2007 South American U-17 Championship

2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship

2007 Sudamericano Sub-17
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	4–26 March
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	108 (3.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lulinha (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Reimond Manco

The 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 to 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba. The tournament provided four berths to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and six to the 2007 Pan American Games.

Squads

Main article: 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship squads

First round

The ten national teams were divided in two groups of five teams each. The top three teams in each group qualified for the final round and for the 2007 Pan American Games.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Peru	7	4	2	1	1	7	5
Ecuador	7	4	2	1	1	6	5
Brazil	6	4	2	0	2	14	9
Bolivia	6	4	2	0	2	5	11
Chile	3	4	1	0	3	3	5

4 March 2007
Ecuador	0 : 1	Bolivia	Riobamba
Brazil	1 : 2	Peru	Riobamba
6 March 2007
Bolivia	1 : 4	Peru	Riobamba
Ecuador	1 : 0	Chile	Riobamba
8 March 2007
Bolivia	2 : 7	Brazil	Ambato
Peru	1 : 3	Chile	Ambato
10 March 2007
Ecuador	0 : 0	Peru	Ambato
Brazil	2 : 0	Chile	Ambato
12 March 2007
Brazil	4 : 5	Ecuador	Latacunga
Chile	0 : 1	Bolivia	Latacunga

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Argentina	8	4	2	2	0	7	2
Colombia	8	4	2	2	0	5	2
Venezuela	5	4	1	2	1	6	8
Uruguay	4	4	1	1	2	7	6
Paraguay	1	4	0	1	3	3	10

5 March 2007
Argentina	4 : 0	Paraguay	Azogues
Uruguay	4 : 1	Venezuela	Azogues
7 March 2007
Argentina	0 : 0	Colombia	Cuenca
Uruguay	2 : 2	Paraguay	Cuenca
9 March 2007
Uruguay	0 : 1	Colombia	Cuenca
Venezuela	2 : 1	Paraguay	Cuenca
11 March 2007
Argentina	1 : 1	Venezuela	Azogues
Colombia	2 : 0	Paraguay	Azogues
13 March 2007
Argentina	2 : 1	Uruguay	Cuenca
Colombia	2 : 2	Venezuela	Cuenca

Final round

The final round was played in a round robin system, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2007 U-17 World Cup.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Brazil	13	5	4	1	0	15	2
Colombia	10	5	3	1	1	11	4
Argentina	8	5	2	2	1	6	5
Peru	5	5	1	2	2	6	11
Venezuela	4	5	1	1	3	3	12
Ecuador	1	5	0	1	4	5	12

16 March 2007
Ecuador	1 : 2	Colombia	Ibarra
Argentina	0 : 2	Brazil	Ibarra
Peru	2 : 1	Venezuela	Ibarra
18 March 2007
Ecuador	0 : 1	Venezuela	Ibarra
Argentina	2 : 1	Colombia	Ibarra
Peru	0 : 4	Brazil	Ibarra
20 March 2007
Brazil	4 : 0	Venezuela	Ibarra
Argentina	2 : 0	Ecuador	Ibarra
Peru	1 : 3	Colombia	Ibarra
23 March 2007
Colombia	0 : 0	Brazil	Latacunga
Argentina	1 : 1	Venezuela	Latacunga
Peru	2 : 2	Ecuador	Latacunga
25 March 2007
Colombia	5 : 0	Venezuela	Quito
Brazil	5 : 2	Ecuador	Quito
Peru	1 : 1	Argentina	Quito

2007 South American Under-17 Football champions
Brazil 8th title

Topscorers

12 goals

• Lulinha

7 goals

• Fabio

6 goals

• Cristian Nazarith

3 goals

• Nicolás Mazzola
• Eduardo Salvio
• James Rodríguez
• Ángel Marín
• Christian La Torre
• Reimond Manco
• Santiago Silva
• Yonatan Del Valle

2 goals

• Santiago Fernández
• Diego Suárez
• Alex Teixeira
• Bernardo
• Fellipe Bastos
• Maicon
• Danilo Bustos
• Ricardo Serna

2 goals (cont.)

• Santiago Tréllez
• Miller Bolaños
• Pablo Ochoa
• Erick Minda
• Jairo Hernández
• Jonathan Urretavizcaya
• Gustavo Páez

Qualified for 2007 U-17 World Cup

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Argentina
• Peru

Qualified for 2007 Pan American Games

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Peru (declined, replaced by Bolivia)
• Venezuela

External links

• CONMEBOL official website