2021 South American U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2021
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
DatesCancelled
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2021 South American U-17 Championship was originally going be the 19th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was scheduled to be held in Ecuador between 31 March – 25 April 2021,[1] before its suspension and subsequent cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 22 December 2020 CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be rescheduled to the second half of 2021 if FIFA decided to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[2] which was confirmed two days later.[3] On 28 December 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed the rescheduling of the tournament,[4][5] despite the fact that the Colombian Football Federation had announced its cancellation,[6] with October as a possible tentative date and keeping Ecuador as the host country.[7][8] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021.[9]

As the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-17 World Cup. Originally the top four teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives, together with Peru which would have qualified automatically as the World Cup hosts (fifth-placed team would also have qualified if Peru were among the top four).[5]

Argentina are the defending champions.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina (holders) 19th Champions (4 times, most recent 2019)
 Bolivia 19th Champions (1 time, 1986)
 Brazil 19th Champions (12 times, most recent 2017)
 Chile 19th Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2019)
 Colombia 19th Champions (1 time, 1993)
 Ecuador (hosts) 18th Third place (4 times, most recent 2015)
 Paraguay 18th Runners-up (1 time, 1999)
 Peru 19th Fourth place (1 time, 2007)
 Uruguay 19th Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011)
 Venezuela 19th Runners-up (1 time, 2013)

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

As hosts, Peru were the only CONMEBOL representative qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup at the time of the tournament's cancellation.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Peru 24 October 2019[10] 2 (2005, 2007)

References

  1. ^ "Fechas y sedes para cuatro torneos juveniles 2020 y 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Consejo de la CONMEBOL aprueba un Reglamento de Gobernanza" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA.com. 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ "CONMEBOL cancela campeonatos clasificatorios Sub 17 y Sub 20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "CAMPEONATOS JUVENILES MASCULINOS 2021 CONMEBOL SUB-20 – CONMEBOL SUB-17" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "COMUNICADO FCF: CAMPEONATOS SUDAMERICANOS 2021" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Boletín 009 ¡Preselección Sub 17, un equipo cada vez más consolidado!" (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ "La Conmebol canceló los torneos Sudamericanos Sub 17 y Sub 20" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.
  10. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021". FIFA. 24 October 2019.
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