en 2015 South American U-17 Championship

2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17; Paraguay 2015
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	4–29 March
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (11th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Ecuador
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	116 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leandrinho; (8 goals)
Fair play award	Ecuador
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The 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguay 2015) was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONMEBOL for players aged 17 and below. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 29 March 2015.^[2]^[3]

This tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.^[4] The top four teams, tournament champions Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and hosts Paraguay, qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, joining Chile who automatically qualified as hosts of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Argentina (holders)	16th	Champions (3 times, most recent 2013)
Bolivia	16th	Champions (1 time, 1986)
Brazil	16th	Champions (10 times, most recent 2011)
Chile	16th	Runners-up (1 time, 1993)
Colombia	16th	Champions (1 time, 1993)
Ecuador	15th	Third place (3 times, most recent 2005)
Paraguay (hosts)	15th	Runners-up (1 time, 1999)
Peru	16th	Fourth place (1 time, 2007)
Uruguay	16th	Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
Venezuela	16th	Runners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

Paraguay was named as host country of the tournament on 23 May 2012 at the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the 62nd FIFA Congress.^[5] A total of three venues were chosen to host the matches: Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz in Asunción, Estadio Deportivo Capiatá in Capiatá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque.^[3]

Asunción	Asunción Capiatá Luque
Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
Capacity: 10,000

Capiatá
Estadio Deportivo Capiatá
Capacity: 8,000

Luque
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
Capacity: 24,000

Match officials

On 10 February 2015, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistants referees summoned for the tournament.^[6]^[7] The assistants Ariel Scime (Argentina), Cleriston Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Changala (Uruguay) and Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) were replaced by Cristian Navarro, Bruno Boschilia, Gabriel Popovits and Luis Murillo respectively. ^{[citation needed]}

Fernando Rapallini

Assistants: Iván Núñez and Cristian Navarro

Gery Vargas

Assistants: Javier Bustillos and Juan Pablo Montaño

Wilton Sampaio

Assistants: Fabrício Vilarinho and Bruno Boschilia

Roberto Tobar

Assistants: Christian Schiemann and Raúl Orellana

Luis Alfonso Sánchez

Assistants: Alexander Guzmán and Cristian de la Cruz

Carlos Orbe

Assistants: Juan Carlos Macías and Edwin Bravo

Mario Díaz de Vivar

Assistants: Eduardo Cardozo and Juan Zorrilla

Miguel Santiváñez

Assistants: Víctor Ráez and Coty Carrera

Jonhatan Fuentes

Assistants: Gabriel Popovits and Richard Trinidad

Jesús Valenzuela

Assistants: Luis Murillo and Elbis Gómez

Squads

Each team may register a squad of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[4]

Draw

The draw was held on 24 October 2014, 10:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[8]^[9] The ten teams involved were settled in five "pairing pots" (Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Ecuador, Chile–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela) to be drawn into two groups of five. Initially Argentina and Brazil were announced as seeded teams,^[10] however, Paraguay (as hosts) and Uruguay were finally the teams seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining teams, including Argentina and Brazil, were drawn to determine their group as well as their position within it.^[11]

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Paraguay (Hosts, assigned to A1) Uruguay (assigned to B1)	Argentina Brazil	Colombia Ecuador	Chile Peru	Bolivia Venezuela

The draw results were as follows:^[9]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Paraguay
A2	Brazil
A3	Venezuela
A4	Colombia
A5	Peru

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Uruguay
B2	Argentina
B3	Bolivia
B4	Ecuador
B5	Chile

First stage

The top three teams in each group qualified for the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:^[4]

superior goal difference in all matches
greater number of goals scored in all group matches
better result in matches between the tied teams
drawing of lots

All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−3).^[12]^[13]^[14]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Paraguay (H)	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8	Advance to Final stage
2	Brazil	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	7
3	Colombia	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1	5
4	Venezuela	4	1	2	1	8	8	0	5
5	Peru	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

4 March 2015