- First round Group A Group B
- Final round
- Top goalscorers
{{Unreferenced|date=February 2007}}The 2001 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Peru from 2 to 18 March 2001. The host of the competition was the city of Arequipa. First roundThe 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the final round. Group A| Team | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GC |
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| {{fbu|17|ARG}} | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | | {{fbu|17|VEN|1954}} | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | {{fbu|17|URU}} | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | | {{fbu|17|PER}} | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | | {{fbu|17|ECU}} | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| | | | | 2 March 2001 | | Uruguay | 2–3 | Venezuela | Arequipa | | Perú | 1–1 | Argentina | Arequipa | | 4 March 2001 | | Argentina | 2–0 | Ecuador | Arequipa | | Perú | 1–2 | Uruguay | Arequipa | | 6 March 2001 | | Argentina | 2–1 | Uruguay | Arequipa | | Venezuela | 2–2 | Ecuador | Arequipa | | 8 March 2001 | | Uruguay | 3–1 | Ecuador | Arequipa | | Venezuela | 2–5 | Perú | Arequipa | | 10 March 2001 | | Argentina | 1–2 | Venezuela | Arequipa | | Perú | 1–3 | Ecuador | Arequipa |
Group B| Team | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GC |
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| {{fbu|17|BRA}} | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | | {{fbu|17|PAR}} | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | | {{fbu|17|COL}} | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | | {{fbu|17|BOL}} | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | | {{fbu|17|CHI}} | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| | | | | 3 March 2001 | | Brazil | 4–0 | Colombia | Arequipa | | Chile | 3–5 | Bolivia | Arequipa | | 5 March 2001 | | Bolivia | 1–4 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | Chile | 3–3 | Brazil | Arequipa | | 7 March 2001 | | Paraguay | 4–3 | Chile | Arequipa | | Bolivia | 1–4 | Colombia | Arequipa | | 9 March 2001 | | Colombia | 1–0 | Chile | Arequipa | | Brazil | 2–2 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | 11 March 2001 | | Colombia | 2–2 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | Brazil | 4–0 | Bolivia | Arequipa |
Final roundThe final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams. | Team | Pts | PJ | PG | PE | PP | GF | GC |
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| {{fbu|17|BRA}} | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | {{fbu|17|ARG}} | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | | {{fbu|17|PAR}} | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | {{fbu|17|VEN|1954}} | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| | | | | 14 March 2001 | | Argentina | 3–2 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | Brazil | 3–0 | Venezuela | Arequipa | | 16 March 2001 | | Brazil | 0–0 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | Argentina | 3–0 | Venezuela | Arequipa | | 18 March 2001 | | Venezuela | 1–1 | Paraguay | Arequipa | | Argentina | 0–2 | Brazil | Arequipa |
- Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay qualify to 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
{{winners|fbu|17|2001 South American Under-17 Football Champions|BRA|6th}}Top goalscorers| Team | Players | Goals |
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| {{Flagicon|PAR}} | Aldo Jara | 6 |
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