South_American_Youth_Football_Championship

South American Youth Football Championship

South American Youth Football Championship

Football tournament

The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Spanish: Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or Portuguese: Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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History

The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela from 22 March to 13 April 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (12 times).[1]

Format

All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.

Results

Keys
  • 1954–75: U-19 teams
  • 1977–present: U-20 teams [1]
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Performances by countries

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Top goalscorers

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Source: RSSSF.[1]

Men's U-20 World Cup Performances of Qualified South American teams

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Julio Bovi Diogo, José Luis Pierrend, Juan Pablo Andrés and Martín Tabeira (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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