2011 South American U-20 Championship
# 2011 South American U-20 Championship

The 2011 South American Youth Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 “Juventud de America” Perú 2011, Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 “Juventude da America” Peru 2011) was a football competition for U-20 national teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Peru from 16 January to 12 February.

The top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. In addition, the top 2 teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to be held in London, United Kingdom. As hosts of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia automatically qualified.

## Teams

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru (host)
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Venues

| Arequipa | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| - | - |
| Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi de la UNSA | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Capacity: 40,000 | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Moquegua | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Estadio 25 de Noviembre | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Capacity: 21,000 | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Tacna | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Estadio Jorge Basadre | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |
| Capacity: 19,850 | ArequipaMoqueguaTacna |

## First stage

When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:

* superior goal difference in all matches
* greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* better result in matches between the tied teams
* drawing of lots

All match times are in local Peruvian time (UTC−05:00).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| Peru | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |

## Final stage

* Team qualified for both the 2012 Olympics and 2011 U-20 World Cup
* Team qualified for the U-20 World Cup but not the Olympics

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 10 |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 8 |
| Chile | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 |
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |

    1.^ As hosts of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia automatically qualified and did not need to finish in the top four to advance.
    All match times are in local Peruvian time (UTC−05:00).

## Winners

* 2011 South American Youth Championship winners
* Brazil Eleventh title
