1979 South American U-20 Championship

The IX.U -20 South American Championship soccer 1979 was held from 31 January 1979 in Uruguay on 12 January 1979.

The encounters were wearing to determine the tournament winner in the cities of Montevideo and Paysandú. It participated in the tournament, the national teams of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay in part.

It was played in two groups and one then also be transmitted in group mode Final Phase. From the event Uruguay was the winner. The second to fourth occupied the national teams from Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. The first three teams qualified for the Junior World Cup in Japan in 1979. At the same time the tournament was also used to qualify for the Pan American Games in 1979. For the local soccer tournament, the first four were also allowed. Chile as a preliminary groups - third in Group B secured a 3-1 victory in a playoff game against Peru as preliminary groups - third in Group A the fifth place.

Scorer of the tournament was the Uruguayan Arsenio Luzardo with four goals scored.

The cadres of the winning team consisted of the following players:

Nelson Alaguich, Daniel Martínez, Roberto Roo, Ricardo Viera (all Danubio ), Luis Güelmo, Juan Pereira ( Huracán Buceo both ), Guillermo Mazzetti, Héctor Molina (both Nacional), Fernando Alvez, Rufino Caceres, Ruben Paz, Ernesto Vargas (all Peñarol ), Miguel Bossio ( Sud América ), Jorge Barrios, Luis Acosta (both Wanderers ), Arsenio Luzardo, Felipe Revelez, Mario Viera (all OFI )