The 2005 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) was a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia between 13 January and 6 February 2005, it was the 22nd time the competition has been held and the third to take place in Colombia. Colombia finished undefeated, winning their second trophy.
Format The teams 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 top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Squads For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2005 South American U-20 Championship squads.
The following teams entered the tournament:
(host)
First group stage Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA1043101411043109144112682402241314013111
Results
Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA84220103742111076413060541217604004320
Results
Final group TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADif135410115+69530286+29523053+2551221011-155122710-30500539-6
Results
Winners
Qualifiers for 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Top scorers
11 goals Hugo Rodallega 5 goals Lionel Messi Nicolás Canales 4 goals Evandro Matías Fernández Cristian Rodríguez Juan Albín Paul Ramírez 3 goals Pablo Barrientos Rafael Sóbis Thiago Quirino Juan Lorca Sebastián Montecinos José Pedro Fuenzalida Cristian Bogado
2 goals Juan Manuel Torres Nelson Sossa Fernandinho Filipe Luís Renato Ribeiro Abel Aguilar Cristian Marrugo Juan Carlos Toja Wason Rentería Antonio Valencia Carlos Javier Acuña Leandro Ezquerra Miku Ronald Vargas
External links 2005 Sulamericano Sub-20 at RSSSF Official statistics Official page at Conmebol website