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1979 South American U 20 Championship

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Host country
  
Uruguay

Champions
  
Uruguay (6th title)

Third place
  
Paraguay

Teams
  
9

Runners-up
  
Argentina

Dates
  
12 January - 31 January

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.

Contents

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

    • Qualification to World Youth Championship

    The two best performing teams qualified directly for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

  •  Argentina
  •  Uruguay

    • Paraguay also qualified, after winning an intercontinental play-off against Israel and Australia. Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay.

    References

    1979 South American U-20 Championship Wikipedia
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