1997 South American U-17 Championship

June 2014 The 1997 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Paraguay from 28 February to 16 March 1997. The host of the competition were the cities of Asunción, Pedro Juan Caballero and Encarnación. Sandro Hiroshi was banned for 180 days in 1999 when it was discovered that his age had been falsified in the 1997 tournament.http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/1999/1203/210696.html https://archive.today/20140606235550/http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/1999/1203/210696.html dead June 6, 2014 ESPN.com - SOCCER - Ineligible players could be costly 3 December 1999 ESPN 6 June 2014 Brazil did not face team sanctions as the federation argued that Hiroshi acted without its authorization. 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 TeamPtsMWDLGFGC17 ARG9430111417 PAR943017217 VEN 1954642023917 ECU441126817 PER1401326 28 February 1997Venezuela2:0EcuadorEncarnaciónParaguay1:0PeruEncarnación2 March 1997Argentina6:0VenezuelaEncarnaciónParaguay1:2EcuadorEncarnación4 March 1997Ecuador2:3ArgentinaEncarnaciónPeru0:1VenezuelaEncarnación6 March 1997Argentina2:0PeruEncarnaciónParaguay3:0VenezuelaEncarnación8 March 1997Ecuador2:2PeruEncarnaciónParaguay2:0ArgentinaEncarnación Group B TeamPtsMWDLGFGC17 BRA842208317 CHI742119317 COL742115217 URU642024417 BOL04004115 1 March 1997Bolivia0:2ColombiaPedro Juan CaballeroBrazil1:1ChilePedro Juan Caballero3 March 1997Brazil4:0BoliviaPedro Juan CaballeroUruguay1:0ChilePedro Juan Caballero5 March 1997Bolivia1:7ChilePedro Juan CaballeroUruguay0:2ColombiaPedro Juan Caballero7 March 1997Brazil1:1ColombiaPedro Juan CaballeroUruguay2:0BoliviaPedro Juan Caballero9 March 1997Brazil2:1UruguayPedro Juan CaballeroChile1:0ColombiaPedro Juan Caballero Final round The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams. TeamPtsPJPGPEPPGFGC17 BRA9330012417 ARG431114217 CHI331025917 PAR1301217 11 March 1997Argentina3:0ChileAsunciónBrazil5:0ParaguayAsunción13 March 1997Argentina0:0ParaguayAsunciónBrazil5:3ChileAsunción16 March 1997Argentina1:2BrazilAsunciónParaguay1:2ChileAsunción Brazil, Argentina and Chile qualify to FIFA U-17 World Cup, Egypt '97 fbu 17 1997 South American Under-17 Football champions BRA 4th Top goalscorers TeamPlayersGoalsBRAGeovanni4CHIMilovan Mirosevic4CHIJuan Viveros4 Ideal Team of the Tournament TeamPlayersPositionARGFranco CostanzoGKBRAJaniroDFPARPaulo da SilvaDFARGGabriel MilitoDFBRAJorginhoDFBRAFerrugemMDBRATacioMDBRARonaldinhoMDCHIMilovan MirosevicMDCHIJuan ViverosFWARGLuciano GallettiFW References South American U-17 Championship 1997 (Paraguay) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Category:South American Under-17 Football Championship U-17 Championship Category:Youth international association football competitions hosted by Paraguay Category:1997 in Paraguayan football Category:February 1997 sports events in South America Category:March 1997 sports events in South America