2001 South American U-20 Championship

The 2001 South American U-20 Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) was a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Ecuador between 12 January and 4 February 2003, it was the 20th time the competition has been held and the 2nd to take place in Ecuador. Brazil won their 8th trophy.

2001 South American U-20 Championship
2001 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates12 January – 4 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Top scorer(s)Brazil Adriano
Brazil Ewerthon (6 goals)
1999
2003

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Squads

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For a list of all the players in the final tournament, see 2001 South American U-20 Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

First group stage

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When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:

  1. superior goal difference in all matches
  2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. better result in matches between tied teams
  4. drawing of lots
All match times are in local Ecuador time (UTC−05:00).

Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Paraguay 8 4 2 2 0 6 3
  Brazil 7 4 2 1 1 6 3
  Ecuador 5 4 1 2 1 3 2
  Peru 4 4 1 1 2 5 9
  Venezuela 2 4 0 2 2 4 7

Results

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Brazil  4–1  Peru
Ecuador  0–0  Venezuela

Paraguay  1–0  Brazil
Peru  0–2  Ecuador

Venezuela  2–3  Peru
Ecuador  1–1  Paraguay

Peru  1–1  Paraguay
Brazil  1–1  Venezuela

Venezuela  1–3  Paraguay
Ecuador  0–1  Brazil

Group B

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Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10
  Chile 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
  Colombia 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3


14 January Uruguay   0–1   Colombia
Bolivia   0–2   Argentina
16 January Uruguay   2–1   Chile
Argentina   4–1   Colombia
18 January Colombia   1–0   Bolivia
Argentina   1–0   Chile
20 January Chile   2–1   Colombia
Uruguay   1–3   Bolivia
22 January Chile   3–1   Bolivia
Argentina   1–1   Uruguay

Final round

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Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 5 4 1 0 15 3 +12 13
  Argentina 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8
  Paraguay 5 1 3 1 7 6 +1 6
  Chile 5 1 2 2 5 12 −7 5
  Ecuador 5 1 1 3 4 7 −3 4
  Colombia 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 4


24 January Ecuador   0–1   Argentina
Paraguay   3–1   Colombia
Brazil   6–0   Chile
26 January Brazil   4–2   Colombia
Paraguay   1–1   Ecuador
Argentina   2–2   Chile
28 January Ecuador   0–1   Colombia
Paraguay   1–2   Chile
Brazil   1–0   Argentina
31 January Paraguay   1–1   Brazil
Argentina   1–0   Colombia
Chile   1–3   Ecuador
4 February Paraguay   1–1   Argentina
Brazil   3–0   Ecuador
Colombia   0–0   Chile


 2001 South American Youth Championship 
 
Brazil
Eighth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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Excluding Argentina, who had qualified automatically as host, the four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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