| Tourney Name: | South American Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Paraguay |
| Dates: | 1–25 March |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Champion: | PAR |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | URU |
| Prevseason: | 1967 |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The South American Youth Championship 1971 was held in Asunción, Paraguay.
The following teams entered the tournament:
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | –3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 1 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March | 2–2 | ||||||
| 1–0 | |||||||
| 4 March | 5–1 | ||||||
| 7 March | 4–0 | ||||||
| 10 March | 3–3 | ||||||
| 2–0 | |||||||
| 14 March | 0–2 | ||||||
| 1–0 | |||||||
| 17 March | 0–1 | ||||||
| 0–1 |
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March | 2–0 | ||||||
| 7 March | 3–1 | ||||||
| 13 March | 4–2 | ||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 17 March | 1–2 | ||||||
| 18 March | 2–0 |