2013_South_American_Youth_Football_Championship
2013 South American Youth Football Championship
International football competition
The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Argentina 2013) was an association football competition for national under-20 teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Argentina from 9 January to 3 February 2013 and was won by Colombia, with Paraguay as runners-up.
| Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Argentina |
| Dates | 9 January – 3 February |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Colombia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Paraguay |
| Third place |  Uruguay |
| Fourth place |  Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 100 (2.86 per match) |
| Attendance | 89,500 (2,557 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nicolás López (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Juan Fernando Quintero |
← 2011 2015 → | |
Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, which were the first four teams of this tournament qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.
Argentina was chosen as host country at a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee on 18 March 2011 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. At the meeting, it was decided to make Argentina the host nation for both the South American Under-20 and Under-17 tournaments in 2013.[1]
A total of two cities hosted the tournament.
| Mendoza | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | |
| Capacity: 40,268 | |
| San Juan | |
| Estadio del Bicentenario | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | |
The referees were:
Patricio Loustau
- Assistant: Diego Bonfá
Raúl Orosco
- Assistant: Wilson Arellano
Sandro Ricci
- Assistant: Marcelo Van Gasse
Julio Bascuñán
- Assistant: Carlos Astroza
José Hernando Buitrago
- Assistant: Wilmar Navarro
Carlos Vera
- Assistant: Byron Romero
Enrique Cáceres
- Assistant: Darío Gaona
Víctor Hugo Carrillo
- Assistant: Raúl López
Daniel Fedorczuk
- Assistant: Nicolás Tarán
Marlon Escalante
- Assistant: Carlos López
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:
- superior goal difference in all matches
- greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- better result in matches between the tied teams
- drawing of lots
All match times are in local Argentine time (UTC−03:00).
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 |
| Colombia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Paraguay |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
 Argentina |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
 Bolivia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peru |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| Uruguay |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 |
 Ecuador |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Venezuela |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
 Brazil |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.[2]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 12 |
| Paraguay |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| Uruguay |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 |
| Chile |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| Peru |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
| Ecuador |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
| 2013 South American Youth Football champions |
|---|
 Colombia Third title |
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Agustín Allione
- Juan Iturbe
- Lucas Melano
- Alan Ruiz
- Danny Bejarano
- Felipe Anderson
- Fred
- Marcos Júnior
- Alejandro Contreras
- Claudio Baeza
- Diego Rojas
- Diego Rubio
- Felipe Mora
- Igor Lichnovsky
- Nicolás Maturana
- Bryan Rabello
- Brayan Perea
- Jherson Vergara Amú
- Carlos Armando Grueso
- José Francisco Cevallos
- Rodrigo Alborno
- Ángel Cardozo
- Cecilio Domínguez
- Gustavo Gómez
- Jorge Rojas
- Jean Deza
- Miguel Araujo
- Edwuin Gómez
- Andy Polo
- Rodrigo Aguirre
- Diego Laxalt
- Rubén Bentancourt
- Mauricio Formiliano
- Juan Pablo Añor
- Own goal
- Luis León (for Brazil)
- "Argentina will host the South American U-20 and U-17 Tournaments in 2013". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
- "Acta no 05/2012" (pdf). conmebol.com. p. 6. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- Tournament at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)