U-20 South American Football Championship

This article describes the Men's U-20 South American Football Championship ; For the women's competition, see the Women's U-20 South American Football Championship .

U-20 South American Football Championship
Association	CONMEBOL
First edition	1954
Teams	10
Game mode	League system (preliminary and final round)
Title holder	Ecuador (1st title)
Record winner	Brazil (11 wins)
Website	www.conmebol.com
Qualification for	U-20 soccer world championship Olympic soccer tournament

The U-20 South American Football Championship ( Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ), also Juventud de America , is a football competition between the national teams of South America for male football players under the age of 20. It is the oldest junior tournament and has been held since 1954, but initially only took place at irregular intervals. Since the U-20 World Cup was introduced in 1977, it has also served as a qualification for the Junior (U-20) World Cup, with the four best-placed teams qualifying. Since then, the tournament has been held every two years. Since 2007, the tournament has also been used every four years as a qualifying tournament for the men's Olympic football tournament . The two teams placed first qualify and then take part in the Olympic Games as U-23 selections supplemented by three older players.

As with the other South American continental tournaments, there is no qualification.

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Game for third place
		winner	Result	Second place	third place	Result	fourth place
1954 details	Venezuela	Uruguay	(League system)	Brazil	Venezuela	(League system)	Peru
1958 details	Chile	Uruguay	(League system)	Argentina	Brazil	(League system)	Peru
1964 details	Colombia	Uruguay	(League system)	Paraguay	Colombia	(League system)	Chile
1967 details	Paraguay	Argentina	1 2: 2 1	Paraguay	not carried out
1971 details	Paraguay	Paraguay	2 1: 1 2	Uruguay	not carried out
1974 details	Chile	Brazil	2: 1	Uruguay	Paraguay	1-0	Argentina
1975 details	Peru	Uruguay	(League system) Playoff 31: 1 (3: 1 in good condition ) 3	Chile	Argentina	(League system)	Peru

since 1977 the tournament has been played in the league system
year	host	Final stands
		winner	Second place	third place	fourth place
1977 details	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Chile
1979 details	Uruguay	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil
1981 details	Ecuador	Uruguay	Brazil	Argentina	Bolivia
1983 details	Bolivia	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Bolivia
1985 details	Paraguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia	Uruguay
1987 details	Colombia	Colombia	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay
1988 details	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Paraguay
1991 details	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Paraguay
1992 details	Colombia	Brazil	Uruguay	Colombia	Ecuador
1995 details	Bolivia	Brazil	Argentina	Chile	Ecuador
1997 details	Chile	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
1999 details	Argentina	Argentina	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay
2001 details	Ecuador	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Chile
2003 details	Uruguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia
2005 details	Colombia	Colombia	Brazil	Argentina	Chile
2007 details	Paraguay	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Chile
2009 details	Venezuela	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Venezuela
2011 details	Peru	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Ecuador
2013 details	Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay	Uruguay	Chile
2015 details	Uruguay	Argentina	Colombia	Uruguay	Brazil
2017 details	Ecuador	Uruguay	Ecuador	Venezuela	Argentina
2019 details	Chile	Ecuador	Argentina	Uruguay	Colombia

¹ Argentina won by drawing lots.
² Paraguay won because of the better goal difference in the semi-finals.
³ Play-off game, as both teams finished the tournament with the same number of points and goals / conceded goals

Ranking list

after 28 tournaments

rank	country	winner	Second	Third party *	Fourth *
1	Brazil	11	7th	2	2
2	Uruguay	8th	6th	6th	3
3	Argentina	5	7th	7th	2
4th	Colombia	3	2	3	2
5	Paraguay	1	5	6th	3
6th	Ecuador	1	1		3
7th	Chile		1	1	6th
8th	Venezuela			2	1
9	Peru				3
10	Bolivia				2

* In 1967 and 1971 the games for 3rd place were not played.

Web links

• Details on rsssf.com (English)