1997 South American U-20 Championship

The South American Youth Championship 1997 was held in Coquimbo, Iquique and La Serena, Chile. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1997 South American Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	16 January – 7 February
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Adaílton (8 goals)
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Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Venues

• Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez, Santiago
• Estadio Municipal Presidente Salvador Allende, Calama
• Estadio La Portada, La Serena
• Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo
• Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

First round

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	0	17	4	+13	12
Venezuela	4	2	1	1	9	15	–6	7
Chile	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6
Peru	4	0	2	2	3	7	–4	2
Ecuador	4	0	1	3	1	4	–3	1

	Brazil	10–2	Venezuela
	Chile	3–1	Peru
	Brazil	2–1	Ecuador
	Chile	3–4	Venezuela
	Ecuador	0–1	Venezuela
	Brazil	2–0	Peru
	Venezuela	2–2	Peru
	Chile	1–0	Ecuador
	Peru	0–0	Ecuador
	Chile	1–3	Brazil

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
Argentina	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6
Colombia	4	1	2	1	6	8	–2	5
Bolivia	4	0	0	4	5	10	–5	0

	Colombia	4–3	Bolivia
	Argentina	5–2	Paraguay
	Uruguay	3–1	Paraguay
	Argentina	1–1	Colombia
	Argentina	2–1	Bolivia
	Uruguay	1–1	Colombia
	Paraguay	2–0	Bolivia
	Argentina	0–1	Uruguay
	Colombia	0–3	Paraguay
	Uruguay	2–1	Bolivia

Final round

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	5	3	2	0	10	2	+8	11
Brazil	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
Paraguay	5	2	2	1	5	6	–1	8
Uruguay	5	1	3	1	7	5	+2	6
Venezuela	5	1	1	3	7	11	–4	4
Chile	5	0	2	3	5	13	–8	2

	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela
	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay
	Chile	2–2	Uruguay
	Paraguay	2–1	Venezuela
	Argentina	1–1	Uruguay
	Chile	2–4	Brazil
	Venezuela	0–3	Uruguay
	Argentina	2–0	Brazil
	Chile	0–0	Paraguay
	Brazil	2–2	Venezuela
	Uruguay	1–2	Paraguay
	Chile	0–3	Argentina
	Uruguay	0–0	Brazil
	Argentina	1–1	Paraguay
	Chile	1–4	Venezuela

1997 South American Youth Championship
Argentina Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Paraguay
•  Uruguay

Broadcasting rights

Americas

• Chile: UCV Televisión, Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión, Megavisión and La Red (some matches); VTR, Metrópolis Intercom, Cable Express, TeleRed, Metrópolis TV Cable, TV Cable Intercom & Multicanal (all matches)
• Brazil: Rede Bandeirantes

External links

• Results by RSSSF