2001 South American U-17 Championship

The 2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Peru from 2 to 18 March 2001.

The host of the competition was the city of Arequipa.

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

TeamPtsMWDLGFGC
 Argentina7421164
 Venezuela74211910
 Uruguay6420287
 Peru4411288
 Ecuador4411268
2 March 2001
Uruguay2–3VenezuelaArequipa
Perú1–1ArgentinaArequipa
4 March 2001
Argentina2–0EcuadorArequipa
Perú1–2UruguayArequipa
6 March 2001
Argentina2–1UruguayArequipa
Venezuela2–2EcuadorArequipa
8 March 2001
Uruguay3–1EcuadorArequipa
Venezuela2–5PerúArequipa
10 March 2001
Argentina1–2VenezuelaArequipa
Perú1–3EcuadorArequipa

Group B

TeamPtsMWDLGFGC
 Brazil84220135
 Paraguay84220128
 Colombia7421177
 Bolivia34103715
 Chile14013913
3 March 2001
Brazil4–0ColombiaArequipa
Chile3–5BoliviaArequipa
5 March 2001
Bolivia1–4ParaguayArequipa
Chile3–3BrazilArequipa
7 March 2001
Paraguay4–3ChileArequipa
Bolivia1–4ColombiaArequipa
9 March 2001
Colombia1–0ChileArequipa
Brazil2–2ParaguayArequipa
11 March 2001
Colombia2–2ParaguayArequipa
Brazil4–0BoliviaArequipa

Final round

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

TeamPtsPJPGPEPPGFGC
 Brazil7321050
 Argentina6320164
 Paraguay2302134
 Venezuela1301217
14 March 2001
Argentina3–2ParaguayArequipa
Brazil3–0VenezuelaArequipa
16 March 2001
Brazil0–0ParaguayArequipa
Argentina3–0VenezuelaArequipa
18 March 2001
Venezuela1–1ParaguayArequipa
Argentina0–2BrazilArequipa


 2001 South American Under-17 Football champions 

Brazil
6th title

Top goalscorers

TeamPlayersGoals
Aldo Jara6

References