2025 South American U-17 Championship
| CONMEBOL Sub 17 Colombia 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Colombia |
| Dates | 27 March – 12 April |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brazil (14th title) |
| Runners-up | Colombia |
| Third place | Venezuela |
| Fourth place | Chile |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 77 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Thomás de Martis (6 goals) |
← 2023 2026 → | |
The 2025 South American U-17 Championship was the 20th edition of the South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-17, Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americano Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the men's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Colombia from 27 March to 12 April 2025.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Venezuela between 4–20 April 2024, before CONMEBOL decided to move it to Colombia due to Venezuela becoming the host of the 2025 South American U-20 Championship. Starting from this edition, the tournament will be played every year in line with the annual cycle implemented by FIFA for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
As a result of the expansion of the FIFA U-17 World Cup format, seven teams qualified for the U-17 World Cup from this edition onwards, an increase of three berths from the four CONMEBOL teams that previously qualified. The top 7 teams qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the CONMEBOL representatives.
Defending champions Brazil successfully retained their title, defeating the hosts Colombia 4–1 on penalties following a 1–1 draw in the final, which earned them their fourteenth South American U-17 Championship title, the most in the tournament’s history. These two teams and the next five best-placed teams — Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia — qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.