2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

The 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 10th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in La Calera, Chile from 6 to 24 April 2022.[1][2]

2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino Chile 2022
Tournament details
Host countryChile
CityLa Calera
Dates6–24 April
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (9th title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Belén Aquino (10 goals)

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Brazil were the defending champions having won the title in 2018 since the final stage of the 2020 edition ended up being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and consequently there was no champion for that year. Brazil successfully retained their title and won their ninth in a row after finish first in the final stage and alongside the runners-up Colombia qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (hosts)10thRunners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
 Bolivia10thFourth place (2004, 2014)
 Brazil (holders)10thChampions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022)
 Chile10thFourth place (2008, 2010)
 Colombia10thRunners-up (2010)
 Ecuador10thThird place (2004)
 Paraguay10thRunners-up (2004, 2014, 2018)
 Peru10thFourth place (2006)
 Uruguay10thNone
 Venezuela10thRunners-up (2015)

Venues
La Calera
Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar
Capacity: 9,200
Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar

Chile was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021.[1] The Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar in La Calera will host all the matches.[4]

Draw

The draw was held on 11 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[5] The hosts Chile and the title holders Brazil were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The remaining eight teams were split into four "pairing pots" (Paraguay-Colombia, Venezuela-Ecuador, Argentina-Uruguay, Peru-Bolivia) based on the final placement they reached in the 2018 edition of the tournament (shown in brackets).[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[6]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[7]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Chile
A2 Colombia
A4 Venezuela
A3 Argentina
A5 Peru
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Brazil
B2 Paraguay
B3 Ecuador
B4 Uruguay
B5 Bolivia

Squads
Main article: 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Championship squads

Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 and a minimum of 18 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Regulations Article 29).[8]

Match officials

On 21 March 2022, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament.[9][10] For the first time the tournament featured the participation of a UEFA refereeing team as part of the memorandum of understanding signed by CONMEBOL and UEFA in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme.[11] Referee Helena Cantero was replaced by Zulma Quiñónez, both from Paraguay.

UEFA Refereeing team
  • Italy Maria Sole Ferrieri
    • Assistants: Spain Eliana Fernández González and Italy Giulia Tempestilli

First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[8]

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
    1. Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
    2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
    3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received
  6. Drawing of lots.

The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.

All match times are in CLT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[12]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 10 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 2 0 7 1 +6 8
3  Argentina 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
4  Chile (H) 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 4
5  Peru 4 0 0 4 0 13 −13 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Chile 0–0 Argentina
Report
Referee: Thayslane de Melo (Brazil)
Peru 0–2 Venezuela
Report Campos 48', 90'
Referee: Jhanet Portugal (Bolivia)
Argentina 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Peru 0–3 Chile
Report Valencia 3'
Keefe 45'
Olivares 58'
Referee: María Zamora (Ecuador)
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela
Robledo 51' Report Campos 65'
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Argentina 3–0 Peru
Ippólito 31' (pen.), 32'
Gramaglia 35'		 Report
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
Colombia 5–0 Peru
Rodríguez 7'
Robledo 23'
Reyes 34'
Caicedo 58'
Muñoz 66'		 Report
Referee: Thayslane de Melo (Brazil)
Venezuela 2–0 Chile
Olivieri 8'
Martínez 75'		 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Venezuela 2–0 Argentina
Olivieri 73', 89' Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Chile 0–1 Colombia
Report Robledo 4'
Referee: María Zamora (Ecuador)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 17 0 +17 12 Final stage
2  Uruguay 4 3 0 1 19 3 +16 9
3  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6
4  Paraguay 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 3 31 −28 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Brazil 2–0 Uruguay
Tarciane 63', 66' (pen.) Report
Referee: Madelaine Rojas (Chile)
Bolivia 1–5 Ecuador
San Miguel 11' Report Arias 5'
Bolaños 15' (pen.), 49', 53' (pen.), 62'
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
Uruguay 3–0 Paraguay
Aquino 16'
Carballo 75'
Fontan 83'		 Report
Referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia)
Bolivia 0–10 Brazil
Report Cris 3'
Tarciane 6', 51'
Luany 17'
Fernandes 18'
Yaya 27'
Maldaner 31'
Mileninha 53'
Bia Gomes 54'
Bruninha 81'
Paraguay 1–3 Ecuador
Acosta 70' Report Bolaños 37'
Arias 83'
Pesántez 89'
Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)
Uruguay 13–0 Bolivia
Carballo 16', 64', 65'
Aquino 18', 21', 24', 35' (pen.), 38', 59'
Viera 43', 90'
Félix 57'
Emanuele 69'		 Report
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)
Paraguay 3–2 Bolivia
Riveros 5'
Rolón 24'
Coronel 83'		 Report Salvatierra 41', 57'
Referee: Madelaine Rojas (Chile)
Ecuador 0–4 Brazil
Report Giovaninha 14', 19'
Fernandes 28'
Analuyza 55'
Referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia)
Ecuador 1–3 Uruguay
Rosillo 43' Report Carballo 3'
Aquino 54', 78'
Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)
Brazil 1–0 Paraguay
Analuyza 67' Report
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

Final stage

In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the same tiebreakers as in the first stage are applied, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 21):[8]

All match times are in CLT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[16]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (C) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Colombia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(C) Champions
Venezuela 1–2 Uruguay
Martínez 70' Report Aquino 12' (pen.)
Terra 71'
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
Brazil 3–0 Colombia
Giovaninha 16'
Analuyza 39'
Isa 90+2'		 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Uruguay 0–1 Brazil
Report Cris 28'
Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
Colombia 3–0 Venezuela
Robledo 36', 90+3'
Guerra 76'		 Report
Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)
Uruguay 0–3 Colombia
Report Izquierdo 7'
Robledo 17' (pen.), 32'
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Venezuela 0–1 Brazil
Report Yaya 3'
Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Brazil Tarciane

3 goals

2 goals

  • Argentina Dalila Ippólito
  • Bolivia Yuditza Salvatierra
  • Brazil Cris
  • Brazil Giovanna Fernandes
  • Brazil Vitoria Yaya
  • Ecuador Emily Arias
  • Uruguay Juliana Viera
  • Venezuela Bárbara Martínez

1 goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Brazil21 April 2022[17]9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Colombia24 April 2022[18]1 (2010)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes
  1. The Colombia v Venezuela and Argentina v Perú matches, originally scheduled for 10 April 2022, 18:00 and 20:30 local time respectively,[12] were re-scheduled to 17:00 and 19:30 local time.[13]
  2. The Uruguay v Paraguay and Bolivia v Brazil matches, originally scheduled for 9 April 2022, 18:00 and 20:30 local time respectively,[12] were re-scheduled to 17:00 and 19:30 local time.[14][15]

References
  1. "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021.
  2. "Campeonato sudamericano Sub-20 femenino 2022: Cuándo es, dónde y selecciones | Goal.com Espana". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Brasil levanta su noveno trofeo en la CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina" [Brazil lifts their ninth trophy in the CONMEBOL Women's Under-20] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 25 April 2022.
  4. Molina, Geraldine (11 March 2022). "La Calera será la sede del torneo Sudamericano Sub-20 Chile 2022" [La Calera will host the South American Under-20 tournament Chile 2022] (in Spanish). Contragolpe.
  5. "Se sortean los grupos de la CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 March 2022.
  6. "CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina | Sorteo" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  7. "La hoja de ruta de la CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 March 2022.
  8. "CONMEBOL SUB-20 FEMENINA CHILE 2022 - REGLAMENTO 2022" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 March 2022.
  9. "Prosigue intercambio y colaboración entre árbitros de la CONMEBOL y la UEFA" [Exchange and collaboration between CONMEBOL and UEFA referees continues] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 March 2022.
  10. "Lista Árbitras CONMEBOL SUB 20 Femenina" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 March 2022.
  11. "La CONMEBOL y la UEFA acuerdan cooperación en materia arbitral" [CONMEBOL and UEFA agree to cooperation in arbitration matters] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 April 2021.
  12. "Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 March 2022.
  13. "Brasil y Uruguay golean por el Grupo B de la CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  14. "Listas para el debut" [Ready for debut] (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  15. "Seleção Feminina encara a Bolívia pela segunda rodada do Sul-Americano Sub-20" [Women's national team to face Bolivia for the South American Under-20 second round] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  16. "Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 April 2022.
  17. "Brasil campeón anticipado y con boleto para el Mundial Femenino Sub 20" [Brazil early champion and ticket to the U-20 Women's World Cup] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 April 2022.
  18. "Brazil, Colombia claim Costa Rica tickets". FIFA. 24 April 2022.
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