Official name: Juventud de América. The 1975 tournament was an "extra" edition but counts for the official records. Since 1977, the top-3 qualify for the World Youth Cup (except for 1987 when Chile qualified as hosts, so only the first two qualified). Until 1975 the tournament featured U-19 teams; the tournaments corresponding to 1989 and 1993 were played the year before because of the scheduling of the World Youth Cup. Since 1997, the top-4 qualify for the World Youth Cup (note that in 2001 Argentina qualified as hosts, so the 5th team qualified in Argentina's place).
winners second third venue U-19 1954 Uruguay Brazil Venezuela Venezuela 1958 Uruguay Argentina Brazil Chile 1964 Uruguay Paraguay Colombia Colombia 1967 Argentina Paraguay Brazil and Peru Paraguay 1971 Paraguay Uruguay Argentina and Peru Paraguay 1974 Brazil Uruguay Paraguay Chile 1975 Uruguay Chile Argentina Peru U-20 1977 Uruguay Brazil Paraguay Venezuela 1979 Uruguay Argentina Paraguay Uruguay 1981 Uruguay Brazil Argentina Ecuador 1983 Brazil Uruguay Argentina Bolivia 1985 Brazil Paraguay Colombia Paraguay 1987 Colombia Brazil Argentina Colombia 1988 Brazil Colombia Argentina Argentina 1991 Brazil Argentina Uruguay Venezuela 1992 Brazil Uruguay Colombia Colombia 1995 Brazil Argentina Chile Bolivia 1997 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Chile 1999 Argentina Uruguay Brazil Argentina 2001 Brazil Argentina Paraguay Ecuador 2003 Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay 2005 Colombia Brazil Argentina Colombia 2007 Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay 2009 Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela 2011 Brazil Uruguay Argentina Peru 2013 Colombia Paraguay Uruguay Argentina 2015 Argentina Colombia Uruguay Uruguay 2017 Uruguay Ecuador Venezuela Ecuador 2019 Ecuador Argentina Uruguay Chile 2021 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic 2023 Brazil Uruguay Colombia Colombia 2025 Brazil Argentina Colombia Venezuela
13 Brazil 8 Uruguay 5 Argentina 3 Colombia 1 Ecuador Paraguay
country gold silver bronze
Brazil 13 7 3
Uruguay 8 7 6
Argentina 5 8 8
Colombia 3 2 5
Paraguay 1 5 6
Ecuador 1 1
Chile 1 1
Peru 2
Venezuela 2
31 31 33 (1967 and 1971 shared)
POS TEAM Part P W D L GF GA GD PTS (2/win) 1 Brazil 30 217 132 46 39 421 176 245 310 2 Uruguay 30 217 109 60 48 364 227 137 278 3 Argentina 29 203 101 57 45 338 198 140 259 4 Paraguay 29 184 80 43 61 294 252 42 203 5 Colombia 29 187 73 48 66 228 222 6 194 6 Chile 31 171 54 35 82 236 281 -45 143 7 Ecuador 26 140 37 31 72 150 228 -78 105 8 Peru 30 142 30 30 82 157 279 -122 90 9 Venezuela 27 139 28 32 79 129 280 -151 88 10 Bolivia 26 108 12 16 80 93 253 -160 40 11 Israel 1 5 3 0 2 6 4 2 6 12 Panama 1 3 0 0 3 4 20 -16 0
1954 Juan B. Agüero (Paraguay) 7
1958 Norberto Raffo (Argentina) 5
1964 Jaime Bravo (Chile) 5
1967 Carlos Cambón (Argentina) 3
1971 Ricardo Islas (Uruguay) 4
Cristóbal Maldonado (Paraguay)
1974 Hebert Revetria (Uruguay) 8
1975 Hebert Revetria (Uruguay) 4
Toninho (Brazil)
1977 Amaro Nadal (Uruguay) 4
Guinha (Brazil)
1979 Arsenio Luzardo (Uruguay) 4
1981 Enzo Françescoli (Uruguay) 5
Lela (Brazil)
1983 Carlos Aguilera (Uruguay) 7
1985 Romário (Brazil) 5
1987 Alejandro Russo (Argentina) 4
1988 Assís (Brazil) 5
Ferreira (Paraguay)
1991 Juan Esnaider (Argentina) 7
1992 Fernando Correa (Uruguay) 5
1995 Leonardo Biagini (Argentina) 4
1997 Adailton (Brazil) 8
1999 Luciano Galletti (Argentina) 9
2001 Adriano (Brazil) 6
Ewerthon (Brazil)
2003 Fernando Cavenaghi (Argentina) 8
2005 Hugo Rodallega (Colombia) 11
2007 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) 7
2009 Walter (Brazil) 5
Hernán Pérez (Paraguay)
Robin Ramírez (Paraguay)
Abel Hernández (Uruguay)
2011 Neymar (Brazil) 9
2013 Nicolás López (Uruguay) 6
2015 Giovanni Simeone (Argentina) 9
2017 Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) 5
Marcelo Torres (Argentina)
Bryan Cabezas (Ecuador)
Rodrigo Amaral (Uruguay)
2019 Leonardo Campana (Ecuador) 6
2023 Vitor Roque (Brazil) 6
Andrey Santos (Brazil)
2025 Néiser Villarreal (Colombia) 8
Thanks to Gerard Fleurquin and Roberto Di Maggio for all-time table
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