2003 South American U-20 Championship

The XXI. U-20 Football South Championship 2003 was held until January 28, 2003 in Uruguay on January 4, 2003.

The encounters were wearing to determine the tournament winner in the cities of Montevideo, Colonia and Maldonado. You may also served Paysandú as the fallback venue. It was played in two groups and one then also be transmitted in group mode Final Phase. It participated in the tournament, the national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela in part. From the event Argentina emerged as the winner. The second to fourth occupied the national teams from Brazil, Paraguay and Colombia. Scorer of the tournament was Argentina's Fernando Cavenaghi with eight goals scored.

The squad, coached by Hugo Tocalli winning team consisted of the following players:

Gustavo Eberto ( Boca Juniors), Gonzalo Rodríguez ( San Lorenzo), Marcos charas ( CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria), Mauricio Romero ( Lanús ), Javier Mascherano (River Plate ), Javier Pinola (Atlético Madrid), Maxi López (River Plate ) Pablo Zabaleta (San Lorenzo), Fernando Cavenaghi (River Plate ), Carlos Tevez ( Boca Juniors), Marcelo Carrusca ( Estudiantes La Plata), Lucas Molina ( Independiente ), Walter Garcia (San Lorenzo), Joel Barbosa ( Boca Juniors), Fernando Belluschi ( Newell's Old Boys), Patricio Pérez ( Vélez Sarsfield ), Emanuel Rivas ( Independiente ), Leonardo Pisculichi ( Argentinos Juniors), Hugo Colace ( Argentinos Juniors) Jonás Gutiérrez ( Vélez Sarsfield ).