2019 South American U-17 Championship

The 2019 South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Peru 2019) was the 18th edition of the South American U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Peru from 21 March to 14 April 2019.^[1]

2019 South American U-17 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
City	Lima[1]
Dates	21 March – 14 April[1]
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up	Chile
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	106 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Johan Mina (6 goals)
Fair play award	Ecuador
← 2017 2021 →

The top four teams, champions Argentina, which won their fourth title, Chile, Paraguay, and Ecuador, qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Brazil who qualified automatically as hosts replacing Peru, despite failing to qualify out of the first stage as defending champions for the first time.^[2]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Argentina	18th	Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
Bolivia	18th	Champions (1 time, 1986)
Brazil (holders)	18th	Champions (12 times, most recent 2017)
Chile	18th	Runners-up (2 times, most recent 2017)
Colombia	18th	Champions (1 time, 1993)
Ecuador	17th	Third place (4 times, most recent 2015)
Paraguay	17th	Runners-up (1 time, 1999)
Peru (hosts)	18th	Fourth place (1 time, 2007)
Uruguay	18th	Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
Venezuela	18th	Runners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

Peru was confirmed as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 22 January 2019 in Rio de Janeiro. All games were scheduled to be played in Lima at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos.^[1][3]

Lima	Lima
Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Capacity: 22,000
12.057°S 77.075°W / -12.057; -77.075 (Estadio Universidad San Marcos)

Squads

See also: 2019 South American U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team can register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 February 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.^[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The host Peru and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship (shown in brackets).^[5]

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Peru (10) (Hosts, assigned to A1)  Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1)	Chile (2)  Paraguay (3)	Colombia (4)  Venezuela (5)	Ecuador (6)  Uruguay (7)	Argentina (8)  Bolivia (9)

Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:^[6]

Fernando Espinoza Assistants: Maximiliano Del Yesso and Pablo González Ivo Méndez Assistants: Reluy Vallejos and Ariel Guizada Rodolpho Toski Assistants: Fabricio Vilarinho and Guilherme Dias Camilo Cristian Garay Assistants: Alejandro Molina and Claudio Urrutia Carlos Herrera Assistants: Sebastián Vela and John Gallego

Luis Quiroz Assistants: Edwin Bravo and Flavio Nall Juan Gabriel Benítez Assistants: Rodney Aquino and Carlos Cáceres Kevin Ortega Assistants: Coty Carrera and Jesús Sánchez Andrés Matonte Assistants: Horacio Ferreiro and Martín Soppi Ángel Arteaga Assistants: Lubin Torrealba and Alberto Ponte

Support Referees

Juan Nelio García (Final stage) Bráulio da Silva Machado (Final stage) Nicolás Gallo (Final stage)

Franklin Congo (First stage) Derlis López (First stage) Juan Soto (Final stage)

First stage

The top three teams in each group advance to the final stage.

All times local, PET (UTC−5).^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peru (H)	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8	Final stage
2	Chile	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	7
3	Ecuador	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
4	Venezuela	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5
5	Bolivia	4	0	0	4	4	13	−9	0

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

Venezuela	1–1	Ecuador
Peña 88'	Report	Vite 85'

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

Peru	0–0	Chile
	Report

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

---

Ecuador	1–0	Bolivia
Mina 30'	Report

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)

Peru	0–0	Venezuela
	Report

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

---

Bolivia	3–5	Venezuela
Chura 45' (pen.) Robson Matheus 67' (pen.) Peña 80'	Report	De Santis 6', 20', 77' Ruggieri 35' Carmona 70'

25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Ecuador	3–2	Chile
Mina 35', 66', 90+1'	Report	Aravena 6' Tapia 16'

25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

---

Chile	3–0	Venezuela
Flores 26' Rojas 31' Tapia 34'	Report

27 March 2019 (2019-03-27)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

Peru	3–1	Bolivia
Figueroa 41' Celi 64' (pen.) Caipo 90'	Report	Chura 48'

27 March 2019 (2019-03-27)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)

---

Bolivia	0–4	Chile
	Report	González 17' Tati 58' Belmar 71' Rojas 90+1'

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay)

Peru	2–0	Ecuador
Pinto 10' (pen.) Figueroa 23'	Report

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7	Final stage
2	Paraguay	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
3	Argentina	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
4	Brazil	4	2	1	1	7	8	−1	7
5	Colombia	4	0	0	4	4	8	−4	0

Source: CONMEBOL

Uruguay	3–0	Argentina
Gutiérrez 2' Olivera 5' Ocampo 90'	Report

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Brazil	3–2	Paraguay
Reinier 2', 37' Peglow 84'	Report	López 52' Noguera 61' (pen.)

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

---

Argentina	2–1	Colombia
Fernández 45' Zeballos 83'	Report	Campaña 88'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Brazil	1–1	Uruguay
Gabriel Veron 67'	Report	Milans 84'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

---

Colombia	1–2	Uruguay
Arroyo 6' (pen.)	Report	Machado 15' Cartagena 37'

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)

Argentina	2–2	Paraguay
Palacios 12' Amione 78'	Report	Peralta 18', 41'

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

---

Paraguay	3–2	Uruguay
D. Duarte 8' Peralta 55' López 81'	Report	Olivera 49' Alaniz 90+3'

28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Brazil	3–2	Colombia
Patryck 44' Reinier 59' Henri 67'	Report	Y. Mosquera 53' Cuesta 86'

28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

---

Colombia	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	D. Duarte 63'

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30)

17:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Brazil	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Godoy 36' (pen.) Palacios 54' Amione 90+2'

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30)

19:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Final stage

The schedule of the final matchday was modified based on which teams were possible to be champions.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina (C)	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	10	2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Chile	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	10
3	Paraguay	5	1	3	1	5	6	−1	6
4	Ecuador	5	1	2	2	7	8	−1	5
5	Peru (H)	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5
6	Uruguay	5	1	1	3	10	11	−1	4

Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Chile	1–0	Ecuador
Aravena 80'	Report

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)

16:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Uruguay	2–2	Paraguay
Gutiérrez 11' Siri 22'	Report	Presentado 7' O. Colmán 12'

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)

18:50

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Peru	0–0	Argentina
	Report

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)

21:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

---

Paraguay	1–1	Ecuador
Ovelar 70'	Report	Plúas 43'

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)

16:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)

Uruguay	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Sforza 46'

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)

18:50

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Peru	2–3	Chile
Celi 54' Figueroa 56'	Report	Aravena 16' (pen.) Tapia 34' Rojas 45'

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)

21:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Brazil)

---

Chile	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Godoy 1', 38' (pen.)

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)

16:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)

Uruguay	4–1	Ecuador
Arezo 45+3', 48', 58' P. Delgado 68' (o.g.)	Report	Vite 11'

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)

18:50

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Peru	0–2	Paraguay
	Report	Presentado 8' Ovelar 49'

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)

21:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

---

Paraguay	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Krilanovich 22' Medina 41' (pen.) Velasco 85'

11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

16:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado (Brazil)

Uruguay	2–4	Chile
Arezo 18' Olivera 19'	Report	Rojas 60' Osses 64', 90+3' Aravena 88'

11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

18:50

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Peru	1–1	Ecuador
Celi 50'	Report	Mercado 23'

11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)

21:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

---

Peru	3–2	Uruguay
Pinto 42' (pen.), 48' (pen.) Llontop 90+3'	Report	Arezo 8' Juambeltz 86'

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)

16:30

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

Chile	0–0	Paraguay
	Report

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)

18:50

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Carlos Herrera (Colombia)

Ecuador	4–1	Argentina
Mina 59' (pen.), 65' Mercado 64' Mejía 76'	Report	Palacios 48'

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)

21:10

Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima

Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

Winners

2019 South American U-17 Football champions
Argentina Fourth title

Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

6 goals

• Johan Mina

5 goals

• Matías Arezo

4 goals

• Alexander Aravena
• Luis Rojas

3 goals

• Matías Godoy
• Matías Palacios
• Reinier
• Gonzalo Tapia
• Fabrizio Peralta
• Yuriel Celi
• Nicolás Figueroa
• Óscar Manuel Pinto
• Cristian Olivera
• Jeriel De Santis

2 goals

• Bruno Amione
• Jeyson Chura
• Benjamín Osses
• John Mercado
• Pedro Vite
• Diego Duarte
• Rodrigo López
• Fernando Ovelar
• Fernando Presentado
• Juan Manuel Gutiérrez

1 goal

• Ezequiel Fernández
• Juan Pablo Krilanovich
• Cristian Medina
• Juan Sforza
• Alan Velasco
• Exequiel Zeballos
• Adrián Peña
• Robson Matheus
• Gabriel Veron
• Henri
• Patryck
• João Peglow
• Matías Belmar
• Patricio Flores
• Daniel González
• David Tati
• Andrés Arroyo
• Johan Campaña
• Juan Manuel Cuesta
• Yoni Mosquera
• Adrián Mejía
• Erick Plúas
• Orlando Colmán
• Junior Noguera
• Rafael Caipo
• Mathías Llontop
• Kevin Alaniz
• Santiago Cartagena
• Maximiliano Juambeltz
• Alexander Machado
• Pedro Milans
• Matías Ocampo
• Enzo Siri
• Wikelman Carmona
• Luis Ángel Peña
• Oswaldo Ruggieri

1 own goal

• Patrickson Delgado (playing against Uruguay)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including Brazil who qualified automatically as host.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
Brazil	15 March 2019[9]	16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Argentina	11 April 2019[10]	13 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Chile	11 April 2019[10]	4 (1993, 1997, 2015, 2017)
Paraguay	14 April 2019[11]	4 (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017)
Ecuador	14 April 2019[11]	4 (1987, 1995, 2011, 2015)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.