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 4 and 19 November 2017.
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.
Teams
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 |
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| 1st | ||
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Venues
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.| Mendoza | |
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | |
| Capacity: 42,500 | |
| Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie | |
| Capacity: 11,500 | |
| San Juan | |
| Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario | |
| Capacity: 25,286 | |
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Draw
The draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART, at the Salón Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan. 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
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.Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.;Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order :
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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