2011 South American U-15 Championship

The 2011 South American Under-15 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011) was the 5th U-15 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Uruguay from 17 November to 4 December 2011.^[1]

2011 South American U-15 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	17 November – 4 December
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	77 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joao Arthur (11 goals)
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Brazil was the winning champion.

Teams

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Paraguay (holders)
•  Peru
•  Uruguay (hosts)
•  Venezuela

Venues

Three stadiums in three host cities were chosen for the tournament:

City	Stadium	Capacity
Trinidad	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja	6.500
Rivera	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera	28.000
Fray Bentos	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's	6.000

Draw

The draw of the first stage groups was held on 17 March 2011 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Asunción, Paraguay.^[2]

Officials

On 20 October 2011, CONMEBOL's Commission on Referees announced the list of 10 referees and assistant to be used for the tournament.^[3]

Officials Patricio Loustau Jorge Mansilla Sandro Ricci Eduardo Gamboa Adrián Vélez José Luis Espinel Enrique Cáceres Henry Gambetta Daniel Fedorczuk José Argote

Assistants Juan Pablo Belatti Wilson Arellano Marcelo Van Gasse Marcelo Barraza Alexander Guzmán Douglas Espinoza Hugo Martínez Raúl López Cruz Nicolás Tarán Carlos López

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the final round.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Uruguay	10	4	3	1	0	10	2
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	5	6
Ecuador	5	4	1	2	1	5	2
Chile	4	4	1	1	2	4	7
Venezuela	1	4	0	1	3	2	9

17 November 2011
Chile	1 : 0	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	2 : 1	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
19 November 2011
Argentina	3 : 2	Chile	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	1 : 1	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
21 November 2011
Argentina	2 : 0	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	3 : 0	Chile	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
23 November 2011
Chile	1 : 1	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Argentina	0 : 0	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
25 November 2011
Venezuela	0 : 4	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	4 : 0	Argentina	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	10	4	3	1	0	13	2
Colombia	8	4	2	2	0	4	0
Paraguay	6	4	2	0	2	5	4
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	3	7
Bolivia	0	4	0	0	4	3	15

18 November 2011
Brazil	0 : 0	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	4 : 1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
20 November 2011
Brazil	5 : 1	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Colombia	3 : 0	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
22 November 2011
Bolivia	1 : 2	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Colombia	1 : 0	Paraguay	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
24 November 2011
Brazil	6 : 1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	1 : 0	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
26 November 2011
Peru	0 : 0	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	0 : 2	Brazil	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Final round

The final round was played in a round robin system between the four best teams.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	12	4
Colombia	6	3	2	0	1	6	6
Argentina	3	3	1	0	2	5	7
Uruguay	0	3	0	0	3	0	6

28 November 2011
Brazil	4 : 2	Argentina	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 1	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
1 December 2011
Brazil	4 : 2	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 1	Argentina	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
4 December 2011
Argentina	2 : 3	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 4	Brazil	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad

2011 South American Under-15 Football champions
Brazil Third title

References

1. "Uruguay se alista para el Sub-15" [Uruguay is preparing for the U-15] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
2. "Principales conclusiones del Comité Ejecutivo de la CONMEBOL". FCF (in Spanish). 18 March 2011.
3. "Árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011" [Referees for the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Uruguay] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

External links

• CONMEBOL official website