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1971 South American Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	1–25 March
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Paraguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
← 1967 1974 →

The South American Youth Championship 1971 was held in Asunción, Paraguay.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Group stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5	6
Peru	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
Brazil	4	2	0	2	7	3	+4	4
Venezuela	4	1	2	1	7	10	–3	4
Colombia	4	0	1	3	2	10	–8	1

1 March	Colombia	2–2	Venezuela
	Argentina	1–0	Peru
4 March	Brazil	5–1	Venezuela
7 March	Argentina	4–0	Colombia
10 March	Venezuela	3–3	Peru
	Brazil	2–0	Colombia
14 March	Colombia	0–2	Peru
	Argentina	1–0	Brazil
17 March	Brazil	0–1	Peru
	Argentina	0–1	Venezuela

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	5
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Chile	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	3
Bolivia	3	0	0	3	4	9	–5	0

4 March	Uruguay	2–0	Chile
7 March	Paraguay	3–1	Bolivia
13 March	Uruguay	4–2	Bolivia
	Paraguay	1–1	Chile
17 March	Bolivia	1–2	Chile
18 March	Paraguay	2–0	Uruguay

Semifinals

22 March 1971 (1971-03-22)

Argentina	1 – 2	Uruguay

Asunción

22 March 1971 (1971-03-22)

Paraguay	3 – 1	Peru
Diarte Aifuch Maldonado

Asunción

Final

25 March 1971 (1971-03-25)

Paraguay	1 – 1 Paraguay win based on goal difference in semifinal	Uruguay
Cino		Islas 21'

Asunción

1971 South American Youth Championship
Paraguay First title

External links

• Results by RSSSF