1981 U-20 South American Football Championship

The 10th U-20 South American Football Championship 1981 took place from February 15, 1981 to March 8, 1981 in Ecuador .

The matches to determine the tournament winner were held in the cities of Guayaquil and Quito . The national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela took part in the tournament.

The game was played in two groups, followed by a final phase, also in group mode. Uruguay emerged victorious from the event . Places two to four went to the national teams from Brazil , Argentina and Bolivia . The first three teams qualified for the 1981 World Youth Championship in Australia . Argentina had to take the detour via qualifying against the winner of the Oceania group.

The tournament's top scorer was Enzo Francescoli from Uruguay and Lela from Brazil , each with five goals.

The squad of the winning team, trained by Aníbal Gutiérrez Ponce , consisted of the following players:

Santiago Ostolaza , Carlos Vázquez (Bella Vista), José Batista (Cerro), Carlos Berrueta , Javier Zeoli (both Danubio), Jorge Da Silva (Defensor), Jorge Ananía (Fénix), Gustavo Ancheta (Miramar), Jorge Villazán (Nacional) , Nelson Gutiérrez , Alexis Noble (both Peñarol), Pedro Pedrucci (Progreso), Adolfo Barán (Rentistas), Eduardo Linaris (also known as Carlos Linaris ), Javier López Báez (both River Plate), Enzo Francescoli , Carlos Melián (both Wanderers ) and César Calero ( OFI )

Web links

X Sudamericano Juvenil 1981 (Ecuador) on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

^ South American Youth Championships on rsssf.com, accessed May 9, 2013
↑ Juventud de América (Spanish) in La República of December 30, 2002, accessed on May 12, 2013
↑ Juveniles, cuando campeonar era costumbre ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, January 6, 2013, accessed May 10, 2013 @1@ 2

[1] South American Youth Championships on rsssf.com, accessed May 9, 2013

[2] Juventud de América (Spanish) in La República of December 30, 2002, accessed on May 12, 2013

[3] Juveniles, cuando campeonar era costumbre ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El Observador, January 6, 2013, accessed May 10, 2013 @1@ 2