2011 South American U-15 Championship Explained

Yearr:	2011
Other Titles:	Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011
Size:	200px
Country:	Uruguay
Dates:	17 November – 4 December
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Count:	3
Matches:	26
Goals:	77
Top Scorer:	Joao Arthur (11 goals)
Prevseason:	2009
Nextseason:	2013

The 2011 South American Under-15 Football Championship (Spanish; Castilian: '''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011''') was the 5th U-15 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Uruguay from 17 November to 4 December 2011.^[1]

Brazil was the winning champion.

Teams

- - - - (holders)
- (hosts)

Venues

Three stadiums in three host cities were chosen for the tournament:

width=30%	City	Stadium	Capacity
Trinidad	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja	6.500
Rivera	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera	28.000
Fray Bentos	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's	6.000

Draw

The draw of the first stage groups was held on 17 March 2011 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Asunción, Paraguay.^[2]

Officials

On 20 October 2011, CONMEBOL's Commission on Referees announced the list of 10 referees and assistant to be used for the tournament.^[3]

Officials

Patricio Loustau
Jorge Mansilla
Sandro Ricci
Eduardo Gamboa
Adrián Vélez
José Luis Espinel
Enrique Cáceres
Henry Gambetta
Daniel Fedorczuk
José Argote

Assistants

Juan Pablo Belatti
Wilson Arellano
Marcelo Van Gasse
Marcelo Barraza
Alexander Guzmán
Douglas Espinoza
Hugo Martínez
Raúl López Cruz
Nicolás Tarán
Carlos López

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams in each group qualified for the final round.

Group A

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	10	4	3	1	0	10	2
	7	4	2	1	1	5	6
	5	4	1	2	1	5	2
	4	4	1	1	2	4	7
	1	4	0	1	3	2	9

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17 November 2011
Chile	1 : 0	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	2 : 1	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
19 November 2011
Argentina	3 : 2	Chile	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	1 : 1	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
21 November 2011
Argentina	2 : 0	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	3 : 0	Chile	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
23 November 2011
Chile	1 : 1	Venezuela	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Argentina	0 : 0	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
25 November 2011
Venezuela	0 : 4	Ecuador	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos
Uruguay	4 : 0	Argentina	Estadio Municipal Parque Liebig's, Fray Bentos

Group B

width=185	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	13	2
	8	4	2	2	0	4	0
	6	4	2	0	2	5	4
	4	4	1	1	2	3	7
	0	4	0	0	4	3	15

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18 November 2011
Brazil	0 : 0	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	4 : 1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
20 November 2011
Brazil	5 : 1	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Colombia	3 : 0	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
22 November 2011
Bolivia	1 : 2	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Colombia	1 : 0	Paraguay	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
24 November 2011
Brazil	6 : 1	Bolivia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	1 : 0	Peru	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
26 November 2011
Peru	0 : 0	Colombia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
Paraguay	0 : 2	Brazil	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera

Final round

The final round was played in a round robin system between the four best teams.

width=185	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA
	9	3	3	0	0	12	4
	6	3	2	0	1	6	6
	3	3	1	0	2	5	7
	0	3	0	0	3	0	6

width=20%		width=12%		width=20%	width=33%
28 November 2011
Brazil	4 : 2	Argentina	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 1	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
1 December 2011
Brazil	4 : 2	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 1	Argentina	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
4 December 2011
Argentina	2 : 3	Colombia	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad
Uruguay	0 : 4	Brazil	Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Trinidad

External links

CONMEBOL official website

Notes and References

Web site: Uruguay se alista para el Sub-15. CONMEBOL. Uruguay is preparing for the U-15. Spanish. 28 September 2011. 28 September 2011.
News: Principales conclusiones del Comité Ejecutivo de la CONMEBOL. FCF. 18 March 2011. Spanish.
Web site: Árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-15 Uruguay 2011. CONMEBOL. Referees for the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Uruguay . Spanish. 20 October 2011. 20 October 2011.