The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (, ) 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.
Teams (hosts)
(holder and world champions)
(winner)
Venues A total of two cities hosted the tournament.
MendozaEstadio Malvinas ArgentinasCapacity: 40,268San JuanEstadio del BicentenarioCapacity: 25,000
Match officials The referees were:
Patricio Loustau Assistant: Diego Bonfá Raúl Orosco Assistant: Wilson Arellano Sandro Ricci Assistant: Marcelo Van Gasse Julio Bascuñán Assistant: Carlos Astroza José Hernando Buitrago Assistant: Wilmar Navarro Carlos Vera Assistant: Byron Romero Enrique Cáceres Assistant: Darío Gaona Víctor Hugo Carrillo Assistant: Raúl López Daniel Fedorczuk Assistant: Nicolás Tarán Marlon Escalante Assistant: Carlos López
Squads
First stage When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to: superior goal difference in all matches greater number of goals scored in all group matches better result in matches between the tied teams drawing of lots
All match times are in local Argentine time (UTC−03:00).
Group A
Group B
Final stage The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.
Goalscorers 6 goals Nicolás López
5 goals
Juan Fernando Quintero Nicolás Castillo Yordy Reyna
4 goals
Derlis González Diego Rolán Jhon Córdoba Ely Esterilla
3 goals
Miguel Borja Matías Pérez
2 goals
Luciano Vietto Rodrigo Vargas Cristian Cuevas Juan Nieto Miguel Parrales Cristian Benavente Edison Flores Josef Martínez Junior Alonso
1 goal
Agustín Allione Juan Iturbe Lucas Melano Alan Ruiz Danny Bejarano Felipe Anderson Fred Marcos Júnior Alejandro Contreras Claudio Baeza Diego Rojas Diego Rubio Felipe Mora Igor Lichnovsky Nicolás Maturana Bryan Rabello Brayan Perea Jherson Vergara Amú Carlos Armando Grueso José Francisco Cevallos Rodrigo Alborno Ángel Cardozo Cecilio Domínguez Gustavo Gómez Jorge Rojas Jean Deza Miguel Araujo Edwuin Gómez Andy Polo Rodrigo Aguirre Diego Laxalt Rubén Bentancourt Mauricio Formiliano Juan Pablo Añor
Own goal Luis León (for Brazil)
See also 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
References
External links Tournament at CONMEBOL.com