2021 South American U-17 Championship

2021 South American U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2021
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
DatesCancelled
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2021 South American U-17 Championship was originally going be the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was scheduled to be held in Ecuador between 31 March – 25 April 2021,[1] before its suspension and subsequent cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 22 December 2020 CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be rescheduled to the second half of 2021 if FIFA decided to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[2] which was confirmed two days later.[3] On 28 December 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed the rescheduling of the tournament,[4][5] despite the fact that the Colombian Football Federation had announced its cancellation,[6] with October as a possible tentative date and keeping Ecuador as the host country.[7][8] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021.[9]

As the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-17 World Cup. Originally the top four teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives, together with Peru which would have qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts (fifth-placed team would also have qualified if Peru were among the top four).[5]

Argentina are the defending champions.

  1. ^ "Fechas y sedes para cuatro torneos juveniles 2020 y 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Consejo de la CONMEBOL aprueba un Reglamento de Gobernanza" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "CONMEBOL cancela campeonatos clasificatorios Sub 17 y Sub 20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "CAMPEONATOS JUVENILES MASCULINOS 2021 CONMEBOL SUB-20 – CONMEBOL SUB-17" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "COMUNICADO FCF: CAMPEONATOS SUDAMERICANOS 2021" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Boletín 009 ¡Preselección Sub 17, un equipo cada vez más consolidado!" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ "La Conmebol canceló los torneos Sudamericanos Sub 17 y Sub 20" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.