1967 South American U-20 Championship

The South American Youth Championship 1967 was held in Asunción, Paraguay.^[1]

1967 South American Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	3–29 March
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
← 1964 1971 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Paraguay (host)
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
Argentina	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Colombia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Venezuela	3	1	0	2	4	8	–4	2

5 March	Paraguay	4–0	Venezuela
6 March	Argentina	1–1	Colombia
8 March	Venezuela	3–1	Colombia
12 March	Paraguay	3–1	Argentina
19 March	Colombia	3–1	Paraguay
	Argentina	3–1	Venezuela

Tie-breaker

22 March 1967 (1967-03-22)

Argentina	0–0	Colombia

?, Asunción

Note:Argentina qualified after the result was decided by tossing a coin

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Peru	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
Chile	4	2	0	2	5	7	–2	4
Uruguay	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	3
Ecuador	4	1	0	3	4	7	–3	2

3 March	Peru	2–2	Uruguay
6 March	Ecuador	2–1	Brazil
8 March	Peru	3–1	Chile
11 March	Brazil	3–1	Uruguay
	Peru	3–1	Ecuador
14 March	Uruguay	1–0	Ecuador
	Brazil	2–0	Chile
17 March	Chile	2–1	Ecuador
18 March	Brazil	1–0	Peru
19 March	Chile	2–1	Uruguay

Semifinals

26 March 1967 (1967-03-26)

Argentina	2–0	Brazil

Asunción

26 March 1967 (1967-03-26)

Paraguay	2–1	Peru

Asunción

Final

1967 South American U-20 Championship Final

29 March 1967 (1967-03-29)

Paraguay	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Yugovich 59' Ramírez 60'	Report 1 Report 2	Pasternak 50' Ricciardi 67'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Referee: César Orozco (Peru)

Note: Argentina won the championship after the result was decided by tossing a coin.^[2]

Team details

Paraguay Argentina GK Rubén Melgarejo DF Vidal Carvallo DF Gerardo Laterza DF Ángel Adorno DF Néstor García (captain) MF Julio Mendieta  82' MF Alcibiades Francia MF Joaquín Yugovich  73' FW Gabriel Lezcano FW Augusto Ramírez FW Carlos Mendiola Substitutes: Pedro Cíbils  73' Adalberto Escobar  82' Manager: Luis Benítez Chilavert GK José Pérez DF Jorge Dominichi DF José Gómez DF Carlos Siciliano DF Jorge Teijón MF José Martínez MF Héctor Martínez  67' MF Antonio Ameijenda FW Marcos Ricciardi FW José Pasternak  78' FW Carlos García Cambón  42' Substitutes: FW Miguel Converti  42' FW Francisco Cibeyra  67' DF Enrique Wolff  78' Manager: Juan Carlos Giménez

Squads

Argentina

José Alberto Pérez (River Plate), Jorge D'Alessandro (San Lorenzo), Jorge Eduardo Dominici (River Plate), José Gómez (Gimnasia y Esgrima LP), Horacio Tocalini (Chacarita Juniors), Carlos Siciliano (Racing Club), Eduardo Commisso (River Plate), Jorge Teijón (Deportivo Morón), Marcos Ricciardi (Chacarita Juniors), José Martínez (San Lorenzo), Francisco Cibeyra (River Plate), Héctor Martínez (Racing Club), José Pasternak (Gimnasia y Esgrima LP), Antonio García (San Lorenzo), Enrique Wolff (Racing Club), Juan Loyola (Chacarita Juniors), Miguel Converti (Banfield), Carlos García Cambón (Chacarita Juniors)
Managers: Juan Carlos Giménez and Mario Imbelloni.^[3]

1967 South American Youth Championship
Argentina First title