2025 South American Under-20 Championship

The 2025 South American U-20 Championship will be the 31st edition of the South American U-20 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-20 national teams of South America. It will be held in Arequipa, Peru.

2025 South American U-20 Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 2025
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
CityArequipa
DatesTBD
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)

The top four teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Chile who automatically qualify as host. If Chile reaches the semi-finals, the two teams that finish 3rd in the group stage will play a play-off game for the spot instead.[1]

Brazil are the defending champions.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Argentina29thChampions (5 times, most recent 2015)
 Bolivia26thFourth place (2 times, most recent 1983)
 Brazil (holders)30thChampions (12 times, most recent 2023)
 Chile31stRunners-up (1 time, 1975)
 Colombia29thChampions (3 times, most recent 2013)
 Ecuador26thChampions (1 time, 2019)
 Paraguay29thChampions (1 time, 1971)
 Peru (hosts)30thFourth place (5 times, most recent 1975)
 Uruguay30thChampions (8 times, most recent 2017)
 Venezuela27thThird place (2 times, most recent 2017)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following five teams from CONMEBOL will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 Chile17 December 20236 (1987, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

On 10 April 2024, the Peruvian Football Federation revealed the four venues that will host the tournament.[2]

Arequipa
Estadio Monumental de la UNSA Estadio Mariano Melgar
Capacity: 60,370 Capacity: 15,000
Estadio Municipal de Cayma Estadio Municipal de Sachaca
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 6,000

References
  1. "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA.com. 17 December 2023.
  2. "¡LOS 4 ESTADIOS PARA EL SUDAMERICANO DE AREQUIPA!".
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