The 2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Peru from 2 to 18 March 2001.

The host of the competition was the city of Arequipa.

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the final round.

Group A

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	6	4
Venezuela	7	4	2	1	1	9	10
Uruguay	6	4	2	0	2	8	7
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	8	8
Ecuador	4	4	1	1	2	6	8

2 March 2001
Uruguay	2–3	Venezuela	Arequipa
Perú	1–1	Argentina	Arequipa
4 March 2001
Argentina	2–0	Ecuador	Arequipa
Perú	1–2	Uruguay	Arequipa
6 March 2001
Argentina	2–1	Uruguay	Arequipa
Venezuela	2–2	Ecuador	Arequipa
8 March 2001
Uruguay	3–1	Ecuador	Arequipa
Venezuela	2–5	Perú	Arequipa
10 March 2001
Argentina	1–2	Venezuela	Arequipa
Perú	1–3	Ecuador	Arequipa

Group B

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Brazil	8	4	2	2	0	13	5
Paraguay	8	4	2	2	0	12	8
Colombia	7	4	2	1	1	7	7
Bolivia	3	4	1	0	3	7	15
Chile	1	4	0	1	3	9	13

3 March 2001
Brazil	4–0	Colombia	Arequipa
Chile	3–5	Bolivia	Arequipa
5 March 2001
Bolivia	1–4	Paraguay	Arequipa
Chile	3–3	Brazil	Arequipa
7 March 2001
Paraguay	4–3	Chile	Arequipa
Bolivia	1–4	Colombia	Arequipa
9 March 2001
Colombia	1–0	Chile	Arequipa
Brazil	2–2	Paraguay	Arequipa
11 March 2001
Colombia	2–2	Paraguay	Arequipa
Brazil	4–0	Bolivia	Arequipa

Final round

The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.

Team	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	PP	GF	GC
Brazil	7	3	2	1	0	5	0
Argentina	6	3	2	0	1	6	4
Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	3	4
Venezuela	1	3	0	1	2	1	7

• Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay qualify to 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.^[1]

2001 South American Under-17 Football champions
Brazil 6th title

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Aldo Jara	6

References