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1979 South American U-20 Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	South American Youth Championship
year	1979
size	250px
country	Uruguay
dates	12–31 January
num_teams	9
champion	URU
count	6
second	ARG
third	PAR
fourth	BRA
prevseason	1977
nextseason	1981
updated

The South American Youth Championship 1979 was held in Montevideo and Paysandú, Uruguay. It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

(host)

First round

Group A

		1–0

Group B

		1–1

Fifth-place match

Final round

		2–1

Inter-continental qualification

The two best performing teams qualified directly for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Paraguay also qualified, after winning an intercontinental play-off against Israel and Australia. Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay.

18 February		2–1

References

"Intercontinental play-off results by RSSSF".

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