1977 South American U-20 Championship

The South American Youth Championship 1977 was held in Caracas, Mérida and Valencia, Venezuela. It also served as qualification for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1977 South American Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Dates	16 April – 6 May
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (5th title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Chile
← 1975 1979 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela (host)

First round

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	2
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

16 April	Colombia	2–1	Bolivia
18 April	Chile	2–0	Colombia
21 April	Brazil	3–0	Bolivia
24 April	Chile	2–0	Bolivia
	Brazil	2–0	Colombia
27 April	Brazil	4–1	Chile

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Uruguay	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
Peru	4	1	1	2	7	9	–2	3
Argentina	4	0	2	2	3	5	–2	2
Venezuela	4	0	2	2	1	5	–4	2

16 April	Paraguay	5–3	Peru
	Argentina	1–1	Uruguay
18 April	Paraguay	2–1	Argentina
	Peru	1–1	Venezuela
21 April	Peru	2–1	Argentina
	Uruguay	3–0	Venezuela
24 April	Uruguay	0–0	Paraguay
	Argentina	0–0	Venezuela
27 April	Uruguay	2–1	Peru
	Paraguay	1–0	Venezuela

Final round

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5
Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Paraguay	3	0	1	2	2	5	–3	1
Chile	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

30 April	Chile	1–1	Paraguay
	Brazil	0–0	Uruguay
4 May	Brazil	1–0	Chile
	Uruguay	1–0	Paraguay
6 May	Brazil	3–1	Paraguay
	Uruguay	4–0	Chile

1977 South American Youth Championship
Uruguay Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The three best performing teams qualified for the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship.

• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

External links

• Results by RSSSF