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2013 South American Youth Championship

2013 South American Youth Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20
Juventud de América Argentina 2013
Argentina U-20 2013.jpg
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Dates 9 January – 3 February
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Colombia (3rd title)
Runners-up  Paraguay
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played 35
Goals scored 100 (2.86 per match)
Attendance 89,500 (2,557 per match)
Top scorer(s) Uruguay Nicolás López (6)
Best player Colombia Juan Fernando Quintero
2011
2015

The 2013 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Argentina 2013, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Argentina 2013) was a association football competition for national under-20 teams in the South America (CONMEBOL). The tournament was held in Argentina from 9 January to 3 February 2013 and was won by Colombia, with Paraguay as runners-up.

Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, which were the first four teams of this tournament qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.

Argentina was chosen as host country at a meeting of the CONMEBOL Executive Committee on 18 March 2011 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. At the meeting, it was decided to make Argentina the host nation for both the South American Under-20 and Under-17 tournaments in 2013.

A total of two cities hosted the tournament.

The referees were:

Argentina Patricio Loustau

Bolivia Raúl Orosco


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