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2017 South American U-15 Championship

The 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Argentina between 5 and 19 November 2017.[1]

2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Argentina 2017
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates5–19 November
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored142 (4.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Juan Alegría (10 goals)
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Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time. Up to five substitutions may be made for each team in a match.[2][3]

Host team Argentina won their first South American U-15 title by defeating the defending champions Brazil 3–2 in the final.[4]

Teams edit

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA were invited to compete.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
  Argentina (hosts) 8th Runners-up (2005)
  Bolivia 8th Fourth place (2005)
  Brazil (holders) 8th Champions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
  Chile 8th Fourth place (2007, 2013)
  Colombia 8th Runners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
  Croatia (invited team) 1st None
  Czech Republic (invited team) 1st None
  Ecuador 8th Third place (2009)
  Paraguay 8th Champions (2004, 2009)
  Peru 8th Champions (2013)
  Uruguay 8th Runners-up (2007, 2015)
  Venezuela 8th None

Venues edit

Argentina was named as host of the tournament at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress held on 26 April 2017 in Santiago, Chile.[5] San Juan and Mendoza were chosen as host cities and ratified by CONMEBOL on 11 October 2017.[6]

The matches were originally scheduled to be played in two stadiums. Due to the semi-final of the Copa Argentina played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 12 November 2017, two matches were moved to Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie.[7]

Mendoza
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 42,500
 
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Capacity: 11,500
 
San Juan
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,286
 

Draw edit

The draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Salón Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan.[6][8] The 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams. The hosts Argentina were seeded into Group A, while the title holders Brazil were seeded into Group B. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results in the 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship.

Squads edit

Main article: 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 22 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 5.2).[2]

Match officials edit

The referees and assistants referees were:[9]

Support Referees

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):[2]

  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ART (UTC−3).[10]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (H) 5 3 2 0 18 8 +10 11 Knockout stage
2   Paraguay 5 3 0 2 13 8 +5 9
3   Chile 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
4   Colombia 5 2 1 2 19 8 +11 7
5   Uruguay 5 1 3 1 13 7 +6 6
6   Czech Republic (G) 5 0 0 5 5 43 −38 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guests; (H) Hosts
Uruguay  1–1  Chile
Sosa   78' Report Pizarro   49'
Czech Republic  2–7  Paraguay
Vecheta   ?'
Nízký   48'		 Report D. Duarte   10', 56', 62'
Velázquez   35'
Torres   38', 51' (p)
Viera   72'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Argentina  3–2  Colombia
Godoy   20'
Versaci   24' (p)
Palacios   31'		 Report Arroyo   54'
Alegría   80'
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Paraguay  2–3  Colombia
D. Duarte   18', 33' Report Alegría   26', 74', 79'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Chile  7–0  Czech Republic
Sepúlveda   ?'
Tapia   ?', ?'
Arriagada   ?'
Pérez   ?'
Cisterna   ?'
Cartagena   ?'		 Report
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Argentina  2–2  Uruguay
Zeballos   ?', ?' Report Gutiérrez   25' (p)
Arezo   44'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Colombia  1–1  Uruguay
Arroyo   25' Report Arezo   49'
Paraguay  2–0  Chile
López   33'
D. Duarte   54'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina  8–2  Czech Republic
Palacios   3'
Benítez   12', ?'
Krilanovich   ?'
Sforza   ?', ?'
Zeballos   ?', ?'		 Report Kozel   25'
Šíp   ?'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Uruguay  0–2  Paraguay
Report D. Duarte   56', 75'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Colombia  12–0  Czech Republic
Alegría   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Arroyo   ?', ?', ?'
Mosquera   ?'
Mena   ?'
Saer   ?'
Cuesta   ?'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina  2–2  Chile
Flores   12'
Krilanovich   ?'		 Report Sepúlveda   38'
Tapia   68'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Chile  2–1  Colombia
Tapia   49' (pen.)
Arriagada   77'		 Report Alegría   80'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Czech Republic  1–9  Uruguay
Karabec   ?' Report Gutiérrez   ?', ?', ?'
Arezo   ?', ?', ?'
Alonso   ?'
Ocampo   ?', ?'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Argentina  3–0  Paraguay
Zeballos   ?'
Orozco   ?', ?'		 Report

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 5 5 0 0 17 1 +16 15 Knockout stage
2   Peru 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 8
3   Ecuador 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
4   Venezuela 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
5   Bolivia 5 1 1 3 8 16 −8 4
6   Croatia (G) 5 0 1 4 4 12 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Ecuador  0–0  Venezuela
Report
Croatia  0–3  Peru
Report Ruiz   12', 80'
Cavero   28'
Brazil  5–0  Bolivia
Cadu   31'
Gabriel Veron   47'
Peglow   54'
Pedro Arthur   70'
Kaio Jorge   75'		 Report
Peru  4–1  Bolivia
Cavero   18'
De la Cruz   38'
Ruiz   48'
Celi   63'		 Report Tomé de Araujo   20'
Venezuela  2–1  Croatia
Pérez   16'
Cordero   65' (p)		 Report Jiménez   34' (o.g.)
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil  2–0  Ecuador
Reinier   15'
Kaká   47'		 Report
Bolivia  2–3  Ecuador
Zeballos   36'
Briceño   79'		 Report Mina   10'
Plúas   12'
Romero   41'
Peru  0–0  Venezuela
Report
Brazil  2–0  Croatia
Peglow   41'
Kaio Jorge   67' (p)		 Report
Ecuador  1–1  Peru
Acosta   31' Report Celi   67'
Bolivia  2–2  Croatia
Flores   ?'
Romero   ?'		 Report Šaranić   ?'
Barišić   ?'
Brazil  3–1  Venezuela
Kaká   20'
Reinier   40'
Ivonei   70'		 Report Peña   80'
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Venezuela  2–3  Bolivia
Pérez   50'
Paz   68'		 Report Tomé de Araujo   25'
Romero   34'
Briceño   80'
Croatia  1–3  Ecuador
Barišić   ?' Report Morán   45'
Romero   67', 77'
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil  5–0  Peru
Diego Rosa   1'
Peglow   9'
Gabriel Silva   19', 47'
Pedro Arthur   24'		 Report

Knockout stage edit

If tied after regulation time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 18.3).[2]

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 November – Malvinas Argentinas
 
 
  Brazil2
 
19 November – Bicentenario
 
  Paraguay1
 
  Brazil2
 
17 November – Bicentenario
 
  Argentina3
 
  Argentina4
 
 
  Peru1
 

Semi-finals edit

Brazil  2–1  Paraguay
Peglow   5'
Diego Rosa   36'		 Report B. Duarte   45'
Argentina  4–1  Peru
Godoy   23', 40' (p)
Sforza   51'
Amione   59'		 Report Huayhua   25'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Final edit

Brazil  2–3  Argentina
Kaio Jorge   33', 41' Report Palacios   43'
Godoy   46'
Amione   74'


 2017 South American Under-15 Football champions 
 
Argentina
First title

Goalscorers edit

There were 142 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 4.3 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "CONMEBOL oficializa fechas de torneos juveniles" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15 Argentina 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  3. ^ "Sudamericano Sub-15: Entra en vigencia la regla de exclusión temporal en un partido" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Argentina vence a Brasil en gran remontada y es campeón" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 19 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Sudamericano Sub 15 en Argentina" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 27 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Este viernes 13 de octubre se sortearán los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-15 - Argentina 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Cambios en la programación del domingo 12 del Grupo B". CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Conformados los Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 15 – Argentina 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 13 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Sudamericano sub15: Árbitros" (in Spanish). International referee. 3 November 2017.
  10. ^ "El Sudamericano Sub-15 con fixture definido". CONMEBOL.com. 16 October 2017.

External links edit

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