The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Juventud de América Ecuador 2017, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-20 Juventude da América Equador 2017) was the 28th edition of the South American Youth Football Championship, a football competition for the under-20 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL.

[1][2] Uruguay were crowned champions, and together with Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, which were the top four teams of this tournament, qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

[8][2][9] However, on 5 January 2017, Estadio La Cocha in Latacunga was dropped as refurbishment work was not completed in time.

[10] The referees were:[11] Darío Herrera Gery Vargas Anderson Daronco Roberto Tobar Gustavo Murillo Carlos Orbe Mario Díaz de Vivar Diego Haro Jonhatan Fuentes Jesús Valenzuela

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:[4] All times local, ECT (UTC−5).