2025 South American Under-20 Championship
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2024) |
| CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Peru |
| City | Arequipa |
| Dates | TBD |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
The 2025 South American U-20 Championship will be the 31st edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It will be held in Arequipa, Peru in dates to be confirmed.[1]
Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Chile who automatically qualify as host (if Chile were among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team would also qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup).
Brazil are the defending champions.
Host nation and venues
[edit]Peru was announced as host country for the tournament by the CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez during a CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 10 April 2024, with Arequipa as host city.[1][2] The Peruvian Football Federation had submitted to CONMEBOL in March 2024 the bid to organize this competition.[3]
This will be the third time that Peru hosts the tournament, having previously done so in 1975 and 2011.[4] Arequipa will once again be the host city as in 2011 when it shared the organization with Tacna and Moquegua.[5]
With three venues required as a minimum by CONMEBOL,[6] four possible venues were initially considered: Estadio Monumental UNSA, Estadio Melgar, Estadio La Tomilla and Estadio Municipal de Sachaca, with the latter three needing considerable improvements to host the matches.[7][8]
Teams
[edit]All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
29th | Champions (5 times, most recent 2015) |
 Bolivia |
26th | Fourth place (2 times, most recent 1983) |
 Brazil (holders) |
30th | Champions (12 times, most recent 2023) |
 Chile |
31st | Runners-up (1 time, 1975) |
 Colombia |
29th | Champions (3 times, most recent 2013) |
 Ecuador |
26th | Champions (1 time, 2019) |
 Paraguay |
29th | Champions (1 time, 1971) |
 Peru (hosts) |
30th | Fourth place (5 times, most recent 1975) |
 Uruguay |
30th | Champions (8 times, most recent 2017) |
 Venezuela |
27th | Third place (2 times, most recent 2017) |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
[edit]The following five teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chile |
17 December 2023[9] | 6 (1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chávez, Erick (10 April 2024). "¡Confirmado! Arequipa será sede del Sudamericano Sub 20 Masculino 2025" [Confirmed! Arequipa will host the South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú.
- ^ "Conmebol: Arequipa será sede del próximo Sudamericano Sub 20 de fútbol masculino" [Conmebol: Arequipa will host the next South American U-20 Men's Championship 2025]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 10 April 2024.
- ^ "¡Arequipa será sede del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Masculino 2025!" [Arequipa will host the CONMEBOL U-20 Men's 2025!] (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024.
- ^ Castro, Johan (10 April 2024). "Conmebol hizo oficial la sede del Sudamericano Sub-20 del 2025" [Conmebol made official the venue for the South American Under-20 Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Antena 2.
- ^ "Arequipa nuevamente sede de un Sudamericano de fútbol" [Arequipa once again hosts a South American football tournament] (in Spanish). El Pueblo. 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Sudamericano Sub-20: Representantes de la FPF y el IPD inspeccionaron el estadio Melgar de Arequipa" [South American U-20 Championship: Representatives of the FPF and the IPD inspected the Estadio Melgar in Arequipa] (in Spanish). Correo. 16 July 2024.
- ^ Tribuna Deportiva [@PeruTribuna] (10 April 2024). "¡LOS 4 ESTADIOS PARA EL SUDAMERICANO DE AREQUIPA!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ Bazán, Raúl (2 July 2024). "Arequipa perdería sede del Sudamericano Sub 20: la preocupante advertencia de 'Chemo' Del Solar para el cambio de escenario" [Arequipa could lose venue for the South American U-20 Championship: 'Chemo' Del Solar's worrisome warning for the change of venue] (in Spanish). Infobae.
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023.