2023 South American U-20 Championship

2023 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 Colombia 2023
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates19 January – 12 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (12th title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored78 (2.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Vitor Roque
Brazil Andrey Santos
(6 goals each)
2025

The 2023 South American U-20 Championship was 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 held in Colombia between 19 January and 12 February 2023.[1][2]

The South American U-20 Championship returned after 4 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing CONMEBOL to cancel the tournament in 2021.[3]

The tournament served as qualifier for two international events. The top four teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives.[4] The top three teams also qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games men's football tournament, in addition to Chile who automatically qualified as hosts.[5]

After twelve years, Brazil won the tournament again after finishing first in the final stage's group, which meant the twelfth title in their history. Champions Brazil, runners-up Uruguay and the hosts and third place Colombia qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2023 Pan American Games. Defending champions Ecuador managed to reach the last berth for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup after finishing in fourth place.[6]

Subsequently, Argentina qualified for the 2023 U-20 World Cup as hosts after FIFA awarded the country the rights to organize the tournament in place of the original hosts Indonesia.[7] Argentina had failed to qualify for the World Cup after being eliminated in the first stage.[8]

Uruguay would go on to win the 2023 U-20 World Cup that year.

  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. ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Sub20 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Santiago 2023 Qualification Systems Manual – Football" (PDF). www.santiago2023.org. Santiago 2023. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Brasil conquista su título 12° en la CONMEBOL Sub20" [Brazil wins their 12th CONMEBOL U20 title] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2023.
  7. ^ "FIFA confirms Argentina as host nation for FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023". FIFA. 17 April 2023.
  8. ^ "FIFA confirms Argentina as host of U20 World Cup". Buenos Aires Times. 17 April 2023.