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| Organizing body | CONMEBOL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Region | South America |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champion(s) |  Brazil(13th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Brazil (13 titles) |
 2023 South American U-17 Championship | |
The South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17; Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17), branded as CONMEBOL Sub17, is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now the FIFA U-17 World Cup). For the first three editions (1985, 1986, and 1988), the competition was limited to under-16 teams. Afterwards, the age limit was raised one year.[1] The tournament is held every two years.[2] Since the first edition, Brazil has been the dominant force of the tournament, winning a record thirteen times.
- ^ "South American U-17 Championships". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ South American U-17 Championship[dead link]