# 2013 South American Youth Football Championship

The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Argentina 2013) 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

* Argentina (hosts)
* Bolivia
* Brazil (holder and world champions)
* Chile
* Colombia (winner)
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Venues

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.
| Mendoza | MendozaSan Juan |
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | MendozaSan Juan |
| Capacity: 40,268 | MendozaSan Juan |
| San Juan | MendozaSan Juan |
| Estadio del Bicentenario | MendozaSan Juan |
| Capacity: 25,000 | MendozaSan Juan |

## 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

## 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

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Chile | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 |
| Colombia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Peru | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |

## Final stage

The final stage was scheduled to take place between 20 January and 3 February.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Colombia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 12 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 |
| Chile | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| Peru | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
* 2013 South American Youth Football champions
* Colombia Third title

## 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)