2007 South American Youth Championship

The 2007 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 Paraguay between January 7 and January 28 2007, it was the 23rd time the competition has been held and the 4th to take place in Paraguay. Brazil finished undefeated, winning their 9th 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 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).

quads

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

First group stage

Group A

Fixtures

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Results

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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= Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympics =

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Topscorers

*flagicon|URU Cavani 7
*flagicon|CHI Vidal 5
*flagicon|CHI Medina 5
*flagicon|BRA Alexandre Pato 5
*flagicon|BRA Lucas 4
*flagicon|ARG Mouche 3
*flagicon|ARG Sosa 3
*flagicon|BRA Tchô 3
*flagicon|CHI Larrondo 3
*flagicon|CHI Vergara 3
*flagicon|PAR Acuña 3
*flagicon|PAR 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 altoghther.

*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: flagicon|PER Alianza Lima, Peru
**7: flagicon|PER Sporting Cristal, Peru
**6: flagicon|ARG Racing Club, Argentina
**5: flagicon|ARG Boca Juniors, Argentina
**5: flagicon|CHI Colo-Colo,
**5: flagicon|ECU Club Sport Emelec, Ecuador
**5: flagicon|PAR Club Libertad, Paraguay
**5: flagicon|URU Danubio F.C., Uruguay
**5: flagicon|VEN Caracas, Venezuela

*Only two clubs from outside South America contributed more than one player to the tournament:
**2: flagicon|ESP Cádiz CF, Spain
**2: flagicon|ITA Udinese, Italy