The 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 to 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba. The tournament provided four berths to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and six to the 2007 Pan American Games.
Squads
First round The ten national teams were divided in two groups of five teams each. The top three teams in each group qualified for the final round and for the 2007 Pan American Games.
Group A
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4 March 2007Ecuador0 : 1BoliviaRiobambaBrazil1 : 2PeruRiobamba6 March 2007Bolivia1 : 4PeruRiobambaEcuador1 : 0ChileRiobamba8 March 2007Bolivia2 : 7BrazilAmbatoPeru1 : 3ChileAmbato10 March 2007Ecuador0 : 0PeruAmbatoBrazil2 : 0ChileAmbato12 March 2007Brazil4 : 5EcuadorLatacungaChile0 : 1BoliviaLatacunga
Group B
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5 March 2007Argentina4 : 0ParaguayAzoguesUruguay4 : 1VenezuelaAzogues7 March 2007Argentina0 : 0ColombiaCuencaUruguay2 : 2ParaguayCuenca9 March 2007Uruguay0 : 1ColombiaCuencaVenezuela2 : 1ParaguayCuenca11 March 2007Argentina1 : 1VenezuelaAzoguesColombia2 : 0ParaguayAzogues13 March 2007Argentina2 : 1UruguayCuencaColombia2 : 2VenezuelaCuenca
Final round The final round was played in a round robin system, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2007 U-17 World Cup.
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16 March 2007Ecuador1 : 2ColombiaIbarraArgentina0 : 2BrazilIbarraPeru2 : 1VenezuelaIbarra18 March 2007Ecuador0 : 1VenezuelaIbarraArgentina2 : 1ColombiaIbarraPeru0 : 4BrazilIbarra20 March 2007Brazil4 : 0VenezuelaIbarraArgentina2 : 0EcuadorIbarraPeru1 : 3ColombiaIbarra23 March 2007Colombia0 : 0BrazilLatacungaArgentina1 : 1VenezuelaLatacungaPeru2 : 2EcuadorLatacunga25 March 2007Colombia5 : 0VenezuelaQuitoBrazil5 : 2EcuadorQuitoPeru1 : 1ArgentinaQuito
Topscorers
12 goals Lulinha 7 goals Fabio 6 goals Cristian Nazarith
3 goals Nicolás Mazzola Eduardo Salvio James Rodríguez Ángel Marín Christian La Torre Reimond Manco Santiago Silva Yonatan Del Valle
2 goals Santiago Fernández Diego Suárez Alex Teixeira Bernardo Fellipe Bastos Maicon Danilo Bustos Ricardo Serna
2 goals (cont.) Santiago Tréllez Miller Bolaños Pablo Ochoa Erick Minda Jairo Hernández Jonathan Urretavizcaya Gustavo Páez
Qualified for 2007 U-17 World Cup
Qualified for 2007 Pan American Games
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External links CONMEBOL official website