2013 South American U-15 Championship

The 2013 South American U-15 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Bolivia 2013) was the 6th edition of the South American U-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. It was held in Bolivia from 16 to 30 November 2023.[1][2]

2013 South American U-15 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Bolivia 2013
Tournament details
Host countryBolivia
Dates16–30 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Peru (1st title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored72 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Peru Luis Iberico (7 goals)
2011
2015

The tournament acted as South American qualifying for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The champion team qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament in Nanjing, China as the CONMEBOL representative.[3]

Brazil were the defending champions, but they failed to defend the title after being eliminated in the group stage.

Peru won their first South American U-15 title by defeating Colombia 1–0 in the final, and qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics boys' football tournament. Argentina finished in third place after beating Chile in the third-place play-off.

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
  Argentina 6th Runners-up (2005)
  Bolivia (hosts) 6th Fourth place (2005)
  Brazil (holders) 6th Champions (2005, 2007, 2011)
  Chile 6th Fourth place (2007)
  Colombia 6th Runners-up (2004, 2011)
  Ecuador 6th Third place (2009)
  Paraguay 6th Champions (2004, 2009)
  Peru 6th None
  Uruguay 6th Runners-up (2007)
  Venezuela 6th None

Squads

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Each team was required to register a squad of 22 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 6.2). Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Article 6.7).[3]

Venues

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Montero
Location of host cities.
Estadio Gilberto Parada
Capacity: 15,000
Santa Cruz
Estadio Ramón Aguilera
Capacity: 42,000
 
Tarija
Estadio IV Centenario
Capacity: 15,000

Bolivia was named host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 20 December 2012 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[1][4] It was the third time that Bolivia hosted the tournament, having previously done so in 2005 and 2009.[5]

Four cities were candidates to host the competition: Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Tarija and Sucre.[6] In May 2013, Santa Cruz and Tarija were announced as the host cities,[7] and Montero was added as an extra venue days before the start of the tournament.[8]

Draw

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The draw for the groups composition was held on 20 September 2023, 10:00 BOT (UTC−4), at the Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano headquarters in Santa Cruz.[9][10] The hosts Bolivia and defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B, respectively, and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were drawn to one of the two groups.[11]

The draw event was hosted by the president of the Bolivian Football Federation Carlos Chávez and was attended by CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo.[10] After the draw, the groups were formed as follows:[2][12]

Group A
Pos Team
A1   Bolivia
A2   Argentina
A3   Paraguay
A4   Ecuador
A5   Peru
Group B
Pos Team
B1   Brazil
B2   Venezuela
B3   Uruguay
B4   Colombia
B5   Chile

Match officials

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On 23 October 2013, CONMEBOL announced the match officials appointed for the tournament, being selected one referee and one assistant referee from each member association.[13][14]

First stage

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The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria:[3]

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All kick-off times are local, BOT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[15][8]

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Peru 4 3 1 0 11 5 +6 10
  Argentina 4 3 1 0 11 7 +4 10
  Paraguay 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
  Ecuador 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 11 2 −9 0
Argentina  2–1  Ecuador
Vietto   7', 90+1' Report Vivero   28'
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Bolivia  0–3  Paraguay
Report Aranda   65'
Colmán   67'
Díaz   68'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Paraguay  1–2  Peru
Frachi   74' Report Mendieta   20'
Guivin   68'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Bolivia  1–2  Argentina
Miranda   72' Report Fernández   4'
Pardo   13'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Paraguay  1–1  Ecuador
Villaba   21' Report Montaño   55'
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Bolivia  0–3  Peru
Report Iberico   42', 53'
Mendieta   65'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Ecuador  0–2  Peru
Report Iberico   8'
Canela   27'
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Argentina  3–1  Paraguay
Roskopf   39', 90+2'
Vietto   27'
Report Villalba   51'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina  4–4  Peru
Conechny   6', 14'
Roskopf   70'
Ramos   78'
Report Arakaki   11', 32'
Iberico  17', 88'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Bolivia  1–3  Ecuador
Miranda   53' Report Vivero   30'
Jaramillo   65'
Tello   90+2'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Colombia 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10
  Chile 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
  Brazil 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5
  Uruguay 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
  Venezuela 4 0 0 4 4 14 −10 0
Venezuela  2–4  Colombia
Trujillo   70'
Herrera   80'
Report Cetré   13', 67'
Bolaños   25', 68'

Brazil  0–0  Uruguay
Report

Uruguay  2–2  Chile
Rossi   2', 38' Report Pinto   9'
Álvarez   22'
Referee: Miguel Santivañez (Peru)

Brazil  3–0  Venezuela
Evander   18', 31', 33' Report

Uruguay  0–1  Colombia
Report Bolaños   90+1'

Brazil  0–1  Chile
Report Pinto   63'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Colombia  3–0  Chile
Bolaños   33'
Mosquera   70'
Cuéllar   90+1'
Report

Venezuela  2–4  Uruguay
Farisato   15'
Herrera   79'
Report Ramírez   20', 90+4'
Rossi   84'
Valverde   90+2'

Venezuela  0–3  Chile
Report Reyes   11'
Salas   21'
Fernandois   35'
Referee: Miguel Santivañez (Peru)

Brazil  1–1  Colombia
Miullen   69' Report Mosquera   24'

Final stage

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In the final stage, if a match was tied after regular time (90 minutes), extra time would not be played and the match would be directly decided by a penalty shoot-out.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November - Santa Cruz
 
 
  Peru 2
 
30 November - Santa Cruz
 
  Chile 0
 
  Peru1
 
28 November - Santa Cruz
 
  Colombia0
 
  Colombia 2
 
 
  Argentina 0
 
Third place
 
 
30 November - Santa Cruz
 
 
  Chile1
 
 
  Argentina2

Semi-finals

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Colombia  2–0  Argentina
Bolaños   9'
Lucumí   54'
Report

Peru  2–0  Chile
Iberico   11'
Arakaki   64'
Report
Referee: Mario Diaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Third place

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Chile  1–2  Argentina
Álvarez   41' Report Vietto   5'
Roskopf   37'

Final

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Peru  1–0  Colombia
Iberico   83' Report
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)


 2013 South American Under-15 Football champions 
 
Peru
First title

Goalscorers

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Peru's forward Luis Iberico receiving the top scorer award.

There were 72 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ a b "Importantes novedades en Conmebol" (in Spanish). JBC de Piriápolis. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The U-15 Sudamericano is all set to go". CONMEBOL. 20 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Bolivia 2013 – Reglamento del Torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ^ "El campeonato sudamericano sub 15 será en Bolivia" [The 2013 South American Under-15 Football Championship will be taken place in Bolivia] (in Spanish). Futbol de Bolivia. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Tarija y Santa Cruz, sedes del Sudamericano Sub-15" [Tarija and Santa Cruz, venues of the South American U-15 Championship]. www.gol.com.bo (in Spanish). 18 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ Caero, Gabriel (17 April 2013). "Cuatro ciudades aspiran a ser sedes" [Four cities aspire to host the event] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Juventud y destreza" [Youth and skill] (in Spanish). El Diario. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Montero, another venue for the U-15 Sudamericano". CONMEBOL. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Sudamericano sub-15 de fútbol: La preselección entrenará en Tarija". www.gol.com.bo (in Spanish). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b "El presidente Figueredo Aguerre viaja a Bolivia para el Sub-15" [President Figueredo Aguerre travels to Bolivia for the U-15] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Sudamericano Sub 15: Bolivia debuta frente a Paraguay" [South American Under 15: Bolivia debuts against Paraguay] (in Spanish). El Sajama. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Se sorteó los grupos para el inicio del Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 15" [The groups for the start of the South American Under 15 Championship have been drawn] (in Spanish). Santa Cruz: Agencia de Noticias Fides. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  13. ^ "La CONMEBOL convoca a árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-15" [CONMEBOL calls referees for the South American U-15 Championship] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  14. ^ Figueroa Britez, Francisco (23 October 2013). "Convocatoria de Arbitros" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  15. ^ Figueroa Britez, Francisco (20 September 2013). "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Calendario de Partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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