2015 South American U-17 Championship

The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 17 and below. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 29 March 2015.[2][3]

2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Paraguay 2015
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates4–29 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored116 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leandrinho
(8 goals)
Fair play award Ecuador[1]
2013
2017

This tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[4] The top four teams, tournament champions Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and hosts Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Chile who automatically qualified as hosts of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Argentina (holders) 16th Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
  Bolivia 16th Champions (1 time, 1986)
  Brazil 16th Champions (10 times, most recent 2011)
  Chile 16th Runners-up (1 time, 1993)
  Colombia 16th Champions (1 time, 1993)
  Ecuador 15th Third place (3 times, most recent 2005)
  Paraguay (hosts) 15th Runners-up (1 time, 1999)
  Peru 16th Fourth place (1 time, 2007)
  Uruguay 16th Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
  Venezuela 16th Runners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

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Paraguay was named as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress.[5] A total of three venues were chosen to host the matches: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz in Asunción, Estadio Deportivo Capiatá in Capiatá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque.[3]

Asunción
Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Capacity: 10,000
 
Capiatá
Estadio Deportivo Capiatá
Capacity: 8,000
 
Luque
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 24,000

Match officials

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On 10 February 2015, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistants referees summoned for the tournament.[6][7] The assistants Ariel Scime (Argentina), Cleriston Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Changala (Uruguay) and Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) were replaced by Cristian Navarro, Bruno Boschilia, Gabriel Popovits and Luis Murillo respectively. [citation needed]

Squads

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Each team may register a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

Draw

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The draw was held on 24 October 2014, 10:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[8][9] The ten teams involved were settled in five "pairing pots" (Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) to be drawn into two groups of five. Initially Argentina and Brazil were announced as seeded teams,[10] however, Paraguay (as hosts) and Uruguay were finally the teams seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining teams, including Argentina and Brazil, were drawn to determine their group as well as their position within it.[11]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The draw results were as follows:[9]

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

First stage

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The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:[4]

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

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3).[12][13][14]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Paraguay (H) 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 Advance to Final stage
2   Brazil 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3   Colombia 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
4   Venezuela 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
5   Peru 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay  3–2  Venezuela
Díaz   24'
S. Ferreira   42', 51'
Report Chacón   76'
Yendis   83'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil  3–2  Colombia
Leandrinho   50'
Evander   65'
Andrey   73'
Report Bolaños   45+1' (pen.)
Ariza   74'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Venezuela  2–2  Peru
Farisato   14'
Chacón   54'
Report Iberico   59', 60'
Paraguay  2–2  Brazil
Díaz   68'
Morel   80'
Report Leandrinho   32'
Kléber   53'

Colombia  4–2  Peru
Bolaños   10'
Valdeblánquez   35'
D. Pérez   47' (pen.)
Cuesta   50'
Report Iberico   40' (pen.), 69'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil  2–3  Venezuela
Lincoln   16'
Adryelson   23'
Report Herrera   53' (pen.)
Chacón   75'
Zé Marcos   82' (o.g.)

Paraguay  2–0  Peru
R. Ferreira   20'
S. Ferreira   81'
Report
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Brazil  3–0  Peru
Leandrinho   59', 63', 82' Report
Paraguay  1–1  Colombia
Valiente   9' Report Ariza   58' (pen.)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Uruguay 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 12 Advance to Final stage
2   Ecuador 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 9
3   Argentina 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
4   Bolivia 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
5   Chile 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina  1–2  Ecuador
Berterame   89' Report Pereira   21'
Naula   88'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Uruguay  4–1  Bolivia
Ergas   38'
Valverde   48'
N. Rodríguez   71', 84'
Report H. Vaca   56'

Uruguay  2–1  Argentina
Valverde   4', 76' (pen.) Report Conechny   64'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Bolivia  3–2  Chile
Iriondo   25'
Miranda   48'
H. Vaca   63'
Report Mazuela   15', 90'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Argentina  4–1  Bolivia
Conechny   31'
Ruiz   45+1', 90+2'
Coyette   63'
Report Miranda   19'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Ecuador  4–1  Chile
Corozo   28'
Estupiñán   72'
Naula   88', 90+2'
Report Salazar   33'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)

Bolivia  0–4  Ecuador
Report Corozo   1'
Tello   10'
Jaramillo   25'
Casquete   33'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay  4–1  Chile
Rossi   1', 88'
Valverde   17'
Schiappacasse   90+3'
Report Provoste   77' (pen.)
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina  1–0  Chile
Conechny   28' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay  1–0  Ecuador
Saracchi   80' Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Final stage

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When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[4]

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3 for matchdays 1–2, and UTC−4 for matchdays 3–5).[15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 5 3 0 2 8 7 +1 9 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2   Argentina 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 8
3   Ecuador 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4   Paraguay (H) 5 2 1 2 11 10 +1 7
5   Uruguay 5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 6
6   Colombia 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Brazil  0–1  Argentina
Report Berterame   34'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Paraguay  4–0  Colombia
R. Ferreira   37', 81'
Valdeblánquez   60' (o.g.)
Valiente   72'
Report
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Uruguay  0–1  Ecuador
Report Pereira   36'

Brazil  2–1  Ecuador
Leandrinho   5'
Lincoln   33'
Report Tello   65'
Paraguay  1–4  Argentina
S. Ferreira   78' Report Conechny   3', 90'
Berterame   32'
Chicco   80'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Uruguay  1–0  Colombia
Rossi   68' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)

Colombia  1–1  Argentina
Carrascal   24' Report Roskopf   49'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Paraguay  2–2  Ecuador
Rodas   51'
Díaz   62'
Report Casquete   1', 9'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay  2–3  Brazil
Valverde   61', 75' (pen.) Report Evander   14', 82'
Ramón   68'

Colombia  1–2  Ecuador
Cetré   52' Report Pereira   40'
Corozo   53'
Paraguay  2–3  Brazil
Aranda   7'
Caíque   67' (o.g.)
Report Andrey   38'
Leandrinho   42', 77'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay  2–1  Argentina
Mederos   21'
R. Fernández   42'
Report Palacios   74'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Ecuador  0–0  Argentina
Report
Paraguay  2–1  Uruguay
Paredes   31'
S. Ferreira   75'
Report Valverde   53'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Brazil  0–1  Colombia
Report Cetré   58'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Winners

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 2015 South American Under-17 Football champions 
 
Brazil
Eleventh title

Goalscorers

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There were 116 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONMEBOL

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, besides Chile who qualified automatically as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
  Chile 3 March 2011[16] 2 (1993, 1997)
  Brazil 26 March 2015[17] 14 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  Argentina 26 March 2015[17] 12 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  Ecuador 26 March 2015[17] 3 (1987, 1995, 2011)
  Paraguay 29 March 2015[18] 2 (1999, 2001)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ecuador líder en el juego limpio del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 30 March 2015.
  2. ^ "DOBLE ANFITRIÓN Uruguay sede del Sudamericano sub 20 de 2015" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 23 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Este viernes será el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Reglamento – Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  5. ^ "Uruguay y Paraguay, las sedes" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 24 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-17 – Paraguay 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ "CONMEBOL/FIFA: se inició el curso para árbitros y árbitros asistentes previo al Sudamericano Sub-17". CONMEBOL.COM. 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Reunión del C.E. y sorteo del Sub-17 están previstos para el día 24" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Con el sorteo de grupos se puso en marcha el Sudamericano Sub 17 Paraguay 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Este viernes será el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 October 2014.
  11. ^ Sorteo Sudamericano Sub 17 Paraguay 2015 [Paraguay 2015 South American U-17 Draw] (in Spanish). Prensa Albirroja. 24 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Sub 17 JUVENIL (MASCULINO) – 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOOL.com. November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
  13. ^ "CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB-17 PARAGUAY 2015" (in Spanish). slideshare.net. 13 February 2015.
  14. ^ "El Sudamericano sub 17 con horarios definidos" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 26 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-17: programa de partidos de la fase final, que inicia mañana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 March 2015.
  16. ^ "Eight FIFA tournaments awarded". FIFA. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012.
  17. ^ a b c "South American trio book Chile 2015 passage". FIFA. 27 March 2015.
  18. ^ "Paraguay complete South American quartet". FIFA. 30 March 2015.
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