2003 U-20 South American Football Championship
The XXI. The 2003 U-20 South American Football Championship took place in Uruguay from January 4, 2003 to January 28, 2003 .
The matches to determine the tournament winner were held in the cities of Montevideo , Maldonado and Colonia . Paysandú may also have served as an alternative venue. The game was played in two groups, followed by a final phase, also in group mode. The national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile , Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru , Uruguay and Venezuela took part in the tournament. Argentina emerged victorious from the event . The national teams from Brazil , Paraguay and Colombia occupied places two to four . The tournament's top scorer was Fernando Cavenaghi from Argentina with eight goals.
The squad of the winning team coached by Hugo Tocalli consisted of the following players:
Gustavo Eberto (Boca Juniors), Gonzalo Rodríguez (San Lorenzo), Marcos Charras (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria), Mauricio Romero (Lanús), Javier Mascherano (River Plate), Javier Pinola (Atlético Madrid), Maxi López (River Plate), Pablo Zabaleta (San Lorenzo), Fernando Cavenaghi (River Plate), Carlos Tévez (Boca Juniors), Marcelo Carrusca (Estudiantes La Plata), Lucas Molina (Independiente), Walter García (San Lorenzo), Joel Barbosa (Boca Juniors), Fernando Belluschi (Newell's Old Boys), Patricio Pérez (Vélez Sársfield), Emanuel Rivas (Independiente), Leonardo Pisculichi (Argentinos Juniors), Hugo Colace (Argentinos Juniors) and Jonás Gutiérrez (Vélez Sársfield).
Web links
- XXI Sudamericano Juvenil 2003 (Uruguay) on rsssf.com
Individual evidence
- ^ South American Youth Championships on rsssf.com, accessed May 9, 2013
- ↑ Argentina irá por su quinta corona Sudamericana Sub 20 (Spanish) at www.afa.org.ar, accessed on May 11, 2013