Colombia team knows its rivals in the South American sub 17

Everything is ready for the South American sub 17 2023 in Ecuador. This Friday The championship groups were raffled in which the Colombian National Team will not only seek the titlebut also the qualification to the World Cup in Peru, a tournament in which he has not attended since 2017 when he reached the round of 16.

Colombia will have several high-level rivals, after was placed in Group A with hosts Ecuador, in addition to Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. The team led by Juan Carlos Ramírez will seek to be the protagonist in the tournament, something that has not happened since 2007 when it was runner-up.

The championship will maintain the same format as the South American sub 20. Each team will play a minimum of four games in the first phase. Subsequently, the three best teams in each group will advance to the final hexagonal, where they will face each other and The one who accumulates the most points will be the champion, and will also qualify for the World Cup together with the other three best in this instance.

Colombia will seek its second title in the South American of the category after the one achieved in 1993. It also wants to achieve its seventh classification to a sub 17 world cup, where it has had good performances such as in Finland 2003 and Nigeria 2009 when it reached the semifinals, in both, it was fourth after falling against Argentina and Spain, respectively.

Colombia’s preparation for the tournament

The National Team has been preparing in Bogotá where it has carried out different microcycles under the command of coach Juan Carlos Ramírez, who seeks with a certain advantage by taking advantage of the altitude, since the tournament It will take place in Guayaquil and Quito, two cities with conditions similar to those of the capital.

In addition, Colombia played two preparation matches against Peru at the Metropolitano de Techo stadium. Both games ended in equality despite the fact that the national team was superior and generated several options in attack, which he could not convert due to the lack of definition and imprecision in front of the goal.

“We are going to continue looking for preparation matches so that these guys continue to have a rhythm of competition, since they come from preseason and are barely beginning to play in their departmental leagues ”, said Ramírez, after the 1-1 draw in the second game against Peru.

South American sub 17 groups

Group A

Group B