| Year: | 2019 |
| Other Titles: | Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019 |
| Country: | Peru |
| City: | Lima[1] |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 35 |
| Goals: | 106 |
| Top Scorer: | Johan Mina (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2019 South American U-17 Championship (es|'''Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Perú 2019''', pt-BR|'''Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Peru 2019''') was the 18th edition of the South American U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Peru from 21 March to 14 April 2019.
The top four teams, champions Argentina, which won their fourth title, Chile, Paraguay, and Ecuador, qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Brazil who qualified automatically as hosts replacing Peru, despite failing to qualify out of the first stage as defending champions for the first time.[2]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18th | (3 times, most recent 2013) | ||
| 18th | (1 time, 1986) | ||
| (holders) | 18th | (12 times, most recent 2017) | |
| 18th | (2 times, most recent 2017) | ||
| 18th | (1 time, 1993) | ||
| 17th | (4 times, most recent 2015) | ||
| 17th | (1 time, 1999) | ||
| (hosts) | 18th | (1 time, 2007) | |
| 18th | (3 times, most recent 2011) | ||
| 18th | (1 time, 2013) |
Peru was confirmed as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 22 January 2019 in Rio de Janeiro. All games were scheduled to be played in Lima at the Estadio Universidad San Marcos.[3]
| Estadio Universidad San Marcos | |
| Capacity: 22,000 | |
| -12.057°N -77.075°W | |
See also: 2019 South American U-17 Championship squads.
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete. Each team can register a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).
The draw of the tournament was held on 27 February 2019, 12:00 PET (UTC−5), at the Peruvian Football Federation headquarters in Lima, Peru.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The host Peru and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2017 South American U-17 Championship (shown in brackets).[5]
The referees and assistants referees were:[6]
The top three teams in each group advance to the final stage.
All times local, PET (UTC−5).[7]
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The schedule of the final matchday was modified based on which teams were possible to be champions.[8]
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The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, including Brazil who qualified automatically as host.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [9] | 16 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) | ||
| [10] | 13 (1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||
| 4 (1993, 1997, 2015, 2017) | |||
| [11] | 4 (1999, 2001, 2015, 2017) | ||
| 4 (1987, 1995, 2011, 2015) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.