The 2017 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Argentina between 5 and 19 November 2017.[1]
| CONMEBOL Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Argentina 2017 | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Argentina |
| Dates | 5–19 November |
| Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 142 (4.3 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Juan Alegría (10 goals) |
← 2015 2019 → | |
Each match has a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time. Up to five substitutions may be made for each team in a match.[2][3]
Host team Argentina won their first South American U-15 title by defeating the defending champions Brazil 3–2 in the final.[4]
Teams
editAll ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament. Moreover, two teams from UEFA were invited to compete.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (hosts) | 8th | Runners-up (2005) |
 Bolivia | 8th | Fourth place (2005) |
| Brazil (holders) | 8th | Champions (2005, 2007, 2011, 2015) |
 Chile | 8th | Fourth place (2007, 2013) |
| Colombia | 8th | Runners-up (2004, 2011, 2013) |
 Croatia (invited team) | 1st | None |
 Czech Republic (invited team) | 1st | None |
 Ecuador | 8th | Third place (2009) |
 Paraguay | 8th | Champions (2004, 2009) |
 Peru | 8th | Champions (2013) |
 Uruguay | 8th | Runners-up (2007, 2015) |
 Venezuela | 8th | None |
Venues
editArgentina was named as host of the tournament at the 67th Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress held on 26 April 2017 in Santiago, Chile.[5] San Juan and Mendoza were chosen as host cities and ratified by CONMEBOL on 11 October 2017.[6]
The matches were originally scheduled to be played in two stadiums. Due to the semi-final of the Copa Argentina played at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on 12 November 2017, two matches were moved to Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie.[7]
| Mendoza | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | |
| Capacity: 42,500 | |
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| Estadio Víctor Antonio Legrotaglie | |
| Capacity: 11,500 | |
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| San Juan | |
| Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario | |
| Capacity: 25,286 | |
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Draw
editThe draw was held on 13 October 2017, 17:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Salón Cruce de los Andes in the Civic Center of the Province of San Juan.[6][8] The 12 teams were drawn into two groups of six teams. The hosts Argentina were seeded into Group A, while the title holders Brazil were seeded into Group B. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results in the 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship.
Squads
editPlayers born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to submit a squad of 22 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 5.2).[2]
Match officials
editThe referees and assistants referees were:[9]
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- Support Referees
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Group stage
editThe top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 18.1):[2]
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, ART (UTC−3).[10]
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina (H) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 11 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Chile |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 | |
| 4 | Colombia |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 7 | |
| 5 | Uruguay |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic (G) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 43 | −38 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 2–7 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
Vecheta  (?)Nízký 48' |
Report | D. Duarte 10', 56', 62' Velázquez 35'Torres 38', 51' (pen.)Viera 72' |
| Chile | 7–0 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Sepúlveda (?) Tapia (?)Arriagada (?)Pérez (?)Cisterna (?)Cartagena (?) |
Report |
| Argentina | 8–2 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Palacios 3' Benítez 12' (?)Krilanovich (?)Sforza (?)Zeballos (?) |
Report | Kozel 25' Šíp (?) |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 15 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Peru |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Ecuador |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Venezuela |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Bolivia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Croatia (G) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |
| Brazil | 5–0 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Cadu 31' Gabriel Veron 47'Peglow 54'Pedro Arthur 70'Kaio Jorge 75' |
Report |
| Peru | 4–1 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Cavero 18' De la Cruz 38'Ruiz 48'Celi 63' |
Report | Tomé de Araujo 20' |
| Venezuela | 2–1 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Pérez 16' Cordero 65' (pen.) |
Report | Jiménez  34' (o.g.) |
| Bolivia | 2–3 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Zeballos 36' Briceño 79' |
Report | Mina 10' Plúas 12'Romero 41' |
| Bolivia | 2–2 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Flores (?) Romero (?) |
Report | Šaranić (?) Barišić (?) |
| Brazil | 5–0 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Diego Rosa 1' Peglow 9'Gabriel Silva 19', 47'Pedro Arthur 24' |
Report |
Knockout stage
editIf tied after regulation time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 18.3).[2]
Bracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 17 November – Malvinas Argentinas | ||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
| 19 November – Bicentenario | ||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | |||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
| 17 November – Bicentenario | ||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||
| Peru | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
editFinal
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Goalscorers
editThere were 142 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 4.3 goals per match.
10 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Francisco Flores
- Federico Versaci
- José Alfredo Flores
- Luis Zeballos
- Cadu
- Ivonei
- Gabriel Veron
- Yeiko Cartagena
- Rodrigo Cisterna
- César Pérez
- Vicente Pizarro
- Jesús Manuel Cuesta
- Camilo Mena
- Yoni Mosquera
- Daniel Saer
- Ivan Šaranić
- Adam Karabec
- Štěpán Kozel
- Filip Nízký
- Filip Vecheta
- Jáchym Šíp
- Néicer Acosta
- Johan Mina
- Jordan Morán
- Erick Plúas
- Basilio Duarte
- Rodrigo López
- Walter Velázquez
- Wilder Viera
- Pedro De la Cruz
- José Huayhua
- Máximo Alonso
- Joaquín Sosa
- Yorlen Cordero
- Darluis Paz
- Luis Ángel Peña
1 own goal
- Óscar Jiménez (playing against Croatia)
References
edit- ↑ "CONMEBOL oficializa fechas de torneos juveniles" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-15 Argentina 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
- ↑ "Sudamericano Sub-15: Entra en vigencia la regla de exclusión temporal en un partido" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 November 2017.
- ↑ "Argentina vence a Brasil en gran remontada y es campeón" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 19 November 2017.
- ↑ "Sudamericano Sub 15 en Argentina" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 27 April 2017.
- 1 2 "Este viernes 13 de octubre se sortearán los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-15 - Argentina 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 October 2017.
- ↑ "Cambios en la programación del domingo 12 del Grupo B". CONMEBOL.com. 9 November 2017.
- ↑ "Conformados los Grupos del Sudamericano Sub 15 – Argentina 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "Sudamericano sub15: Árbitros" (in Spanish). International referee. 3 November 2017.
- ↑ "El Sudamericano Sub-15 con fixture definido". CONMEBOL.com. 16 October 2017.
External links
edit- Sudamericano Sub 15 Argentina 2017, CONMEBOL.com