The 2019 South American U-17 Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Peru 2019) was the 18th edition of the

South American U-17 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 (no ...

, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

from 21 March to 14 April 2019. The top four teams, champions

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, which won their fourth title,

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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 ...

, and

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 ...

, qualified for the

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was ...

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as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides

who qualified automatically as hosts replacing

, despite failing to qualify out of the first stage as defending champions for the first time.

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

was confirmed as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 22 January 2019 in

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. All games were scheduled to be played in Lima at the

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Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team can register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 February 2019, 12:00

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( UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in

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. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The host Peru 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

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(shown in brackets).

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were: * Fernando Espinoza **Assistants: Maximiliano Del Yesso and Pablo González *

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**Assistants: Reluy Vallejos and Ariel Guizada * Rodolpho Toski **Assistants: Fabricio Vilarinho and Guilherme Dias Camilo *

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**Assistants: Alejandro Molina and Claudio Urrutia *

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**Assistants: Sebastián Vela and John Gallego * Luis Quiroz **Assistants: Edwin Bravo and Flavio Nall *

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**Assistants: Rodney Aquino and Carlos Cáceres * Kevin Ortega **Assistants: Coty Carrera and Jesús Sánchez * Andrés Matonte **Assistants: Horacio Ferreiro and Martín Soppi *

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**Assistants: Lubin Torrealba and Alberto Ponte ;Support Referees * Juan Nelio García (Final stage) * Bráulio da Silva Machado (Final stage) *

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(Final stage) * Franklin Congo (First stage) * Derlis López (First stage) *

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(Final stage)

First stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the final stage. All times local,

( UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

The schedule of the final matchday was modified based on which teams were possible to be champions. ---- ---- ---- ----

Winners

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the

, including Brazil who qualified automatically as host. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

Sudamericano Sub 17 Perú 2019
, Official Web
Sudamericano Sub 17 Perú 2019
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South American U-17 Championship 2019

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