The 2013 South American U-15 Championship () was the 6th edition of the

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, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in

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from 16 to 30 November 2023. The tournament acted as South American qualifying for the

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. The champion team qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament in

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as the CONMEBOL representative.

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were the defending champions, but they failed to defend the title after being eliminated in the group stage.

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won their first South American U-15 title by defeating

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1–0 in the final, and qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament.

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finished in third place after beating

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in the third-place play-off.

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Squads

Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 6.2). Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Article 6.7).

Venues

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. It was the third time that Bolivia hosted the tournament, having previously done so in

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. Four cities were candidates to host the competition: Santa Cruz,

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and

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. In May 2013, Santa Cruz and Tarija were announced as the host cities, and Montero was added as an extra venue days before the start of the tournament.

Draw

The draw for the groups composition was held on 20 September 2023, 10:00

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( UTC−4), at the Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano headquarters in Santa Cruz. The hosts Bolivia and 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 drawn to one of the two groups. The draw event was hosted by the president of the

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and was attended by CONMEBOL president

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. After the draw, the groups were formed as follows:

Match officials

On 23 October 2013, CONMEBOL announced the match officials appointed for the tournament, being selected one referee and one assistant referee from each member association.

First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage. If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria: # superior goal difference in all matches # greater number of goals scored in all group matches # better result in matches between tied teams # drawing of lots All kick-off times are local,

( UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was tied after regular time (90 minutes),

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would not be played and the match would be directly decided by a

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Semi-finals

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Third place

Final

Goalscorers

References

External links

Futbol de Bolivia official websiteCONMEBOL
{{South American Under-15 Football Championship South American Under-15 Football Championship U-15 Championship 2013–14 in Bolivian football International association football competitions hosted by Bolivia