The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship es, ''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ''Juventud de América'' Ecuador 2017'', italic=unset, pt, ''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 ''Juventude da América'' Equador 2017'', italic=unset, region=BR) was the 28th edition of the

South American Youth Football Championship The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and es, Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or pt, Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American f ...

, a

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competition for the under-20 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

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

from 18 January to 11 February 2017.

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

were crowned champions, and together with

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Squads

Each team may register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Venues

A total of eight venues in seven cities were proposed by FEF in July 2016, days later

Latacunga Latacunga (; Quechua: Latakunga) is a plateau town of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, south of Quito, near the confluence of the Alaquez and Cutuchi rivers to form the Patate, the headstream of the Pastaza. At the time of census 2 ...

was added as a possible venue.

Tulcán :''"Tulcan" is also an alternative spelling of tulchan'' Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 47,359 in the 2001 census and 53,558 in the 2010 ...

was also nominated, but was finally dismissed along with Cuenca,

Machala Machala () is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province, and is located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 241,606 (2010 census); it is the eighth-biggest city in the country, a ...

and

Portoviejo Portoviejo (), also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Provinces of Ecuador, Province of Manabí Province, Manabí from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" ...

. Eventually, five venues were confirmed to host the matches,

Estadio Bellavista Estadio Bellavista is a multi-use stadium in Ambato, Ecuador. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mushuc Runa, Macará, and Técnico Universitario. The stadium holds 16,467 spectators and is located on Boliv ...

in Ambato,

Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Estadio Olímpico, commonly referred to as Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba to disambiguate it from other stadiums of a similar name, is a multi-use stadium in Riobamba, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ...

Riobamba Riobamba (, full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: ''Rispampa'') is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is south of Ecuador's capital Quito and located at an eleva ...

and

Estadio La Cocha Estadio Municipal La Cocha is a multi-use stadium in Latacunga, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi of the Serie B de Ecuador, and of Club Social y D ...

for the Group A;

Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra (English: Ibarra Olympic Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Imbabura Sporting Club of the ...

in Ibarra for the Group B while the final stage took place at

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa () is a multi-purpose stadium in Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used primarily for association football, football matches and has a capacity of 35,724. Overview Built in 1951, it sits at the intersection of the Aveni ...

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

. However, on 5 January 2017, Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga was dropped as refurbishment work was not completed in time.

Match officials

The referees were:

Darío Herrera Darío Herrera (1870-1914) was a Panamanian Modernismo poet and diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the Euro ...

:Assistants: Diego Bonfá and Cristian Navarro

Gery Vargas Gery Anthony Vargas Carreño (born 12 March 1981) is a Bolivian football referee. Refereeing career Vargas began officiating in the Bolivian Primera División in 2008, refereeing his first match on 17 August 2008 between Jorge Wilstermann and ...

:Assistants: Juan Pablo Montaño and José Antelo Anderson Daronco :Assistants: Rodrigo Correa and Guilherme Dias Camilo Roberto Tobar :Assistants: Raúl Orellana and José Retamal Gustavo Murillo :Assistants: Humberto Clavijo and John Alexander León Carlos Orbe :Assistants: Juan Carlos Macías and Flavio Nall Mario Díaz de Vivar :Assistants: Milcíades Saldívar and Darío Gaona

Diego Haro Diego Mirko Haro Sueldo (born 18 December 1982) is a Peruvian football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2013. He was in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Haro notably handed out seven yellow cards in the first hal ...

:Assistants: Raúl López Cruz and Víctor Ráez Jonhatan Fuentes :Assistants: Richard Trinidad and Gabriel Popovits Jesús Valenzuela :Assistants: Jorge Urrego and Franchescoly Chacón

Draw

Originally, the draw was scheduled for 30 November 2016 in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

but had to be postponed due to crash of

LaMia Flight 2933 LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad a ...

that occurred on 28 November 2016. It was rescheduled to be held on 7 December 2016, 11:00 PYT ( UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War be ...

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. Ecuador (hosts) and Argentina (title holders) 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 2015 South American U-20 Championship (shown in brackets).

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, ECT ( UTC−5).

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

Winners

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Lautaro Martínez Lautaro Javier Martínez (born 22 August 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Inter Milan and the Argentina national team. Martínez began his football career in his native Argentina, where he made his ...

* Marcelo Torres * Bryan Cabezas *

Rodrigo Amaral Rodrigo Nahuel Amaral Pereira (born 25 March 1997) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bolivian Primera División club The Strongest. Prior to arriving at Racing, he was at Nacional, where he started his career, ...

;4 goals *

Felipe Vizeu Felipe dos Reis Pereira Vizeu do Carmo (born 12 March 1997), known as just Felipe Vizeu, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Goianiense. He has been a member of Brazil U20 team with 10 appearances. Car ...

Pervis Estupiñán Pervis Josué Estupiñán Tenorio (born 21 January 1998) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Ecuador national team. Club career Born in Esmeraldas, Estupiñán joined LDU ...

;3 goals * Éver Valencia *

Jordy Caicedo Jordy Josué Caicedo Medina (born 18 November 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Sivasspor, on loan from Tigres UANL. Club career As a child, Caicedo played football "in rich boy" neighborho ...

Nicolás de la Cruz Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

Nicolás Schiappacasse Nicolás Javier Schiappacasse Oliva (born 12 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Miramar Misiones. Club career River Plate Montevideo Born in Montevideo, Schiappacasse joined River Plate Montevideo' ...

Yeferson Soteldo Yeferson Julio Soteldo Martínez (; born 30 June 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Santos and the Venezuela national team. Mainly a left winger, he can also play as an attacking midfielder. Club career ...

;2 goals * Brian Mansilla * Guilherme Arana *

Richarlison Richarlison de Andrade (born 10 May 1997), known mononymously as Richarlison (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Tottenham Hotspur and the Brazil national team. He began his professional career with A ...

* Damir Ceter * Juan Camilo Hernández * Herlin Lino *

Pedro Báez Pedro Alberys Báez (born March 11, 1988) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros. Signed as an international free agent in ...

Jesús Medina Jesús Manuel Medina Maldonado (born 30 April 1997) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Russian club CSKA Moscow and the Paraguay national team. Club career Medina made his senior debut as a 15-year-old for Libertad on 7 Ju ...

* Roberto Siucho * Joaquín Ardaiz *

Ronaldo Chacón Ronaldo Daniel Chacón Zambrano (born 18 February 1998) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Venezuelan Primera División club Deportivo La Guaira. International career Chacón was called up to the Venezuela under-20 side for ...

* Yangel Herrera ;1 goal *

Tomás Conechny Tomás Conechny (born 30 March 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Club Almagro in the Primera Nacional. Club career San Lorenzo Born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Niño de Cobre began hi ...

* Lucas Rodríguez *

Bruno Miranda Bruno Miranda Villagomez (born 10 February 1998) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a striker for Royal Pari. Club career Miranda was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. As a teenager, he played his club football in Chile with the U ...

* Ronaldo Monteiro * Ramiro Vaca * Matheus Sávio *

Maycon Maycon is a given name, a Brazilian variant of the name Michael. It may refer to: * Maycon (footballer, born 1977) Andréia dos Santos known as ''Maycon'' (born April 30, 1977, in Lages, Santa Catarina) is a Brazilian women's association footb ...

* Ignacio Jara * José Luis Sierra * Jorge Obregón * Washington Corozo * Renny Jaramillo * Joel Quintero * Jordan Sierra * Sebastián Ferreira *

Cristhian Paredes Cristhian Fabián Paredes Maciel (born 18 May 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers. Career Sol de América He was formed in the Club Sol de América academy. While he was in ...

Rodrigo Bentancur Rodrigo Bentancur Colman (born 25 June 1997) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Tottenham Hotspur and the Uruguay national team. He started his career in the youth system of Argentine side Boca Juniors ...

* Mathías Olivera * Agustín Rogel *

Matías Viña Matías Nicolás Viña (born 9 November 1997) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth, on loan from Serie A club Roma, and the Uruguay national team. Club career Viña was sign ...

* Facundo Waller *

Sergio Córdova Sergio Duvan Córdova Lezama (born 9 August 1997), known as Sergio Córdova (), is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He also represents the Venezuela national tea ...

* Josua Mejías ;Own goal * Agustín Rogel (playing against Argentina)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

References

External links

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