Host country Ecuador Teams 9 Runners-up Brazil | Dates 15 February - 8 March Champions Uruguay (7th title) Third place Argentina | |
The South American Youth Championship 1981 was held in Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador. It also served as qualification for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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Teams
The following teams entered the tournament:
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified directly for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Argentina also qualified, after winning an intercontinental play-off against New Zealand and Israel. Matches were played in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
References
1981 South American U-20 Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA