2009 South American U-20 Championship

The XXIV U-20 Football South Championship 2009 was held until February 8, 2009 in Venezuela on 19 January 2009.

Originally the tournament was to take place in Peru. However, the organizers Conmebol awarded the orientation of the championships to Venezuela after a barrier to the Peruvian Association had been imposed in terms of international competitions previously by FIFA. The encounters were wearing to determine the tournament winner in the cities of Puerto La Cruz, Maturin and Puerto Ordaz. 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.

For the event, Brazil emerged as the winner. The second to fourth occupied the national teams from Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Scorer of the tournament with five goals scored were the Brazilian Walter, the Paraguayans Hernán Pérez and Robin Ramírez and the Uruguayan Abel Hernandez.