South American Youth Football Championship


The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Juventud de América is a South American association football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL, for South American national teams of men under age of 20.

History

The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela in 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions.

Format

All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition. They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.

Results

Under-19

Under-20

EditionYearHostWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
81977
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111983
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121985
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131987
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141988
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151991
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161992
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171995
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181997
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191999
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202001
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222005
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242009
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252011
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262013
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272015
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282017
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292019
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302021
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Performances by countries

TeamTitlesRunner-upThird placeFourth place
11 7 3 2
8 6 6 3
5 7 8 2
3 2 3 2
1 5 6 3
1 1 3
1 1 5
2 3
2 1
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Top goalscorers

CompetitionNationPlayerNumber of goals
1954Juan Bautista Agüero7
1958Norberto Raffo5
1964Jaime Bravo5
1967Carlos Garcia Cambon3
1971Ricardo Islas4
Cristóbal Maldonado4
1974Hebert Revetria8
1975Hebert Revetria4
Toninho4
1977Amaro Nadal 4
Guinha4
1979Arsenio Luzardo4
1981Enzo Francescoli5
Lela5
1983Carlos Aguilera7
1985Romário5
1987Alejandro Russo4
1988Assís5
Ferreira5
1991Juan Esnaider7
1992Fernando Correa5
1995Leonardo Biagini4
1997Adaílton8
1999Luciano Galletti9
2001Adriano6
Ewerthon6
2003Fernando Cavenaghi8
2005Hugo Rodallega11
2007Edinson Cavani7
2009Hernán Pérez5
Robin Ramírez5
Abel Hernández5
Walter5
2011Neymar9
2013Nicolás López6
2015Giovanni Simeone9
2017Rodrigo Amaral5
Bryan Cabezas5
Lautaro Martínez5
Marcelo Torres5
2019Leonardo Campana6

Source: RSSSF.

Men's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

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1stR12ndQFR11st1stR21st4th1st1stQFR1R1R216
3rdQF1st1stQF3rd2nd1st2ndQFQFQF1st3rdR22nd1st2nd18
4thR1R1R23rdQF6
QFR1QFR13rdR2QFR2R2QF10
R2R2R13rd4
R1QFR1R1R24thR2R2R29
4th3rdQFQFR1QF2nd4thR2R2R12ndR24thR215
R22nd2