South American U-17 Championship

CONMEBOL Sub 17
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1985
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA U-17 World Cup
Related competitionsCONMEBOL Sub 17 Femenino
CONMEBOL Sub 20
CONMEBOL Sub 15
Current champion(s) Brazil
(14th title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil
(14 titles)
2025 CONMEBOL Sub 17

The South American U-17 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17; Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17), branded as CONMEBOL Sub 17, is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now the FIFA U-17 World Cup). For the first three editions (1985, 1986, and 1988), the competition was limited to under-16 teams. Afterwards, the age limit was raised one year. The tournament is held every two years. Since the first edition, Brazil has been the dominant force of the tournament, winning a record thirteen times.