2005 South American U-17 Championship

The 2005 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition for U-17 national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was the 11th time the tournament was held. It was played in Venezuela from 1 to 17 April 2005.

2005 South American Under 17 Football Championship
2005 Sudamericano Sub-17
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates1–17 April
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored107 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Kerlon (8 goals)
2003
2007

The host city of the competition was Maracaibo, which was chosen in April 2004.[1]

Squads edit

First round edit

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

Group A edit

Team Pts PLD W D L GF GA
  Brazil 9 4 3 0 1 18 7
  Ecuador 9 4 3 0 1 12 8
  Paraguay 9 4 3 0 1 12 8
  Bolivia 3 4 1 0 3 8 14
  Venezuela 0 4 0 0 4 5 18
`1 April 2005 Venezuela 1-3 Paraguay
1 April 2005 Bolivia 2–4 Brazil

3 April 2005 Venezuela 2–3 Bolivia
3 April 2005 Paraguay 1–3 Ecuador

5 April 2005 Paraguay 5–2 Bolivia
5 April 2005 Brazil 5–1 Ecuador

7 April 2005 Venezuela 1–7 Brazil
7 April 2005 Bolivia 1–3 Ecuador

9 April 2005 Venezuela 1–5 Ecuador
9 April 2005 Paraguay 3–2 Brazil

Group B edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Uruguay 9 4 3 0 1 8 1
  Colombia 7 4 2 1 1 4 2
  Chile 6 4 2 0 2 6 7
  Argentina 4 4 1 1 2 6 7
  Peru 3 4 1 0 3 5 12
2 April 2005
Colombia 0:1 Chile Maracaibo
Uruguay 1:0 Argentina Maracaibo
4 April 2005
Chile 3:0 Peru Maracaibo
Colombia 1:0 Uruguay Maracaibo
6 April 2005
Peru 1:3 Colombia Maracaibo
Chile 2:3 Argentina Maracaibo
8 April 2005
Argentina 0:0 Colombia Maracaibo
Uruguay 3:0 Peru Maracaibo
10 April 2005
Uruguay 4:0 Chile Maracaibo
Argentina 3:4 Peru Maracaibo

Final round edit

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

Equipo Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Brazil 7 3 2 1 0 9 4
  Uruguay 7 3 2 1 0 7 4
  Ecuador 3 3 1 0 2 5 9
  Colombia 0 3 0 0 3 2 6
13 April 2005
Uruguay 4:2 Ecuador Maracaibo
Brazil 3:1 Colombia Maracaibo
15 April 2005
Uruguay 1:0 Colombia Maracaibo
Brazil 4:1 Ecuador Maracaibo
17 April 2005
Ecuador 2:1 Colombia Maracaibo
Brazil 2:2 Uruguay Maracaibo


 2005 South American Under-17 Football champions 
 
Brazil
7th title

Top goalscorers edit

Nation Player Goals
  Kerlon 8
  Elías Figueroa 6
  Anderson 5
  Javier Acuña 5
  Ramón 5

References edit

  1. ^ "Maracaibo fue la elegida". ESPN (in Spanish). 20 April 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2024.