2011 U-20 South American Football Championship

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2011 U-20 South American Football Championship
Number of nations 10
South American champions BrazilBrazil Brazil (11th title)
venue PeruPeru Peru
Opening game January 16
Tournament end February 12th
Games 35
Gates 94  (⌀: 2.69 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Neymar
Best player ColombiaColombia Pedro Franco

The 2011 U-20 South American Football Championship took place in Peru from January 16, 2011 to February 6, 2011 .

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

The game was played in two groups, followed by a final phase, also in group mode. Brazil emerged victorious from the event . Places two to four went to the national teams from Uruguay , Argentina and Ecuador . The top scorer of the tournament was Brazilian Neymar with nine goals.

An overview of the venues

Venues

Arequipa Moquegua Tacna
Estadio Monumental de la UNSA Estadio 25 de Noviembre Estadio Jorge Basadre
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 19,850
Tacna estadio jorge basadre.jpg

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Argentina  4th  3  1  0 008: 400  +4 10
 2. Chile  4th  2  0  2 006: 800  −2 06th
 3. Uruguay  4th  1  1  2 006: 500  +1 04th
 4th Peru  4th  1  1  2 004: 500  −1 04th
 5. Venezuela  4th  0  3  1 004: 600  −2 03

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Brazil  4th  3  1  0 009: 400  +5 10
 2. Ecuador  4th  2  1  1 005: 300  +2 07th
 3. Colombia  4th  1  2  1 007: 800  −1 05
 4th Paraguay  4th  1  1  2 006: 800  −2 04th
 5. Bolivia  4th  0  1  3 003: 700  −4 01

Final round

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Brazil  5  4th  0  1 015: 300 +12 12
 2. Uruguay  5  3  1  1 004: 700  −3 10
 3. Argentina  5  3  0  2 007: 500  +2 09
 4th Ecuador  5  2  2  1 003: 200  +1 08th
 5. Chile  5  1  0  4th 006:110  −5 03
 6th Colombia  5  0  1  4th 001: 800  −7 01
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympics : Brazil and Uruguay
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup only: Argentina and Ecuador

Annotation:

  1. ↑ Colombia was qualified to host the World Cup anyway.

List of goalscorers

Top scorer Neymar from Brazil
Pl. Nat. player society Gates
1 BrazilBrazil Neymar FC Santos 9
2 ArgentinaArgentina Facundo Ferreyra CA Banfield 4th
BrazilBrazil Lucas Sao Paulo FC
ColombiaColombia Edwin Cardona Atlético Nacional
EcuadorEcuador Edson Montaño KAA Gent
6th ArgentinaArgentina Juan Iturbe FC Porto 3
BrazilBrazil Casemiro Sao Paulo FC
BrazilBrazil Willian CD Maldonado
BoliviaBolivia Darwin Ríos Club Deportivo Guabirá
ChileChile Bryan Carrasco Audax Italiano
ChileChile Felipe Gallegos CF Universidad de Chile
UruguayUruguay Adrián Luna Defensor Sporting Club

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