# 2017 South American U-17 Championship

The 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Chile 2017, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Chile 2017) was the 17th edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Chile from 23 February to 19 March 2017.
Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Chile, Paraguay and Colombia, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 17th | Champions (3 times, most recent 2013) |
| Bolivia | 17th | Champions (1 time, 1986) |
| Brazil (holders) | 17th | Champions (11 times, most recent 2015) |
| Chile (hosts) | 17th | Runners-up (1 time, 1993) |
| Colombia | 17th | Champions (1 time, 1993) |
| Ecuador | 16th | Third place (4 times, most recent 2015) |
| Paraguay | 16th | Runners-up (1 time, 1999) |
| Peru | 17th | Fourth place (1 time, 2007) |
| Uruguay | 17th | Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011) |
| Venezuela | 17th | Runners-up (1 time, 2013) |

## Venues

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According to ANFP sources, Chile was named as host country of the tournament during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting held on 12 May 2015, this was ratified by CONMEBOL at another meeting of its executive committee held on 4 April 2016. The chosen venues were Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua (Group A and final stage) and Estadio Fiscal, Talca (Group B). On 22 February 2017, Estadio La Granja, Curicó was added as an emergency venue to host the first two matchdays of Group B since Estadio Fiscal field was in poor condition.
| Rancagua | Talca | Curicó |
| Estadio El Teniente | Estadio Fiscal | Estadio La Granja |
| 34°10′41″S 70°44′15″W﻿ / ﻿34.177917°S 70.737507°W﻿ / -34.177917; -70.737507﻿ (Estadio El Teniente) | 35°25′11″S 71°40′26″W﻿ / ﻿35.419771°S 71.673905°W﻿ / -35.419771; -71.673905﻿ (Estadio Fiscal de Talca) | 34°58′28″S 71°13′47″W﻿ / ﻿34.974444°S 71.229722°W﻿ / -34.974444; -71.229722﻿ (Estadio La Granja) |
| Capacity:13,849 | Capacity:8,200 | Capacity:8,000 |

## Squads

Each team registered a squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 12 January 2017, 14:00 CLST (UTC−3), at the Chilean Football Federation headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Group A and Group B respectively and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their final positions in the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship (shown in brackets).
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Chile (10) (Hosts, assigned to A1) Brazil (1) (Title holders, assigned to B1) | Argentina (2) Ecuador (3) | Paraguay (4) Uruguay (5) | Colombia (6) Venezuela (7) | Bolivia (8) Peru (9) |

## Match officials

The referees and assistants referees were:
* The Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich was replaced by Leodán González after Ostojich was ruled out of the championship after suffering an injury. González was assisted by Wilmar Navarro and Dionisio Ruiz (Colombia) in the first stage and by Nievas and Popovits (Uruguay) in the final stage.
* For the final stage, Fernando Rapallini (Argentina), Óscar Rojas and the assistants Miguel Nievas and Gabriel Popovits (Uruguay) were included.
* The Colombian referee Luis Sánchez, Ostojich and the uruguayan assistants Carlos Pastorino and Horacio Ferreiro did not referee any match in the tournament.

## First stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

### Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:
* goal difference
* goals scored
* head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
* drawing of lots
All times local, CLST (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Final stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Final stage |
| 3 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Final stage |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Final stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Final stage |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Final stage |
| 4 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

## Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 9 | 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| 3 | Paraguay | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| 4 | Colombia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| 5 | Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | |

## Winners

* 2017 South American Under-17 Football champions
* Brazil 12th title

## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Vinícius Júnior

### 5 goals

* Lincoln

### 4 goals

* Martín Sánchez

### 3 goals

* Alan
* Santiago Barrero
* Jaminton Campaz
* Juan Peñaloza
* Roberto Fernández
* Fernando Romero
* Jan Carlos Hurtado

### 2 goals

* Facundo Colidio
* Ferddy Roca
* Paulinho
* Yuri Alberto
* Gastón Zuñiga
* Santiago Micolta
* Jordan Rezabala
* Alan Rodríguez
* José Barragán

### 1 goal

* Agustín Obando
* Sebastián Melgar
* Alerrandro
* Brenner
* Lucas Halter
* Marcos Antônio
* Lucas Alarcón
* Antonio Díaz
* Alexis Valencia
* Sebastián Valencia
* Luis Miguel López
* Juan David Martínez
* Juan David Vidal
* Jhon Campos
* Jackson Porozo
* Mauricio Quiñónez
* Cristian Tobar
* Antonio Galeano
* Nicolás Morínigo
* Jesús Rolón
* Leonardo Mifflin
* Gonzalo Sánchez
* Thomás Chacón
* Owen Falconis
* José Neris
* Gustavo Daniel Viera
* Cristian Cásseres
* Sebastián Chalbaud
* Jorge Echeverría
* Eduardo Fereira
* Diego Luna
* Christian Makoun

### Own goal

* Jackson Porozo (playing against Chile)
* Anthony Fuentes (playing against Paraguay)
* Diego Luna (playing against Brazil)
Source: CONMEBOL

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Brazil | 16 March 2017 | 15 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Chile | 16 March 2017 | 3 (1993, 1997, 2015) |
| Paraguay | 16 March 2017 | 3 (1999, 2001, 2015) |
| Colombia | 19 March 2017 | 5 (1989, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2009) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.