1979 South American U-20 Championship

November 2024 South American Youth Championship 1979 Uruguay sub20 campeon sudamericano 1979.jpg Uruguay, champions Uruguay 12–31 January 9 URU 6 ARG PAR BRA 1977 1981 The South American Youth Championship 1979 was held in Montevideo and Paysandú, Uruguay. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams The following teams entered the tournament: 20 ARG 20 BOL 20 BRA 20 CHI 20 COL 20 ECU 20 PAR 20 PER 20 URU (host) First round Group A thumb|Ramón Díaz scoring for Argentina v Ecuador main WDL RSSSF 2 URU, ARG, PER, ECU complete 3 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 9 1 1 0 2 2 7 0 0 3 0 12 20 URU 20 ARG 20 PER 20 ECU Q FR FR green1 Advance to Final round 12 January20 URU5–020 ECU13 January20 ARG4–020 PER18 January20 ARG5–020 ECU20 URU3–020 PER22 January20 PER2–020 ECU20 URU1–020 ARG Group B main WDL RSSSF 2 PAR, BRA, CHI, COL, BOL complete 3 1 0 13 1 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 2 7 8 2 0 2 7 9 0 0 4 2 12 20 PAR 20 BRA 20 CHI 20 COL 20 BOL Q FR FR green1 Advance to Final round 12 January20 PAR6–020 CHI20 COL2–120 BRA14 January20 COL5–120 BOL20 BRA1–020 CHI17 January20 PAR5–020 COL20 BRA1–020 BOL19 January20 CHI2–020 COL20 PAR1–020 BOL22 January20 CHI5–120 BOL20 BRA1–120 PAR Fifth-place match 20 CHI 3 – 1 20 PER Final round Standings main WDL RSSSF 2 URU, ARG, PAR, BRA complete 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 20 URU 20 ARG 20 PAR 20 BRA Q Q Q PO green1 Qualification for 1979 FIFA Youth World Cup blue1 Advance to Inter-continental qualification Matches 25 Jan Final round Match 1 20 ARG 0 20 PAR 0 25 Jan Match 1 20 URU 1 20 BRA 0 28 Jan Match 2 20 PAR 2 20 BRA 1 28 Jan Match 2 20 URU 0 20 ARG 0 31 Jan Match 3 20 ARG 1 20 BRA 0 Albes p 31 Jan Match 3 20 URU 2 20 PAR 1 Roo Viera Caballero 73 Winner fb 1979 South American Youth Championship Uruguay Sixth Inter-continental qualification The two best performing teams qualified directly for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 ARG 20 URU Paraguay also qualified, after winning an intercontinental play-off against Israel and Australia.Intercontinental play-off results by RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oc-u20-78.html 5 August 2012 Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay. main WDL RSSSF 2 PAR, ISR, AUS complete 4 0 0 10 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 2 2 0 5 20 PAR 20 ISR 20 AUS Q Q green1 Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship 7 February20 PAR2–020 AUS9 February20 ISR0–020 AUS11 February20 PAR3–020 ISR14 February20 AUS0–020 ISR16 February20 PAR3–020 AUS18 February20 PAR2–120 ISR References External links Results by RSSSF Category:South American Youth Football Championship U-20 Championship Category:Youth international association football competitions hosted by Uruguay Category:1979 in Uruguayan football Category:January 1979 sports events in South America