2001 South American U-17 Championship

The 2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Peru from 2 to 18 March 2001.

The host of the competition was the city of Arequipa.

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

Group A TeamPtsMWDLGFGC742116474211910642028744112884411268

2 March 2001Uruguay2–3VenezuelaArequipaPerú1–1ArgentinaArequipa4 March 2001Argentina2–0EcuadorArequipaPerú1–2UruguayArequipa6 March 2001Argentina2–1UruguayArequipaVenezuela2–2EcuadorArequipa8 March 2001Uruguay3–1EcuadorArequipaVenezuela2–5PerúArequipa10 March 2001Argentina1–2VenezuelaArequipaPerú1–3EcuadorArequipa

Group B TeamPtsMWDLGFGC842201358422012874211773410371514013913

3 March 2001Brazil4–0ColombiaArequipaChile3–5BoliviaArequipa5 March 2001Bolivia1–4ParaguayArequipaChile3–3BrazilArequipa7 March 2001Paraguay4–3ChileArequipaBolivia1–4ColombiaArequipa9 March 2001Colombia1–0ChileArequipaBrazil2–2ParaguayArequipa11 March 2001Colombia2–2ParaguayArequipaBrazil4–0BoliviaArequipa

Final round The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.

TeamPtsPJPGPEPPGFGC7321050632016423021341301217

14 March 2001Argentina3–2ParaguayArequipaBrazil3–0VenezuelaArequipa16 March 2001Brazil0–0ParaguayArequipaArgentina3–0VenezuelaArequipa18 March 2001Venezuela1–1ParaguayArequipaArgentina0–2BrazilArequipa Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay qualify to 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Top goalscorers TeamPlayersGoalsAldo Jara6

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