gabriel Popovits
Adrián Cabello
:Assistants: Tulio Moreno and Elbis Gómez
*The Uruguayan referee
Esteban Ostojich
Esteban Daniel Ostojich Vega (born 12 April 1982) is a Uruguayan football referee. He has been a FIFA international referee since 2016.
Refereeing career
Ostojich began officiating in the Primera División in Uruguay in 2013. In 2016, he was ...
was replaced by Leodán González after Ostojich was ruled out of the championship after suffering an injury. González was assisted by Wilmar Navarro and Dionisio Ruiz (Colombia) in the first stage and by Nievas and Popovits (Uruguay) in the final stage.
*For the final stage,
Fernando Rapallini
Fernando Andrés Rapallini (born 28 April 1978) is an Argentine football referee who officiates in the Argentine Primera División. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014.
Refereeing career
In 2011, Rapallini began officiating in the Argenti ...
(Argentina), Óscar Rojas and the assistants Miguel Nievas and Gabriel Popovits (Uruguay) were included.
*The Colombian referee
Luis Sánchez, Ostojich and the uruguayan assistants Carlos Pastorino and Horacio Ferreiro did not referee any match in the tournament.
First stage
The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.
;Tiebreakers
When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:
# goal difference
# goals scored
# head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
# drawing of lots
All times local, CLST (
UTC−3).
Group A
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Group B
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Final stage
When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.
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Winners
Goalscorers
;7 goals
*
Vinícius Jr.
;5 goals
*
Lincoln
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* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
;4 goals
*
Martín Sánchez
;3 goals
*
Alan
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* Alan (given name), an English given name
**List of people with given name Alan
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*A ...
*
Santiago Barrero
*
Jaminton Campaz
*
Juan Peñaloza
*
Roberto Fernández
*
Fernando Romero
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Background
Ferna ...
*
Jan Carlos Hurtado
;2 goals
*
Facundo Colidio
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Club career
He made his professional debut on 5 October 2019, replacing Alexandre De Bruyn for the las ...
*
Ferddy Roca
*
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Music
*Paulinho da Costa (born 1948), Brazilian percussionist
*Paulinho da Viola (born 1942), Brazilian sambista
*Paulinho ...
*
Yuri Alberto
*
Gastón Zuñiga
*
Santiago Micolta
*
Jordan Rezabala
*
Alan Rodríguez
*
José Barragán
;1 goal
*
Agustín Obando
*
Sebastián Melgar
*
Alerrandro
*
Brenner
*
Lucas Halter
*
Marcos Antônio
*
Lucas Alarcón
*
Antonio Díaz
*
Alexis Valencia
*
Sebastián Valencia
*
Luis Miguel López
*
Juan David Martínez
*
Juan David Vidal
*
Jhon Campos
*
Jackson Porozo
*
Mauricio Quiñónez
*
Cristian Tobar
*
Antonio Galeano
*
Nicolás Morínigo
*
Jesús Rolón
*
Leonardo Mifflin
*
Gonzalo Sánchez
*
Thomás Chacón
Thomás Chacón Yona (born 17 August 2000) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Bellinzona.
Club career
A youth academy product of Danubio, Chacón made his professional debut on 23 November 2017 in a 2–2 draw aga ...
*
Owen Falconis
*
José Neris
*
Gustavo Daniel Viera
*
Cristian Cásseres
Cristian Alfonso Cásseres (born 29 June 1977) is a Venezuelan football (soccer), football striker who made a total number of 28 appearances (two goals) for the Venezuela national football team, Venezuela national team between 1999 and 2008, and ...
*
Sebastián Chalbaud
*
Jorge Echeverría
*
Eduardo Fereira
*
Diego Luna
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Following an early care ...
*
Christian Makoun
;Own goal
*
Jackson Porozo (playing against Chile)
*
Anthony Fuentes (playing against Paraguay)
*
Diego Luna
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Following an early care ...
(playing against Brazil)
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
:
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.
References
External links
Sudamericano Masculino Sub 17 Chile 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-17 Championship 2017
2017
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2017 in South American football
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