2013 South American Youth Football Championship Explained

Year:2013
Other Titles:Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
Juventud de América Argentina 2013
Size:150px
Country:Argentina
Dates:9 January – 3 February
Num Teams:10
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Count:3
Matches:35
Goals:100
Attendance:89500
Player: Juan Fernando Quintero
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2015

The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish; Castilian: '''''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 ''Juventud de América'' Argentina 2013'''''|italic=unset, Portuguese: '''''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 ''Juventude da América'' Argentina 2013'''''|italic=unset|region=BR) was an association football competition for national under-20 teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Argentina from 9 January to 3 February 2013 and was won by Colombia, with Paraguay as runners-up.

Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, which were the first four teams of this tournament qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.

Host selection

Argentina was chosen as host country at a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee on 18 March 2011 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. At the meeting, it was decided to make Argentina the host nation for both the South American Under-20 and Under-17 tournaments in 2013.[1]

Teams

Venues

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

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Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Capacity: 40,268
San Juan
Estadio del Bicentenario
Capacity: 25,000

Match officials

The referees were:

Assistant: Diego Bonfá

Assistant: Wilson Arellano

Assistant: Marcelo Van Gasse

Assistant: Carlos Astroza

Assistant: Wilmar Navarro

Assistant: Byron Romero

Assistant: Darío Gaona

Assistant: Raúl López

Assistant: Nicolás Tarán

Assistant: Carlos López

Squads

See main article: 2013 South American U-20 Championship squads.

First stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:

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

All match times are in local Argentine time .

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.[2]

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Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Argentina will host the South American U-20 and U-17 Tournaments in 2013 . 2012-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021071207/http://m24digital.com/en/2011/03/18/argentina-will-host-the-south-american-u-20-and-u-17-tournaments-in-2013/ . 2012-10-21 . dead .
  2. Web site: Acta no 05/2012. conmebol.com. 26 September 2012. 6. pdf.