CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub20
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1954 (1954)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA U-20 World Cup
Current champion(s) Brazil (2023)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (12 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/sub20
2023 South American U-20 Championship

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.

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]
Ed. Year Host 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place Fourth place Teams
11954Venezuela Uruguay Brazil Venezuela Peru
9
21958Chile Uruguay Argentina Brazil Peru
6
31964Colombia Uruguay Paraguay Colombia Chile
7
41967Paraguay Argentina Paraguay Brazil Peru
9
51971Paraguay Paraguay Uruguay Argentina Peru
9
61974Chile Brazil Uruguay Paraguay Argentina
9
71975Peru Uruguay Chile Argentina Peru
6
81977Venezuela Uruguay Brazil Paraguay Chile
9
91979Uruguay Uruguay Argentina Paraguay Brazil
9
101981Ecuador Uruguay Brazil Argentina  Bolivia
9
111983Bolivia Brazil Uruguay Argentina Bolivia
10
121985Paraguay Brazil Paraguay  Colombia Uruguay
10
131987Colombia Colombia Brazil Argentina  Uruguay
9
141988Argentina Brazil Colombia Argentina Paraguay
11
151991Venezuela Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay
10
161992Colombia Brazil Uruguay Colombia Ecuador
8
171995Bolivia Brazil Argentina Chile Ecuador
9
181997Chile Argentina Brazil Paraguay  Uruguay
10
191999Argentina Argentina Uruguay Brazil Paraguay
10
202001Ecuador Brazil Argentina Paraguay Chile
10
212003Uruguay Argentina Brazil Paraguay Colombia
10
222005Colombia Colombia Brazil Argentina Chile
10
232007Paraguay Brazil Argentina Uruguay Chile
10
242009Venezuela Brazil Paraguay Uruguay  Venezuela
10
252011Peru Brazil Uruguay Argentina Ecuador
10
262013Argentina Colombia Paraguay Uruguay Chile
10
272015Uruguay Argentina Colombia Uruguay Brazil
10
282017Ecuador Uruguay Ecuador Venezuela Argentina
10
292019Chile Ecuador Argentina Uruguay  Colombia
10
302023Colombia Brazil Uruguay Colombia Ecuador
10

Performances by countries

Team Titles Runner-up Third place Fourth place
 Brazil 12
(1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023)
7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) 2 (1979, 2015)
 Uruguay 8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) 7 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023) 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) 3 (1985, 1987, 1997)
 Argentina 5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) 2 (1974, 2017)
 Colombia 3 (1987, 2005, 2013) 2 (1988, 2015) 4 (1964, 1985, 1992, 2023) 2 (2003, 2019)
 Paraguay 1 (1971) 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) 3 (1988, 1991, 1999)
 Ecuador 1 (2019) 1 (2017) 4 (1992, 1995, 2011, 2023)
 Chile 1 (1975) 1 (1995) 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)
 Venezuela 2 (1954, 2017) 1 (2009*)
 Peru 5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975)
 Bolivia 2 (1981, 1983*)

Top goalscorers

Competition Nation Player Number of goals
1954  Paraguay Juan Bautista Agüero 7
1958  Argentina Norberto Raffo 5
1964  Chile Jaime Bravo 5
1967  Argentina Carlos Garcia Cambon 3
1971  Uruguay Ricardo Islas 4
 Paraguay Cristóbal Maldonado
1974  Uruguay Hebert Revetria 8
1975  Uruguay Hebert Revetria 4
 Brazil Toninho Cerezo
1977  Uruguay Amaro Nadal (fr) 4
 Brazil Guinha
1979  Uruguay Arsenio Luzardo 4
1981  Uruguay Enzo Francescoli 5
 Brazil Lela
1983  Uruguay Carlos Aguilera 7
1985  Brazil Romário 4
1987  Argentina Alejandro Russo 4
1988  Brazil Assís 5
 Paraguay Ferreira
1991  Argentina Juan Esnáider 7
1992  Uruguay Fernando Correa 5
1995  Argentina Leonardo Biagini 4
1997  Brazil Adaílton 8
1999  Argentina Luciano Galletti 9
2001  Brazil Adriano 6
 Brazil Ewerthon
2003  Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi 8
2005  Colombia Hugo Rodallega 11
2007  Uruguay Edinson Cavani 7
2009  Paraguay Hernán Pérez 5
 Paraguay Robin Ramírez
 Uruguay Abel Hernández
 Brazil Walter
2011  Brazil Neymar 9
2013  Uruguay Nicolás López 6
2015  Argentina Giovanni Simeone 9
2017  Uruguay Rodrigo Amaral 5
 Ecuador Bryan Cabezas
 Argentina Lautaro Martínez
 Argentina Marcelo Torres
2019  Ecuador Leonardo Campana 6
2023  Brazil Vitor Roque 6
 Brazil Andrey Santos

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
TeamTunisia
1977
Japan
1979
Australia
1981
Mexico
1983
Soviet Union
1985
Chile
1987
Saudi Arabia
1989
Portugal
1991
Australia
1993
Qatar
1995
Malaysia
1997
Nigeria
1999
Argentina
2001
United Arab Emirates
2003
Netherlands
2005
Canada
2007
Egypt
2009
Colombia
2011
Turkey
2013
New Zealand
2015
South Korea
2017
Poland
2019
Argentina
2023
Chile
2025
Total
 Argentina1stR12ndQFR11st1stR21st4th1st1stQFR1R1R2R217
 Brazil3rdQF1st1stQF3rd2nd1st2ndQFQFQF1st3rdR22nd1st2ndQF19
 Chile4thR1R1R23rdQFQ7
 ColombiaQFR1QFR13rdR2QFR2R2QFQF11
 EcuadorR2R2R13rdR25
 ParaguayR1QFR1R1R24thR2R2R29
 Uruguay4th3rdQFQFR1QF2nd4thR2R2R12ndR24thR21st16
 VenezuelaR22nd2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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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