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Organizing body | CONMEBOL |
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Founded | 1954; 70 years ago (1954) |
Region | South America |
Number of teams | 10 |
Qualifier for | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
Current champion(s) | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() |
Website | conmebol.com/sub20 |
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The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and Spanish: Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20"/Portuguese: Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is: a South American football tournament organized by, the: CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the——FIFA U-20 World Cup.
History※
The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela from 22 March——to 13 April 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 (12 times).
Format※
All matches take place in the "host country." And all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). 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※
- Keys
- 1954–75: U-19 teams
- 1977–present: U-20 teams
Performances by countries※
Team | Titles | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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12 (1974, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2023) |
7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005) | 3 (1958, 1967, 1999) | 2 (1979, 2015) |
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8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017) | 7 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023) | 6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019) | 3 (1985, 1987, 1997) |
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5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015) | 7 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019) | 8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011) | 2 (1974, 2017) |
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3 (1987, 2005, 2013) | 2 (1988, 2015) | 4 (1964, 1985, 1992, 2023) | 2 (2003, 2019) |
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1 (1971) | 5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013) | 6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1988, 1991, 1999) |
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1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | 4 (1992, 1995, 2011, 2023) | |
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1 (1975) | 1 (1995) | 6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013) | |
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2 (1954, 2017) | 1 (2009*) | ||
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5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975) | |||
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2 (1981, 1983*) |
Top goalscorers※
Source: RSSSF.
Men's U-20 World Cup Performances of Qualified South American teams※
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
![Tunisia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tunisia_%281959%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png)
1977
![Japan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png)
1979
![Australia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png)
1981
![Mexico](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)
1983
![Soviet Union](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png)
1985
![Chile](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png)
1987
![Saudi Arabia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png)
1989
![Portugal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png)
1991
![Australia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png)
1993
![Qatar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png)
1995
![Malaysia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png)
1997
![Nigeria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png)
1999
![Argentina](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png)
2001
![United Arab Emirates](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png)
2003
![Netherlands](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png)
2005
![Canada](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
2007
![Egypt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png)
2009
![Colombia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png)
2011
![Turkey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png)
2013
![New Zealand](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png)
2015
![South Korea](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png)
2017
![Poland](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
2019
![Argentina](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png)
2023
![Chile](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png)
2025
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%28state%29.svg.png)
See also※
References※
- ^ Julio Bovi Diogo, JosĂ© Luis Pierrend, Juan Pablo AndrĂ©s and MartĂn Tabeira (14 February 2019). "South American Youth Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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