2017 South American U-15 Championship

The 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Argentina between 4 and 19 November 2017.[1]

2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship
CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15
Argentina 2017
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates5–19 November 2017
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
Goals scored142 (4.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan Alegría (10 goals)

Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time. Up to five substitutions may be made for each team in a match.[2]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA were invited to compete.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (hosts)8thRunners-up (2005)
 Bolivia8thFourth place (2005)
 Brazil (holders)8thChampions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Chile8thFourth place (2007, 2013)
 Colombia8thRunners-up (2004, 2011, 2013)
 Ecuador8thThird place (2009)
 Paraguay8thChampions (2004, 2009)
 Peru8thChampions (2013)
 Uruguay8thRunners-up (2007, 2015)
 Venezuela8thFifth place (2007)
 Czech Republic (invited team)1stNone
 Croatia (invited team)1stNone

Venues

The matches were originally scheduled to be played in two stadiums. Due to the semi-final of the Copa Argentina played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 12 November 2017, two matches were moved to Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie.[3]

Mendoza
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 42,500
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie
Capacity: 11,500
San Juan
Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,286

Draw

The draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Salón Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan.[4][5] The 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams. The hosts Argentina were seeded into Group A, while the title holders Brazil were seeded into Group B. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results in the 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 22 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 5.2).[2]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):[2]

  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ART (UTC−3).[6]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H, Q) 5 3 2 0 18 8 +10 11 Knockout stage
2  Paraguay (Q) 5 3 0 2 13 8 +5 9
3  Chile (E) 5 2 2 1 12 6 +6 8
4  Colombia (E) 5 2 1 2 19 8 +11 7
5  Uruguay (E) 5 1 3 1 13 7 +6 6
6  Czech Republic (E) 5 0 0 5 5 43 −38 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Uruguay 1–1 Chile
Joaquín Sosa  78' Report Vicente Pizarro  49'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Czech Republic 2–7 Paraguay
Filip Vecheta  ?'
Filip Nisky  48'		 Report Diego Duarte  10', 56', 62'
Walter Velázquez  35'
Diego Torres  38', 51' (p)
Wilder Viera  72'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Argentina 3–2 Colombia
Matías Godoy  20'
Federico Versaci  24' (p)
Matías Palacios  31'		 Report Andrés Arroyo  54'
Juan Alegría  80'
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Paraguay 2–3 Colombia
Diego Duarte  18', 33' Report Juan Alegría  26', 74', 79'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Chile 7–0 Czech Republic
Kennan Sepúlveda  ?'
Gonzalo Tapia  ?', ?'
Luciano Arriagada  ?'
César Pérez  ?'
Rodrigo Cisterna  ?'
Yeiko Cartagena  ?'		 Report
Referee: Ivo Mendez (Bolivia)
Argentina 2–2 Uruguay
Exequiel Zeballos  ?', ?' Report Juan Manuel Gutiérrez  25' (p)
Matías Arezo  44'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Colombia 1–1 Uruguay
Andrés Arroyo  25' Report Matías Arezo  49'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Paraguay 2–0 Chile
Rodrigo López  33'
Diego Duarte  54'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina 8–2 Czech Republic
Matías Palacios  3'
Franco Benítez  12', ?'
Juan Pablo Krilanovich  ?'
Juan Sforza  ?', ?'
Exequiel Zeballos  ?', ?'		 Report Stepan Kozen  25'
Jachym Sip  ?'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Uruguay 0–2 Paraguay
Report Diego Duarte  56', 75'
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
Colombia 12–0 Czech Republic
Juan Alegría  ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Andrés Arroyo  ?', ?', ?'
Yoni Mosquera  ?'
Camilo Mena  ?'
Daniel Saer  ?'
Juan Cuesta  ?'		 Report
Referee: Wagner Reway (Brazil)
Argentina 2–2 Chile
Francisco Flores  12'
Juan Pablo Krilanovich  ?'		 Report Kennan Sepúlveda  38'
Gonzalo Tapia  68'
Referee: Ivo Mendez (Bolivia)
Chile 2–1 Colombia
Gonzalo Tapia  49' (pen.)
Luciano Arriagada  77'		 Report Juan Alegría  80'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)
Czech Republic 1–9 Uruguay
Adam Karabec  ?' Report Juan Manuel Gutiérrez  ?', ?', ?'
Matías Arezo  ?', ?', ?'
Máximo Alonso  ?'
Matías Ocampo  ?', ?'
Referee: Ivo Mendez (Bolivia)
Argentina 3–0 Paraguay
Exequiel Zeballos  ?'
Franco Orozco  ?', ?'		 Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (Q) 5 5 0 0 17 1 +16 15 Knockout stage
2  Peru (Q) 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 8
3  Ecuador (E) 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
4  Venezuela (E) 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
5  Bolivia (E) 5 1 1 3 8 16 −8 4
6  Croatia (E) 5 0 1 4 4 12 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Ecuador 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Croatia 0–3 Peru
Report Carlos Ruiz  12', 80'
Sebastián Cavero  28'
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Brazil 5–0 Bolivia
Cadú  31'
Verón  47'
Peglow  54'
Pedro  70'
Kaio  75'		 Report
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Peru 4–1 Bolivia
Sebastián Cavero  18'
Pedro De La Cruz  38'
Carlos Ruiz  48'
Yuriel Celi  63'		 Report Tome de Araujo  20'
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Venezuela 2–1 Croatia
Daniel Pérez  16'
Yorlen Cordero  65' (p)		 Report Óscar Jiménez  34' (o.g.)
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 2–0 Ecuador
Reinier Jesus  15'
Carlos de Oliveira  47'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)
Bolivia 2–3 Ecuador
Luis Zeballos  36'
José Briceño  79'		 Report Johan Mina  10'
Erick Pluas  12'
Georginton Romero  41'
Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)
Peru 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Brazil 2–0 Croatia
Peglow  41'
Kaio  67' (p)		 Report
Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
Ecuador 1–1 Peru
Néicer Acosta  31' Report Yuriel Celi  67'
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, Mendoza
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Bolivia 2–2 Croatia
José Flores  ?'
Matías Romero  ?'		 Report Ivan Saranic  ?'
Bartol Barisic  ?'
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
Brazil 3–1 Venezuela
Kaka  20'
Reinier Jesus  40'
Ivonei Junior  70'		 Report Luis Peña  80'
Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie, Mendoza
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Venezuela 2–3 Bolivia
Daniel Pérez  50'
Darlius Paz  68'		 Report Tome de Araujo  25'
Matías Romero  34'
José Briceño  80'
Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)
Croatia 1–3 Ecuador
Bartol Barisic  ?' Report Jordán Morán  45'
Georginton Romero  67', 77'
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 5–0 Peru
Diego Gabriel  1'
Peglow  9'
Gabriel Silva  19', 47'
Pedro Arthur  24'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

Knockout stage

If tied after regulation time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 18.3).[2]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 November – Malvinas Argentinas
 
 
 Brazil2
 
19 November – Bicentenario
 
 Paraguay1
 
 Brazil2
 
17 November – Bicentenario
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina4
 
 
 Peru1
 

Semi-finals
Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
Peglow  5'
Diego Gabriel  36'		 Report Basilio Duarte  45'
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
Argentina 4–1 Peru
Matías Godoy  23', 40' (p)
Juan Sforza  51'
Bruno Amione  59'		 Report Juan Huayhua  25'
Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Final
Brazil 2–3 Argentina
Kaio Jorge  33', 41' Report Matías Palacios  43'
Matías Godoy  46'
Bruno Amione  74'
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
 2017 South American Under-15 Football Champions 

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References
  1. "CONMEBOL oficializa fechas de torneos juveniles". CONMEBOL.com. 24 July 2017.
  2. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15 Argentina 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  3. "Cambios en la programación del domingo 12 del Grupo B". CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2017.
  4. "Este viernes 13 de octubre se sortearán los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-15 - Argentina 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 11 October 2017.
  5. "Conformados los Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 15 – Argentina 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 13 October 2017.
  6. "El Sudamericano Sub-15 con fixture definido". CONMEBOL.com. 16 October 2017.
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