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2011 South American U-20 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Perú 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	16 January – 12 February
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	94 (2.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Neymar (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Pedro Franco
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The 2011 South American Youth Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Perú 2011, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 “Juventude da America” Peru 2011) was a football competition for U-20 national teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Peru from 16 January to 12 February.

The top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. In addition, the top 2 teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to be held in London, United Kingdom. As hosts of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia automatically qualified.

Teams

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

Venues

Arequipa	ArequipaMoqueguaTacna
Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi de la UNSA
Capacity: 40,000
Moquegua
Estadio 25 de Noviembre
Capacity: 21,000
Tacna
Estadio Jorge Basadre
Capacity: 19,850

Squads

First stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:

1. superior goal difference in all matches
2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. better result in matches between the tied teams
4. drawing of lots

All match times are in local Peruvian time (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10
Chile	4	2	0	2	6	8	−2	6
Uruguay	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
Peru	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
Venezuela	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	3

Argentina	2–1	Uruguay
Hoyos 58' Iturbe 90'	Report	Polenta 37'

Peru	0–2	Chile
	Report	Reyes 52' Martínez 60'

Peru	1–2	Argentina
Callens 65'	Report	Funes Mori 2' Zuculini 86'

Venezuela	1–1	Uruguay
Reyes 19'	Report	F. Rodríguez 58'

Argentina	1–1	Venezuela
Araujo 55'	Report	Orozco 65'

Chile	0–4	Uruguay
	Report	Cepellini 10', 44' Luna 73' Polenta 77'

Chile	1–3	Argentina
Márquez 69'	Report	Ferreyra 58', 67' Mosca 73'

Peru	1–1	Venezuela
Noronha 15'	Report	Orozco 78'

Chile	3–1	Venezuela
Pinto 24' Gallegos 45' Márquez 86'	Report	Meza 14'

Peru	2–0	Uruguay
Ojeda 15' Donayre 71'	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10
Ecuador	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Colombia	4	1	2	1	7	8	−1	5
Paraguay	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
Bolivia	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1

Colombia	1–1	Ecuador
Cardona 71' (pen.)	Report	Cazares 29' (pen.)

Brazil	4–2	Paraguay
Neymar 25' (pen.), 33', 60', 63'	Report	Viera 51' Montenegro 84'

Bolivia	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Torres 23'

Colombia	1–3	Brazil
Cardona 65' (pen.)	Report	Casemiro 55' Willian José 63' Neymar 86'

Brazil	1–1	Bolivia
Henrique 41'	Report	Rios 76'

Ecuador	1–0	Paraguay
Montaño 60'	Report

Colombia	2–1	Bolivia
Franco 21' Escobar 37'	Report	Rios 57'

Ecuador	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Henrique 24'

Ecuador	3–1	Bolivia
Chalá 51' Caicedo 61' Montaño 83'	Report	Ríos 42'

Colombia	3–3	Paraguay
Cardona 39', 87' Ortega 68'	Report	Correa 32' Ruiz 37', 57'

Final stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	5	4	0	1	15	3	+12	12
Uruguay	5	3	1	1	4	7	–3	10
Argentina	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	9
Ecuador	5	2	2	1	3	2	+1	8
Chile	5	1	0	4	6	11	−5	3
Colombia	5	0	1	4	1	8	−7	1

1. As hosts of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia automatically qualified and did not need to finish in the top four to advance.

All match times are in local Peruvian time (UTC−05:00).

Uruguay	1–0	Colombia
Luna 42'	Report

Argentina	0–1	Ecuador
	Report	Montaño 46'

Chile	1–5	Brazil
Carrasco 19'	Report	Neymar 17', 47' Lucas 65' Diego Maurício 81' Willian José 89'

Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador
Mayada 17'	Report	Montaño 59'

Chile	2–3	Argentina
Carrasco 15' Gallegos 90+1'	Report	Ferreyra 50' (pen.) Iturbe 62' Tagliafico 72'

Brazil	2–0	Colombia
Casemiro 3' Diego Maurício 89'	Report

Uruguay	1–0	Chile
Luna 37'	Report

Colombia	0–0	Ecuador
	Report

Argentina	2–1	Brazil
Funes Mori 7' (pen.) Iturbe 68'	Report	Willian José 55'

Colombia	1–3	Chile
Magaña 2' (o.g.)	Report	Gallegos 23' Bustos 42' Carrasco 47'

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Vecino 64'	Report

Ecuador	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Casemiro 8'

Colombia	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Ferreyra 14' (pen.) Zuculini 32'

Ecuador	1–0	Chile
Arroyo 72'	Report

Uruguay	0–6	Brazil
	Report	Lucas 40', 42', 80' Danilo 51' Neymar 57', 62'

Winners

2011 South American Youth Championship winners
Brazil Eleventh title

Goalscorers

See also

• 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
• 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship

References

1. "Joseph Blatter prestigió el cónclave sudamericano en Bahamas". Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Official tournament regulations (in Spanish)

• South American Youth Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by Peru
• 2011 in South American football
• 2011 in Peruvian football
• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
• 2011 in youth association football