2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship

2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship

2007 Sudamericano Sub-17
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	4 to 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	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

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

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	6	6
Paraguay	1	4	0	1	3	3	10

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	3
Argentina	8	5	2	2	1	6	5
Peru	5	5	1	2	2	5	11
Venezuela	4	5	1	1	3	3	12
Ecuador	1	5	0	1	4	5	12

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

Topscorers

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