The South American Youth Football Championship, branded as CONMEBOL Sub 20, is a South American football tournament organized by the CONMEBOL for South American national teams of men under age of 20. This tournament also serves as qualification for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the Pan American Games, and from 2007 to 2015, also for the Summer Olympic Games.

The first South American Youth Championship was hosted by Venezuela from 22 March to 13 April 1954. Initially played as an under-19 tournament, it became an under-20 event from 1977. Brazil has won the tournament on the most occasions (13 times).

All matches take place in the host country, and all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL compete in every edition (if none of the associations withdraw). They are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The results in this last pure round-robin stage determines the champion and the South American qualification to the next FIFA U-20 World Cup. Unlike most international tournaments, in South American Youth Championships there is neither final match nor third place match nor knockout stages.

Results

Year Host Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place 1 1954 Venezuela 2 1958 Chile 3 1964 Colombia 4 1967 Paraguay 5 1971 Paraguay 6 1974 Chile 7 1975 Peru 8 1977 Venezuela 9 1979 Uruguay 10 1981 Ecuador 11 1983 Bolivia 12 1985 Paraguay 13 1987 Colombia 14 1988 Argentina 15 1991 Venezuela 16 1992 Colombia 17 1995 Bolivia 18 1997 Chile 19 1999 Argentina 20 2001 Ecuador 21 2003 Uruguay 22 2005 Colombia 23 2007 Paraguay 24 2009 Venezuela 25 2011 Peru 26 2013 Argentina 27 2015 Uruguay 28 2017 Ecuador 29 2019 Chile 30 2023 Colombia 31 2025 Venezuela

Performances by countries TeamTitlesRunner-upThird placeFourth place7 (1954, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2005)3 (1958, 1967, 1999)2 (1979, 2015)8 (1954, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2017)7 (1971, 1974, 1983, 1992, 1999, 2011, 2023)6 (1991, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015*, 2019)3 (1985, 1987, 1997)5 (1967, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2015)8 (1958, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2019, 2025)8 (1971, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2005, 2011)2 (1974, 2017)3 (1987, 2005, 2013)2 (1988, 2015)5 (1964, 1985, 1992, 2023, 2025)2 (2003, 2019)1 (1971)5 (1964, 1967, 1985, 2009, 2013)6 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1997, 2001, 2003)4 (1988, 1991, 1999, 2025)1 (2019)1 (2017)4 (1992, 1995, 2011, 2023)1 (1975)1 (1995)6 (1964, 1977, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)2 (1954, 2017)1 (2009*)5 (1954, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1975)2 (1981, 1983*)

Top goalscorers

CompetitionNationPlayerNumber of goals 1954 Juan Bautista Agüero 7 1958 Norberto Raffo 5 1964 Jaime Bravo 5 1967 Carlos Garcia Cambon 31971 Ricardo Islas4 Cristóbal Maldonado 1974 Hebert Revetria 81975 Hebert Revetria4 Toninho Cerezo1977 Amaro Nadal (fr)4 Guinha 1979 Arsenio Luzardo 41981 Enzo Francescoli5 Lela 1983 Carlos Aguilera 7 1985 Romário 4 1987 Alejandro Russo 41988 Assís5 Ferreira 1991 Juan Esnáider 7 1992 Fernando Correa 5 1995 Leonardo Biagini 4 1997 Adaílton 8 1999 Luciano Galletti 92001 Adriano6 Ewerthon 2003 Fernando Cavenaghi 8 2005 Hugo Rodallega 11 2007 Edinson Cavani 72009 Hernán Pérez5 Robin Ramírez Abel Hernández Walter 2011 Neymar 9 2013 Nicolás López 6 2015 Giovanni Simeone 92017 Rodrigo Amaral5 Bryan Cabezas Lautaro Martínez Marcelo Torres 2019 Leonardo Campana 62023 Vitor Roque6 Andrey Santos2025 Néiser Villarreal8

Source: RSSSF.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Performances of Qualified South American teams Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place QF – Quarterfinals R2 – Round 2 R1 – Round 1      – Hosts Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025 2027 2029 Total 1st R1 2nd QF R1 1st 1st R2 1st 4th 1st 1st QF R1 R1 R2 R2 2nd 18 3rd QF 1st 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd QF QF QF 1st 3rd R2 2nd 1st 2nd QF R1 20 4th R1 R1 R2 3rd QF R2 7 QF R1 QF R1 3rd R2 QF R2 R2 QF QF 3rd 12 R2 R2 R1 3rd R2 5 R1 QF R1 R1 R2 4th R2 R2 R2 R2 10 4th 3rd QF QF R1 QF 2nd 4th R2 R2 R1 2nd R2 4th R2 1st 16 R2 2nd 2

See also South American U-17 Championship South American U-15 Championship

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