2015 South American U-17 Championship

The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 17 and below. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 29 March 2015.[2][3]

2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Paraguay 2015
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates4–29 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored116 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leandrinho
(8 goals)
Fair play award Ecuador[1]

This tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.[4] The top four teams, tournament champions Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and hosts Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Chile who automatically qualified as hosts of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina (holders)16thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Bolivia16thChampions (1 time, 1986)
 Brazil16thChampions (10 times, most recent 2011)
 Chile16thRunners-up (1 time, 1993)
 Colombia16thChampions (1 time, 1993)
 Ecuador15thThird place (3 times, most recent 2005)
 Paraguay (hosts)15thRunners-up (1 time, 1999)
 Peru16thFourth place (1 time, 2007)
 Uruguay16thRunners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Venezuela16thRunners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

Paraguay was named as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress.[5] A total of three venues were chosen to host the matches: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz in Asunción, Estadio Deportivo Capiatá in Capiatá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque.[3]

Asunción
Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Capacity: 10,000
Capiatá
Estadio Deportivo Capiatá
Capacity: 8,000
Luque
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 24,000

Match officials

On 10 February 2015, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistants referees summoned for the tournament.[6][7] The assistants Ariel Scime (Argentina), Cleriston Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Changala (Uruguay) and Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) were replaced by Cristian Navarro, Bruno Boschilia, Gabriel Popovits and Luis Murillo respectively.

Squads
Main article: 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship squads

Each team may register a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

Draw

The draw was held on 24 October 2014, 10:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[8][9] The ten teams involved were settled in five "pairing pots" (Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) to be drawn into two groups of five. Initially Argentina and Brazil were announced as seeded teams,[10] however, Paraguay (as hosts) and Uruguay were finally the teams seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining teams, including Argentina and Brazil, were drawn to determine their group as well as their position within it.[11]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The draw results were as follows:[9]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Paraguay
A2 Brazil
A3 Venezuela
A4 Colombia
A5 Peru
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Uruguay
B2 Argentina
B3 Bolivia
B4 Ecuador
B5 Chile

First stage

The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:[4]

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between the tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3).[12][13][14]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Paraguay (H) 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 Advance to Final stage
2  Brazil 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3  Colombia 4 1 2 1 8 7 +1 5
4  Venezuela 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
5  Peru 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay 3–2 Venezuela
Díaz 24'
S. Ferreira 42', 51'		 Report Chacón 76'
Yendis 83'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 3–2 Colombia
Leandrinho 50'
Evander 65'
Andrey 73'		 Report Bolaños 45+1' (pen.)
Ariza 74'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Venezuela 2–2 Peru
Farisato 14'
Chacón 54'		 Report Iberico 59', 60'
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–2 Brazil
Díaz 68'
Morel 80'		 Report Leandrinho 32'
Kléber 53'
Colombia 4–2 Peru
Bolaños 10'
Valdeblánquez 35'
D. Pérez 47' (pen.)
Cuesta 50'		 Report Iberico 40' (pen.), 69'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Brazil 2–3 Venezuela
Lincoln 16'
Adryelson 23'		 Report Herrera 53' (pen.)
Chacón 75'
Zé Marcos 82' (o.g.)
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)
Venezuela 1–1 Colombia
Herrera 56' Report D. Pérez 6' (pen.)
Paraguay 2–0 Peru
R. Ferreira 20'
S. Ferreira 81'		 Report
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Brazil 3–0 Peru
Leandrinho 59', 63', 82' Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–1 Colombia
Valiente 9' Report Ariza 58' (pen.)
Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 12 Advance to Final stage
2  Ecuador 4 3 0 1 10 3 +7 9
3  Argentina 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
4  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3
5  Chile 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Argentina 1–2 Ecuador
Berterame 89' Report Pereira 21'
Naula 88'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Uruguay 4–1 Bolivia
Ergas 38'
Valverde 48'
N. Rodríguez 71', 84'		 Report H. Vaca 56'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Uruguay 2–1 Argentina
Valverde 4', 76' (pen.) Report Conechny 64'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Bolivia 3–2 Chile
Iriondo 25'
Miranda 48'
H. Vaca 63'		 Report Mazuela 15', 90'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Argentina 4–1 Bolivia
Conechny 31'
Ruiz 45+1', 90+2'
Coyette 63'		 Report Miranda 19'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Ecuador 4–1 Chile
Corozo 28'
Estupiñán 72'
Naula 88', 90+2'		 Report Salazar 33'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Bolivia 0–4 Ecuador
Report Corozo 1'
Tello 10'
Jaramillo 25'
Casquete 33'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay 4–1 Chile
Rossi 1', 88'
Valverde 17'
Schiappacasse 90+3'		 Report Provoste 77' (pen.)
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Argentina 1–0 Chile
Conechny 28' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
Saracchi 80' Report
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.[4]

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3 for matchdays 1–2, and UTC−4 for matchdays 3–5).[15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 3 0 2 8 7 +1 9 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2  Argentina 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 8
3  Ecuador 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4  Paraguay (H) 5 2 1 2 11 10 +1 7
5  Uruguay 5 2 0 3 6 7 −1 6
6  Colombia 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Brazil 0–1 Argentina
Report Berterame 34'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Paraguay 4–0 Colombia
R. Ferreira 37', 81'
Valdeblánquez 60' (o.g.)
Valiente 72'		 Report
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Uruguay 0–1 Ecuador
Report Pereira 36'
Brazil 2–1 Ecuador
Leandrinho 5'
Lincoln 33'		 Report Tello 65'
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–4 Argentina
S. Ferreira 78' Report Conechny 3', 90'
Berterame 32'
Chicco 80'
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Colombia
Rossi 68' Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Colombia 1–1 Argentina
Carrascal 24' Report Roskopf 49'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)
Paraguay 2–2 Ecuador
Rodas 51'
Díaz 62'		 Report Casquete 1', 9'
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Uruguay 2–3 Brazil
Valverde 61', 75' (pen.) Report Evander 14', 82'
Ramón 68'
Referee: Luis Sánchez (Colombia)
Colombia 1–2 Ecuador
Cetré 52' Report Pereira 40'
Corozo 53'
Paraguay 2–3 Brazil
Aranda 7'
Caíque 67' (o.g.)		 Report Andrey 38'
Leandrinho 42', 77'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Uruguay 2–1 Argentina
Mederos 21'
R. Fernández 42'		 Report Palacios 74'
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Ecuador 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–1 Uruguay
Paredes 31'
S. Ferreira 75'		 Report Valverde 53'
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Brazil 0–1 Colombia
Report Cetré 58'
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Winners
 2015 South American Under-17 Football champions 

Brazil
Eleventh title

Goalscorers

There were 116 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Brazil Caíque (playing against Paraguay)
  • Brazil Zé Marcos (playing against Venezuela)
  • Colombia Jefferson Valdeblánquez (playing against Paraguay)

Source: CONMEBOL

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, besides Chile who qualified automatically as host.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Chile3 March 2011[16]2 (1993, 1997)
 Brazil26 March 2015[17]14 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Argentina26 March 2015[17]12 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Ecuador26 March 2015[17]3 (1987, 1995, 2011)
 Paraguay29 March 2015[18]2 (1999, 2001)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

References
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  2. "DOBLE ANFITRIÓN Uruguay sede del Sudamericano sub 20 de 2015" (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 23 May 2012.
  3. "Este viernes será el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 October 2015.
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  6. "Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-17 – Paraguay 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 10 February 2015.
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  10. "Este viernes será el sorteo del Sudamericano Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 October 2014.
  11. Sorteo Sudamericano Sub 17 Paraguay 2015 [Paraguay 2015 South American U-17 Draw] (in Spanish). Prensa Albirroja. 24 October 2014.
  12. "Sub 17 JUVENIL (MASCULINO) – 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOOL.com. November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.
  13. "CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB-17 PARAGUAY 2015" (in Spanish). slideshare.net. 13 February 2015.
  14. "El Sudamericano sub 17 con horarios definidos" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 26 February 2015.
  15. "Sudamericano Sub-17: programa de partidos de la fase final, que inicia mañana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 March 2015.
  16. "Eight FIFA tournaments awarded". FIFA. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012.
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