2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship

The 2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Peru from 2 to 18 March 2001.

The host of the competition was the city of Arequipa.

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

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Argentina	7	4	2	1	1	6	4
Venezuela	7	4	2	1	1	9	10
Uruguay	6	4	2	0	2	8	7
Peru	4	4	1	1	2	8	8
Ecuador	4	4	1	1	2	6	8

2 March 2001
Uruguay	2:3	Venezuela	Arequipa
Perú	1:1	Argentina	Arequipa
4 March 2001
Argentina	2:0	Ecuador	Arequipa
Perú	1:2	Uruguay	Arequipa
6 March 2001
Argentina	2:1	Uruguay	Arequipa
Venezuela	2:2	Ecuador	Arequipa
8 March 2001
Uruguay	3:1	Ecuador	Arequipa
Venezuela	2:5	Perú	Arequipa
10 March 2001
Argentina	1:2	Venezuela	Arequipa
Perú	1:3	Ecuador	Arequipa

Group B

Team	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GC
Brazil	8	4	2	2	0	13	5
Paraguay	8	4	2	2	0	12	8
Colombia	7	4	2	1	1	7	7
Bolivia	3	4	1	0	3	7	15
Chile	1	4	0	1	3	9	13

3 March 2001
Brasil	4:0	Colombia	Arequipa
Chile	3:5	Bolivia	Arequipa
5 March 2001
Bolivia	1:4	Paraguay	Arequipa
Chile	3:3	Brasil	Arequipa
7 March 2001
Paraguay	4:3	Chile	Arequipa
Bolivia	1:4	Colombia	Arequipa
9 March 2001
Colombia	1:0	Chile	Arequipa
Brasil	2:2	Paraguay	Arequipa
11 March 2001
Colombia	2:2	Paraguay	Arequipa
Brasil	4:0	Bolivia	Arequipa

Final round

The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.

Team	Pts	PJ	PG	PE	PP	GF	GC
Brazil	7	3	2	1	0	5	0
Argentina	6	3	2	0	1	6	4
Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	3	4
Venezuela	1	3	0	1	2	1	7

14 March 2001
Argentina	3:2	Paraguay	Arequipa
Brasil	3:0	Venezuela	Arequipa
16 March 2001
Brasil	0:0	Paraguay	Arequipa
Argentina	3:0	Venezuela	Arequipa
18 March 2001
Venezuela	1:1	Paraguay	Arequipa
Argentina	0:2	Brasil	Arequipa

• Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay qualify to 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

2001 South American Under-17 Football Champions
Brazil 6th title

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Aldo Jara	6