2017 South American U-17 Championship

2017 South American U-17 Championship
The 2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship 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.
Venues
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.
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).
Match officials
The referees and assistants referees were:
Jorge Baliño and Fernando Rapallini
Assistants: Lucas Germanotta and Gabriel Chade
Juan Nelio García
Assistants: Jorge Baldivieso and Roger Orellana
Raphael Claus
Assistants: Bruno Pires and Danilo Manis
Eduardo Gamboa
Assistants: Claudio Ríos and Edson Cisternas
Luis Sánchez
Assistants: Wilmar Navarro and Dionisio Ruiz
Juan Albarracín
Assistants: Ricardo Barén and Edwin Bravo
José Méndez
Assistants: Juan Zorrilla and Carlos Cáceres
Michael Espinoza
Assistants: Michael Orué and Stephen Atoche
Leodán González and Óscar Rojas
Assistants: Miguel Nievas and Gabriel Popovits
Adrián Cabello
Assistants: Tulio Moreno and Elbis Gómez
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
Group B
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.
Winners
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)
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
References
External links
Sudamericano Masculino Sub 17 Chile 2017
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2017 South American Under-17 Championship
2017 in South American football
2016–17 in Chilean football
2017 in youth association football
March 2017 sports events in South America