U-17 South American Football Championship
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| Association | CONMEBOL |
| First edition | 1985 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Game mode | League system (preliminary round with 2 groups of 5 teams and final round with 6 teams) |
| Title holder |
 Argentina (4th title)
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| Record winner |
 Brazil (12 tracks)
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| Website | www.conmebol.com |
| Qualification for | U-17 soccer world championship |
The U-17 South American Football Championship ( Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 ; Portuguese Sul-Americano Sub 17 ) is a football competition between the national teams of South America for male football players under the age of 17 and also serves as a qualification tournament for the U-17 football team. World Championship. It was first played in 1985 on the occasion of the U-16 soccer world championship in 1985 and has been held every two years since 1991. After FIFA raised the age limit from 16 to 17 for the 1991 World Cup, CONMEBOL followed suit.
mode
Currently, the 10 CONMEBOL members initially compete in two groups of 5 teams, each playing against each other. The best three teams qualify for the 2nd round in which everyone plays against everyone again. In contrast to this, the two best teams in the first group phase met immediately in the final in 2009, while the second and third placed teams played out places 3 to 6 in a further group phase. Until 2005, only the two best teams in each group qualified for the 2nd group phase, although in 1999 the 2nd round was played in the knockout system.
Since 2007, when the field of participants in the World Cup was increased to 24, the four best teams have qualified for the U-17 World Cup. Previously it was the three best teams or the two best if the World Cup host was a South American team and thus automatically qualified.
The tournaments at a glance
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Ranking list
After 18 tournaments
| rank | country | winner | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brazil
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12 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Argentina
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4th | 6th | 4th | 2 |
| 3 |
 Colombia
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Bolivia
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1 | |||
| 5 |
 Uruguay
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3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6th |
 Chile
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2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7th |
 Paraguay
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1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 8th |
 Venezuela
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1 | 1 | ||
| 9 |
 Ecuador
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4th | 2 | ||
| 10 |
 Peru
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1 |
Web links
- Details on rsssf.com (English)