2013 South American Youth Football Championship

The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Argentina 2013) was an association football competition for national under-20 teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Argentina from 9 January to 3 February 2013 and was won by Colombia, with Paraguay as runners-up.

2013 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
Juventud de América Argentina 2013
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates9 January – 3 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Colombia (3rd title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored100 (2.86 per match)
Attendance89,500 (2,557 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nicolás López (6)
Best player(s) Juan Fernando Quintero

Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, which were the first four teams of this tournament qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.

Host selection

Argentina was chosen as host country at a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee on 18 March 2011 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. At the meeting, it was decided to make Argentina the host nation for both the South American Under-20 and Under-17 tournaments in 2013.[1]

Teams

Venues

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

Mendoza
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 40,268
San Juan
Estadio del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,000

Match officials

The referees were:

Squads
Main article: 2013 South American Youth Football Championship squads

First stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between the tied teams
  4. drawing of lots

All match times are in local Argentine time (UTC−03:00).

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Chile 4 4 0 0 8 3 +5 12
 Colombia 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 6
 Paraguay 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 6
 Argentina 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
 Bolivia 4 0 1 3 3 15 −12 1
Source:
Paraguay 0–1 Colombia
Report Córdoba  35'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Argentina 0–1 Chile
Report Castillo  21'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Argentina 1–2 Paraguay
Vietto  37' Report González  60'
Domínguez  67'
Attendance: 20,000
Chile 2–0 Bolivia
Castillo  54'
Cuevas  93'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Chile 2–1 Colombia
Cuevas  6'
Lichnovsky  31'		 Report Quintero  83' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–2 Bolivia
Melano  48'
Vietto  65'		 Report Bejarano  12'
Vargas  87' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Paraguay 2–3 Chile
González  8'
Alborno  54'		 Report Rojas  23'
Maturana  37'
Contreras  90+1'
Attendance: 7,000
Colombia 6–0 Bolivia
Borja  45', 52', 57'
Nieto  50'
Córdoba  75', 86'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Paraguay 5–1 Bolivia
Gómez  8'
González  31'
Pérez  62', 64'
Rojas  68'		 Report Vargas  57'
Attendance: 1,000
Argentina 3–2 Colombia
Ruiz  13' (pen.)
Iturbe  46'
Allione  69'		 Report Perea  50'
Quintero  74'
Attendance: 8,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Peru 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
 Uruguay 4 1 3 0 10 9 +1 6
 Ecuador 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
 Venezuela 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
 Brazil 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
Source:
Brazil 1–1 Ecuador
León  38' (o.g.) Report Parrales  28'
Attendance: 500
Uruguay 3–3 Peru
López  40'
Bentancourt  53'
Rolán  55'		 Report Reyna  19'
Gómez  44'
Benavente  87' (pen.)
Attendance: 400
Brazil 2–3 Uruguay
Fred  70'
Marcos Júnior  72'		 Report Laxalt  5'
Rolán  47' (pen.)
López  90'
Attendance: 300
Ecuador 0–1 Venezuela
Report Martínez  28'
Attendance: 300
Peru 1–0 Venezuela
Benavente  36' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 700
Uruguay 2–2 Ecuador
López  19'
Aguirre  85'		 Report Esterilla  46'
Grueso  55'
Attendance: 1,000
Brazil 1–0 Venezuela
Felipe Anderson  45' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 950
Ecuador 2–1 Peru
Esterilla  79'
Cevallos  83'		 Report Deza  65' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,200
Uruguay 2–2 Venezuela
Rolán  25' (pen.)
López  59'		 Report Martínez  20'
Añor  47'
Attendance: 5,000
Brazil 0–2 Peru
Report Reyna  23'
Flores  90+1'
Attendance: 2,000

Final stage

The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 5 4 0 1 6 3 +3 12
 Paraguay 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
 Uruguay 5 3 0 2 5 3 +2 9
 Chile 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7
 Peru 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
 Ecuador 5 0 0 5 4 11 −7 0
Source:
Chile 1–3 Paraguay
Castillo  9' González  59'
Pérez  77'
Cardozo 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Patricio Loustou (Argentina)
Peru 1–3 Uruguay
Reyna  42' Formiliano  12'
López  68'
Rolán  88'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
Colombia 2–1 Ecuador
Nieto  50'
Quintero  70'		 Parrales  85'
Attendance: 1,000
Chile 4–1 Ecuador
Castillo  18'
Rubio  28' (pen.)
Baeza  75'
Mora  83'		 Esterilla  69'
Attendance: 3,000
Peru 1–1 Paraguay
Araujo  28' Alonso  82'
Attendance: 1,000
Colombia 1–0 Uruguay
Córdoba  38'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Chile 0–1 Uruguay
Bueno  64'
Attendance: 5,000
Peru 0–1 Colombia
Quintero  18' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,800
Paraguay 1–0 Ecuador
Villamayor  86'
Attendance: 1,000
Chile 1–0 Colombia
Castillo  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,000
Peru 3–2 Ecuador
Reyna  28', 34'
Polo  83'		 Uchuari  52'
Esterilla  70'
Attendance: 2,000
Paraguay 1–0 Uruguay
Alonso  59'
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Uruguay 1–0 Ecuador
López  5'
Attendance: 7,000
Chile 1–1 Peru
Rabello  34' Flores  7'
Attendance: 18,000
Colombia 2–1 Paraguay
Quintero  24'
Vergara  54'		 Rojas  88'
Attendance: 5,000
 2013 South American Youth Football Champions 

Colombia
Third title

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

References
  1. "Argentina will host the South American U-20 and U-17 Tournaments in 2013". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. "Acta no 05/2012" (pdf). conmebol.com. p. 6. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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