2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	7–28 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (9th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	101 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edinson Cavani (7 goals)
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The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the fourth time Paraguay hosted the competition. Brazil finished undefeated and won their ninth title, beating rivals Argentina in the final.

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 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).

Squads

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2007 South American Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  Paraguay (host)
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

First group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10
Paraguay	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8
Chile	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3	6
Bolivia	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	4
Peru	4	0	0	4	4	11	–7	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
Argentina	4	1	2	1	11	6	+5	5
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
Venezuela	4	1	0	3	3	11	–8	3

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Final group

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
Brazil	11	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5
Argentina	9	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2
Uruguay	7	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1
Chile	6	5	1	3	1	10	6	+4
Paraguay	6	5	2	0	3	7	9	-2
Colombia	1	5	0	1	4	2	12	-10

Fixtures

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Winners

2007 South American Youth Championship winners
Brazil Ninth title

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

•  Brazil
•  Argentina
•  Uruguay
•  Chile

Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing

•  Brazil
•  Argentina

Topscorers

• Edinson Cavani 7
• Arturo Vidal 6
• Nicolás Medina 5
• Alexandre Pato 5
• Lucas 4
• Pablo Mouche 3
• Ismael Sosa 3
• Tchô 3
• Nicolás Larrondo 3
• Javier Acuña 3
• Cristian Bogado 3

Notes

• Argentina and Brazil were looking to finish in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Youth Championship, a competition which the two sides have thoroughly dominated, having won 9 of the 16 World Youth titles between them.
• The hosts Paraguay were also hoping to do well, they had finished in the top two every time they have hosted the event before, but they had a disappointing campaign, finishing fifth, missing out on a place in the World Youth Championship altogether.
• Colombia were the defending champions and the only team other than Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to have won the tournament on more than one occasion.
• Chile were looking to qualify for the world Youth Championship, they managed to qualify in 2005 with only 5 points from 5 games, this time around they qualified with 6 points from 5 games.
• The club teams that contributed the most players to the tournament are:
  • 8: Alianza Lima, Peru
  • 7: Sporting Cristal, Peru
  • 6: Racing Club, Argentina
  • 5: Boca Juniors, Argentina
  • 5: Colo-Colo, Chile
  • 5: Club Sport Emelec, Ecuador
  • 5: Club Libertad, Paraguay
  • 5: Danubio, Uruguay
  • 5: Caracas FC, Venezuela
• Only two clubs from outside South America contributed more than one player to the tournament:
  • 2: Cádiz, Spain
  • 2: Udinese, Italy