2005 South American U-20 Championship

The 2005 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) was a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia between 13 January and 6 February 2005, it was the 22nd time the competition has been held and the third to take place in Colombia. Colombia finished undefeated, winning their second trophy.

Format
The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Squads
For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2005 South American Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:


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Top scorers

 * 11 goals
 * 🇨🇴 Hugo Rodallega
 * 5 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
 * Nicolás Canales
 * 4 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Evandro
 * Matías Fernández
 * Cristian Rodríguez
 * Juan Albín
 * 🇻🇪 Paul Ramírez
 * 3 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Barrientos
 * 🇧🇷 Rafael Sóbis
 * 🇧🇷 Thiago Quirino
 * Juan Lorca
 * Sebastián Montecinos
 * José Pedro Fuenzalida
 * Cristian Bogado


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Torres
 * 🇧🇴 Nelson Sossa
 * 🇧🇷 Fernandinho
 * 🇧🇷 Filipe Luís
 * 🇧🇷 Renato Ribeiro
 * 🇨🇴 Abel Aguilar
 * 🇨🇴 Cristian Marrugo
 * 🇨🇴 Juan Carlos Toja
 * 🇨🇴 Wason Rentería
 * 🇪🇨 Antonio Valencia
 * Carlos Javier Acuña
 * Leandro Ezquerra
 * 🇻🇪 Miku
 * 🇻🇪 Ronald Vargas