CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17 Ecuador 2021 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Ecuador |
Dates | Cancelled |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
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.
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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19th | Champions (4 times, most recent 2019) |
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19th | Champions (1 time, 1986) |
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19th | Champions (12 times, most recent 2017) |
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19th | Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2019) |
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19th | Champions (1 time, 1993) |
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18th | Third place (4 times, most recent 2015) |
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18th | Runners-up (1 time, 1999) |
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19th | Fourth place (1 time, 2007) |
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19th | Runners-up (3 times, most recent 2011) |
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19th | Runners-up (1 time, 2013) |
To be confirmed.
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to compete.
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 Cup 1 |
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24 October 2019 [10] | 2 ( 2005, 2007) |