| Tourney Name: | South American Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1977 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Dates: | 16 April – 6 May |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Champion: | URU |
| Count: | 5 |
| Second: | BRA |
| Third: | PAR |
| Fourth: | CHI |
| Prevseason: | 1975 |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The South American Youth Championship 1977 was held in Caracas, Mérida and Valencia, Venezuela. It also served as qualification for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April | 2–1 | ||||||
| 18 April | 2–0 | ||||||
| 21 April | 3–0 | ||||||
| 24 April | 2–0 | ||||||
| 2–0 | |||||||
| 27 April | 4–1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 2 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April | 5–3 | ||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 18 April | 2–1 | ||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 21 April | 2–1 | ||||||
| 3–0 | |||||||
| 24 April | 0–0 | ||||||
| 0–0 | |||||||
| 27 April | 2–1 | ||||||
| 1–0 |
| 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 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 1 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April | 1–1 | ||||||
| 0–0 | |||||||
| 4 May | 1–0 | ||||||
| 1–0 | |||||||
| 6 May | 3–1 | ||||||
| 4–0 |
The three best performing teams qualified for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.