# 2011 South American U-17 Championship

The 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2011) was the 14th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 12 March to 9 April 2011.
This tournament gave four berths to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was held in Mexico, and also the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Brazil won their tenth title and their fourth in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournaments along with Uruguay, Argentina, and Ecuador.

## Teams

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil (holders)
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador (hosts)
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Venues

Five stadiums in five host cities were chosen for the tournament. Due to a scheduling conflict on the final match day, another stadium in Quito was added and used in the tournament.
| Ambato | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio Bellavista | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 19,337 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Ibarra | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio Olímpico | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 18,600 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Latacunga | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio La Cocha | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 15,220 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Quito | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 40,948 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 55,104 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Riobamba | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Estadio Olímpico | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |
| Capacity: 18,936 | AmbatoLatacungaIbarraQuitoRiobamba |

## Officials

On 8 February 2011, CONMEBOL's Commission on Referees announced the list of 10 referees and assistant to be used for the tournament.

## Squads

Each national team had to present a list of twenty players by 2 March 2011, but each association had the ability to change five players up to five days before the start of the tournament. All the players had to be born after 1 January 1994.

## First stage

When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:
* superior goal difference in all matches
* greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* better result in matches between tied teams
* drawing of lots
All match times are in local Ecuadorian time (UTC−05:00).
Key to colors in group tables :
* Top 3 teams in each group advanced to the final stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| Peru | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
* The game was suspended in the 2nd half due to a blackout with Argentina leading 2–0, and was completed on 22 March.

### Group B

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

## Final stage

Key to colors in group tables :
* Top 4 teams advanced to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2011 Pan American Games
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 |
| Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
* 2011 South American Under-17 Football champions
* Brazil 10th title