2005 South American U-20 Championship Explained

Year:	2005
Other Titles:	2005 Sudamericano Sub-20
Country:	Colombia
Dates:	13 January – 6 February
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Count:	2
Matches:	35
Goals:	114
Top Scorer:	Hugo Rodallega (11 goals)
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2007

The 2005 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) was a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia between 13 January and 6 February 2005, it was the 22nd time the competition has been held and the third to take place in Colombia. Colombia finished undefeated, winning their second trophy.

Format

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 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Squads

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2005 South American U-20 Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

- - - - (host)

First group stage

Group A

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA
	10	4	3	1	0	14	1
	10	4	3	1	0	9	1
	4	4	1	1	2	6	8
	2	4	0	2	2	4	13
	1	4	0	1	3	1	11

Results

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Group B

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	8	4	2	2	0	10	3
	7	4	2	1	1	10	7
	6	4	1	3	0	6	0
	5	4	1	2	1	7	6
	0	4	0	0	4	3	20

Results

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Final group

width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Dif
	13	5	4	1	0	11	5	+6
	9	5	3	0	2	8	6	+2
	9	5	2	3	0	5	3	+2
	5	5	1	2	2	10	11	-1
	5	5	1	2	2	7	10	-3
	0	5	0	0	5	3	9	-6