The 2003 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 and 28 January 2003, it was the 21st time the competition has been held and the second to take place in Uruguay. Argentina won their fourth trophy.
Venues City / TownStadiumCapacity Montevideo Estadio Centenario 66,500 Colonia del Sacramento Estadio Suppici12,000 Maldonado, Uruguay Estadio Domingo Burgueño22,000
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 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Squads For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2003 South American Youth Championship squads.
The following teams entered the tournament:
(host)
First group stage
When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to: superior goal difference in all matches greater number of goals scored in all group matches better result in matches between tied teams drawing of lots
Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA1244001509430110464202463410331404004311
Results
Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA943017394301736420271034103463410314
Results
Final group TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADif11532082+610531185+39523086+27521297+24511368-205005415-11
Results
Winners
Qualifiers for 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Top scorers
8 goals Fernando Cavenaghi
4 goals Dagoberto Jaime Ruiz Dante López Erwin Ávalos
3 goals Daniel Carvalho Felipe Melo William Abel Aguilar Jhonny Acosta Víctor Montaño Marcelo Guerrero Jorge Martínez
2 goals Emanuel Benito Rivas Juan Carlos Arce Carlos Alberto Cleiton Xavier Dudu Cearense Roberto Mina Félix Borja Blas López Ángel Martínez Jefferson Farfán Rubén Olivera Guillermo Rodríguez
External links 2003 South American Youth Championship at Conmebol official website Sudamericano at the RSSSF