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The 2023 South American U-17 Championship was the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Ecuador between 30 March and 23 April 2023.[1][2] This was the first U-17 championship in four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021.[3]
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ecuador |
Dates | 30 March – 23 April |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (13th title) |
Runners-up | Ecuador |
Third place | Argentina |
Fourth place | Venezuela |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 35 |
Goals scored | 93 (2.66 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Claudio Echeverri Kauã Elias Rayan (5 goals each) |
Like previous editions, the tournament served as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the CONMEBOL representatives.[4] Brazil won their thirteenth South American U-17 title after finishing first in the final stage's group and a spot at the World Cup. They were joined by the other top four teams in Ecuador, Argentina and Venezuela.[5]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams were eligible to enter the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Argentina (holders) | 19th | Champions (4 times, most recent 2019) |
Bolivia | 19th | Champions (1 time, 1986) |
Brazil | 19th | Champions (12 times, most recent 2017) |
Chile | 19th | Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2019) |
Colombia | 19th | Champions (1 time, 1993) |
Ecuador (hosts) | 18th | Third place (4 times, most recent 2015) |
Paraguay | 18th | Runners-up (1 time, 1999) |
Peru | 19th | Fourth place (1 time, 2007) |
Uruguay | 19th | Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011) |
Venezuela | 19th | Runners-up (1 time, 2013) |
Ecuador was originally chosen to host the 2021 South American U-17 Championship.[6] Although the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecuador maintained its right to hold the South American U-17 Championship in 2023.[1] It was the fourth time that Ecuador hosted the tournament, having previously done so in 1988 (under-16 edition), 2007 and 2011.
Guayaquil and Quito were selected as host cities.[7] Originally, Guayaquil would host the first stage matches in two venues, the Christian Benítez Betancourt and George Capwell stadiums.[8][9] Subsequently, the Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo was added as a venue to host four matches of Group A.[10] The matches in the final stage were played in Quito in two venues, the Olímpico Atahualpa and Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadiums.[8][9]
Quito | ||
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Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | |
Capacity: 35,258 | Capacity: 41,575 | |
Guayaquil | ||
Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt | Estadio George Capwell | Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo |
Capacity: 10,152 | Capacity: 40,020 | Capacity: 57,267 |
On 23 February 2023, CONMEBOL announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament,[11][12] included a UEFA refereeing team which was later confirmed to be Italian.[13] For the first time, a UEFA refereeing team participated in the South American U-17 Championship as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme.[14]
Chilean referee Nicolás Gamboa was replaced by his fellow countryman Felipe González.[15][16]
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Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 46 and 49).[4]
The draw of the tournament was held on 24 February 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[17] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Ecuador and defending champions Argentina were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2019 South American U-17 Championship (shown in brackets).[17]
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[18]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]
The top three teams in each group will advance to the final stage.
In the first stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (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 21):[4]
All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.[19]
On 1 April, CONMEBOL announced that matches played on Matchday 3 and 4 in Group A would be moved to the Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo due to the poor conditions of the field at the Estadio Christian Benítez Betancourt, the original venue for these matches.[10]
Ecuador | 2–2 | Brazil |
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Report | Kauã Elias 23', 36' |
Brazil | 3–0 | Chile |
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Report |
If teams finish level on points, the final rankings will be 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 ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.[27][28]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil (C) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 | 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
2 | Ecuador (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 11 | |
3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | |
6 | Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Ecuador | 2–2 | Brazil |
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Arroyo 23', 38' | Report |
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2023 South American U-17 Football champions |
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Brazil Thirteenth title |
There were 93 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.66 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
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Argentina | 17 April 2023[29] | 14 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019) |
Brazil | 17 April 2023[29] | 17 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
Ecuador | 17 April 2023[29] | 5 (1987, 1995, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
Venezuela | 20 April 2023[30] | 1 (2013) |
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