2001 South American U-20 Championship

2001 South American U-20 Championship
2001 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	January 12 to February 4
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Top scorer(s)	Adriano; Ewerthon (6 goals)

The 2001 South American U-20 Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) was a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Ecuador between January 12 and February 4, 2003, it was the 20th time the competition has been held and the 2nd to take place in Ecuador. Brazil won their 8th trophy.

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Squads

For a list of all the players in the final tournament, see 2001 South American U-20 Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

First group stage

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

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

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

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Paraguay	8	4	2	2	0	6	3
Brazil	7	4	2	1	1	6	3
Ecuador	5	4	1	2	1	3	2
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	5	9
Venezuela	2	4	0	2	2	4	7

Results

January 12