Road to the 2007 U-17 World Cup In 2007, the Peruvian U-17 football team went to the
2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship that was held in
Ecuador that started March 4 of that year. In the debut match, the Peruvian team had to face the
Brazil. The Peruvians surprised the Brazilians 2–1 with one goal scored by
Reimond Manco and the impressive forward La Torre. In the group stage, Peru won most of the matches and ended first in its group (qualifying to the final round). In the final round of the tournament (where the first 4 qualified to the
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup) Peru won the first match against
Venezuela. In the next match,
Brazil crushed Peru 4–0 and
Colombia trounced them 3–0. By the fourth match Brazil, Colombia and
Argentina were already qualified for the main tournament and Peru,
Venezuela and host
Ecuador had to fight for the last qualification spot. The fifth match saw Peru with the obligation to defeat Ecuador. The match started horribly for Peru when an Ecuadorian
midfielder scored at the first minutes of play. Peru answered quickly when
Reimond Manco assisted midfielder Sanchez for a goal.
Ecuador was seen to have determination, and it scored once again at the 20th minute of the first half. However, Reimond Manco scored goal caused by a mistake from the Ecuadorian Mendoza, sending them one huge step closer to the world tournament and eliminating their fierce rivals. For the last match against
Argentina, Peru had to lose by at least 4 goals to be eliminated. Peru was capable of drawing the match and qualified to the U-17 World Cup. Reimond Manco was named as the best player of the competition by the
CONMEBOL.
Road to the 2019 U-17 World Cup Peru automatically qualified for the 2019 World Cup as host, but ended up without hosting rights on 22 February 2019 due to infrastructure concerns. Peru was forced to enter the run for the World Cup, which was moved to Brazil. Peru failed to qualify for the tournament, after only managed a lone 3–2 win over Uruguay, which was not enough compared to Ecuador's 4–1 win over eventual champions Argentina.
Road to the 2021 U-17 World Cup Peru automatically qualified for the 2021 World Cup as host, after being transferred as hosts from the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. However, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to 2023. Due to Peru failing to meet infrastructure requirement, FIFA removed Peru as hosts and transferred it to
Indonesia for the
2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
South American Games Records The
South American Games (a.k.a.
ODESUR Games; Spanish:
Juegos Sudamericanos) are a regional
multi-sport event held between nations from
South America, organized by the South American Sports Organization (
Organización Deportiva Sudamericana, ODESUR). The Peruvian U-17 football team achieved its first gold medal in the
1990 South American Games, which they were the hosts, and 2 bronze medals in
1982 and
1994 respectively. ==Current squad==