2005 South American U-17 Championship

The 2005 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition for U-17 national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was the 11th time the tournament was held. It was played in Venezuela from 1 to 17 April 2005.

2005 South American Under 17 Football Championship
2005 Sudamericano Sub-17
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates1–17 April
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored107 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Kerlon (8 goals)
2003
2007

The host city of the competition was Maracaibo, which was chosen in April 2004.[1]

Squads

First round

The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the final round.

Group A

TeamPtsPLDWDLGFGA
 Brazil94301187
 Ecuador94301128
 Paraguay94301128
 Bolivia34103814
 Venezuela04004518
`1 April 2005 Venezuela 1-3 Paraguay
1 April 2005 Bolivia 2–4 Brazil

3 April 2005 Venezuela 2–3 Bolivia
3 April 2005 Paraguay 1–3 Ecuador

5 April 2005 Paraguay 5–2 Bolivia
5 April 2005 Brazil 5–1 Ecuador

7 April 2005 Venezuela 1–7 Brazil
7 April 2005 Bolivia 1–3 Ecuador

9 April 2005 Venezuela 1–5 Ecuador
9 April 2005 Paraguay 3–2 Brazil

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA
 Uruguay9430181
 Colombia7421142
 Chile6420267
 Argentina4411267
 Peru34103512
2 April 2005
Colombia0:1ChileMaracaibo
Uruguay1:0ArgentinaMaracaibo
4 April 2005
Chile3:0PeruMaracaibo
Colombia1:0UruguayMaracaibo
6 April 2005
Peru1:3ColombiaMaracaibo
Chile2:3ArgentinaMaracaibo
8 April 2005
Argentina0:0ColombiaMaracaibo
Uruguay3:0PeruMaracaibo
10 April 2005
Uruguay4:0ChileMaracaibo
Argentina3:4PeruMaracaibo

Final round

The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.

EquipoPtsPldWDLGFGA
 Brazil7321094
 Uruguay7321074
 Ecuador3310259
 Colombia0300326
13 April 2005
Uruguay4:2EcuadorMaracaibo
Brazil3:1ColombiaMaracaibo
15 April 2005
Uruguay1:0ColombiaMaracaibo
Brazil4:1EcuadorMaracaibo
17 April 2005
Ecuador2:1ColombiaMaracaibo
Brazil2:2UruguayMaracaibo


 2005 South American Under-17 Football champions 

Brazil
7th title

Top goalscorers

NationPlayerGoals
Kerlon8
Elías Figueroa6
Anderson5
Javier Acuña5
Ramón5

References