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2015 South American Under 15 Football Championship

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Host country
  
Colombia

Champions
  
Brazil (4th title)

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Uruguay

Dates
  
21 November – 6 December 2015

Teams
  
10 (from 1 confederation)

The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 7th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of Montería and Valledupar, Colombia between 21 November and 6 December 2015.

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Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

The tournament was played in Estadio Municipal de Montería, Montería and Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau, Valledupar.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Colombia–Chile, Argentina–Brazil, Paraguay–Uruguay, Ecuador–Peru, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 28 October 2015.

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.

All times local, COT (UTC−5).

Goalscorers

7 goals
  • Vitinho
  • 6 goals
  • Vinicius Jr.
  • 5 goals
    4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goals
  • Julio Chamorro (playing against Venezuela)
  • Source:

    References

    2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship Wikipedia