The 2007

South American Youth 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 ...

(Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in

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 ...

between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of

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 ...

. This was the fourth time Paraguay hosted the competition. Brazil finished undefeated and won their ninth title, beating rivals Argentina in the final.

Format

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).

Squads

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see

2007 South American Youth Championship squads Below are the rosters for the 2007 South American Youth Championship tournament in Paraguay. Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level. Argentina Coach: Hugo Tocalli Bolivia Coach: Óscar Villegas Brazil Coach ...

. The following teams entered the tournament: * * * * * * * * (host) * *

First group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Final group

Fixtures

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Winners

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing

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Topscorers

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Notes

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and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

were looking to finish in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Youth Championship, a competition which the two sides have thoroughly dominated, having won 9 of the 16 World Youth titles between them. *The hosts

were also hoping to do well, they had finished in the top two every time they have hosted the event before, but they had a disappointing campaign, finishing fifth, missing out on a place in the World Youth Championship altogether. *

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were the defending champions and the only team other than Brazil, Argentina and

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to have won the tournament on more than one occasion. *

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were looking to qualify for the world Youth Championship, they managed to qualify in 2005 with only 5 points from 5 games, this time around they qualified with 6 points from 5 games. *The club teams that contributed the most players to the tournament are: **8:

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*Only two clubs from outside South America contributed more than one player to the tournament: **2:

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International association football competitions hosted by Paraguay 2007 in youth association football