2021 South American U-20 Championship

2021 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 Venezuela 2021
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
DatesCancelled
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2021 South American U-20 Championship was originally going be the 30th edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It was scheduled to be held in Colombia between 2 and 27 February 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-20 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] On 16 April 2021, CONMEBOL chose to relocate the tournament to Venezuela while Colombia would instead host the 2023 edition.[7] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021.[8]

As the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-20 World Cup. Originally the top four teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives.[5]

Ecuador would be 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". fcf.com.co/ (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "COLOMBIA ORGANIZARÁ EL CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB20 DE 2023". fcf.com.co/ (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.