What the South American sub 17 has left so far for Uruguay
The light blue team finished third in Group A, behind Ecuador and Colombia, which advanced to the semifinals, and will play with the fourth team in Group B in the first match to define the three places for the World Cup that are still open.
Ecuador and Colombia in Group A and Argentina and Brazil in Group B advanced among the four best in the tournament, will define the title and have already secured qualification for the World Cup.
Uruguay and Chile for A and Bolivia and Venezuela, for B, as third and fourth, respectively, will play crossed in the definition of fifth to eighth place.
They qualify for the World Cup up to seventh. Therefore, the winners of the Uruguay vs Venezuela and Bolivia vs Chile keys that will play today will advance to play for fifth place in the South American Championship and will ensure their classification. The losers will define seventh place and whoever wins will take the last World Cup spot.
In this context, Uruguay has two more chances to qualify for the World Cup:
- If you beat Venezuela today you will secure your World Cup berth.
- If today they lose against Venezuela and win in the match for seventh place they will also get their place.
He will be eliminated from the World Cup if he loses his two remaining matches in the tournament.
