1979 South American U-20 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Uruguay |
Dates | 12–31 January |
Teams | 9 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uruguay (6th title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Paraguay |
Fourth place | Brazil |
← 1977 1981 → |
International football competition
The South American Youth Championship 1979 was held in Montevideo and Paysandú, Uruguay. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Teams
The following teams entered the tournament:
First round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Final round |
2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 4 | |
3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |
4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
12 January | Uruguay | 5–0 | Ecuador |
13 January | Argentina | 4–0 | Peru |
18 January | Argentina | 5–0 | Ecuador |
Uruguay | 3–0 | Peru | |
22 January | Peru | 2–0 | Ecuador |
Uruguay | 1–0 | Argentina |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | Advance to Final round |
2 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | |
5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
12 January | Paraguay | 6–0 | Chile |
Colombia | 2–1 | Brazil | |
14 January | Colombia | 5–1 | Bolivia |
Brazil | 1–0 | Chile | |
17 January | Paraguay | 5–0 | Colombia |
Brazil | 1–0 | Bolivia | |
19 January | Chile | 2–0 | Colombia |
Paraguay | 1–0 | Bolivia | |
22 January | Chile | 5–1 | Bolivia |
Brazil | 1–1 | Paraguay |
Fifth-place match
Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship |
2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to Inter-continental qualification |
4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
25 January | Argentina | 0–0 | Paraguay |
Uruguay | 1–0 | Brazil | |
28 January | Paraguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
Uruguay | 0–0 | Argentina | |
31 January | Argentina | 1–0 | Brazil |
Uruguay | 2–1 | Paraguay |
1979 South American Youth Championship |
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Uruguay Sixth title |
Inter-continental qualification
The two best performing teams qualified directly for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Paraguay also qualified, after winning an intercontinental play-off against Israel and Australia.[1] Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Paraguay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 8 | Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship |
2 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |
3 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
7 February | Paraguay | 2–0 | Australia |
9 February | Israel | 0–0 | Australia |
11 February | Paraguay | 3–0 | Israel |
14 February | Australia | 0–0 | Israel |
16 February | Paraguay | 3–0 | Australia |
18 February | Paraguay | 2–1 | Israel |
External links
- Results by RSSSF
- ^ "Intercontinental play-off results by RSSSF". Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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