The 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship () was the 14th U-17 tournament for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador from 12 March to 9 April 2011.
This tournament gave four berths to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was held in Mexico, and also the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Brazil won their tenth title and their fourth in a row. They qualified to the aforementioned tournaments along with Uruguay, Argentina, and Ecuador.
Five stadiums in five host cities were chosen for the tournament. Due to a scheduling conflict on the final match day, another stadium in Quito was added and used in the tournament.
On 8 February 2011, CONMEBOL's Commission on Referees announced the list of 10 referees and assistant to be used for the tournament.
Each national team had to present a list of twenty players by 2 March 2011, but each association had the ability to change five players up to five days before the start of the tournament. All the players had to be born after 1 January 1994.
When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:
All match times are in local Ecuadorian time ().