1967 South American U-20 Championship

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1967 South American Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates3–29 March
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Paraguay
1964
1971

The South American Youth Championship 1967 was held in Asunción, Paraguay.[1]

Teams[edit]

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Paraguay 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 4
 Argentina 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
 Venezuela 3 1 0 2 4 8 –4 2


5 March Paraguay  4–0  Venezuela
6 March Argentina  1–1  Colombia
8 March Venezuela  3–1  Colombia
12 March Paraguay  3–1  Argentina
19 March Colombia  3–1  Paraguay
Argentina  3–1  Venezuela

Tie-breaker[edit]

Argentina 0–0 Colombia

Note:Argentina qualified after the result was decided by tossing a coin

Group B[edit]

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Peru 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 5
 Chile 4 2 0 2 5 7 –2 4
 Uruguay 4 1 1 2 5 7 –2 3
 Ecuador 4 1 0 3 4 7 –3 2


3 March Peru  2–2  Uruguay
6 March Ecuador  2–1  Brazil
8 March Peru  3–1  Chile
11 March Brazil  3–1  Uruguay
Peru  3–1  Ecuador
14 March Uruguay  1–0  Ecuador
Brazil  2–0  Chile
17 March Chile  2–1  Ecuador
18 March Brazil  1–0  Peru
19 March Chile  2–1  Uruguay

Semifinals[edit]

Argentina 2–0 Brazil
Paraguay 2–1 Peru

Final[edit]

1967 South American U-20 Championship Final
Paraguay 2–2 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Yugovich 59'
Ramírez 60'
Report 1
Report 2
Pasternak 50'
Ricciardi 67'
Referee: César Orozco (Peru)

Note: Argentina won the championship after the result was decided by tossing a coin.[2]

Squads[edit]

Argentina[edit]

José Alberto Pérez (River Plate), Jorge D'Alessandro (San Lorenzo), Jorge Eduardo Dominici (River Plate), José Gómez (Gimnasia y Esgrima LP), Horacio Tocalini (Chacarita Juniors), Carlos Siciliano (Racing Club), Eduardo Commisso (River Plate), Jorge Teijón (Deportivo Morón), Marcos Ricciardi (Chacarita Juniors), José Martínez (San Lorenzo), Francisco Cibeyra (River Plate), Héctor Martínez (Racing Club), José Pasternak (Gimnasia y Esgrima LP), Antonio García (San Lorenzo), Enrique Wolff (Racing Club), Juan Loyola (Chacarita Juniors), Miguel Converti (Banfield), Carlos García Cambón (Chacarita Juniors)
Managers: Juan Carlos Giménez and Mario Imbelloni.[3]


 1967 South American Youth Championship 

Argentina
First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ IV Sudamericano Juvenil 1967 (Paraguay) by Fernando Espinoza Añazco on the RSSSF
  2. ^ La fatídica moneda del 67 on Diario Hoy, 29 Mar 2020
  3. ^ Los primeros festejos on AFA