2023 South American U-17 Championship

2023 South American U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2023
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates30 March – 23 April
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (13th title)
Runners-up Ecuador
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored93 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Claudio Echeverri
Brazil Kauã Elias
Brazil Rayan
(5 goals each)
2025

The 2023 South American U-17 Championship was the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organized by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Ecuador between 30 March and 23 April 2023.[1][2] This was the first U-17 championship in four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021.[3]

Like previous editions, the tournament served as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the CONMEBOL representatives.[4] Brazil won their thirteenth South American U-17 title after finishing first in the final stage's group and a spot at the World Cup. They were joined by the other top four teams in Ecuador, Argentina and Venezuela.[5]

  1. ^ "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jannuzzi, Thiago (18 February 2023). "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sub17 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  5. ^ "Brasil, campeón invicto de la CONMEBOL Sub17 - 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 April 2023.