[16][17] On 15 November 2024, CONMEBOL announced some changes to its competition calendar for 2025 in a letter sent to its member associations, confirming Venezuela as the new host of the South American U-20 Championship, replacing Peru.

[18][2] In this way, Venezuela had to relinquish the organization of the 2025 South American U-17 Championship for which it had previously been designated, leaving the task to Colombia.

[19] Venezuelan Football Federation president Jorge Giménez announced that the potential host cities would be Barquisimeto, Valencia, Puerto La Cruz and Maturín.

[1][20] These host cities were confirmed by CONMEBOL when publishing the tournament's match schedule, with the exception of Maturín, which was replaced by Caracas.

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 47 and 50).

[3] The original draw of the tournament was held on 29 October 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.

If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[3] All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.