South American U-20 Women's Championship
The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino) is an international association football competition for women's national teams. It is held every two years for South American players under the age of 20 and serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In its inaugural year, 2004, it was played by U-19 players.
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| Organizing body | CONMEBOL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Region | South America |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Related competitions | Copa América Femenina |
| Current champion(s) | |
| Most successful team(s) | |
| Website | conmebol.com/sub20femenino |
The last edition was held in 2022 in Chile.[1] Brazil has won all the competitions with 9 titles in total.
For the 2002 and 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, South America was given one qualification spot. In 2002 Brazil and Peru played a two legged play-off for one spot allocated to South America. Brazil won 12–0 on aggregate.[2] Since 2006 South America has been given two spots for the now-renamed FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In this tournament, Brazil has reached the third-place match three times and Colombia reached the third-place match in 2010. Argentina has been eliminated from the group stage for all three of their appearances; Paraguay and Chile were eliminated from the group stage in their only appearance.
Results
| Ed. | Year | Host | First place match | Third place match | Num. teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 2004 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Paraguay |
Ecuador |
– [n 1] |
Bolivia | 4 | |
| 2 | 2006 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
– [n 1] |
Peru | 10 | |
| 3 | 2008 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Argentina |
Paraguay |
– [n 1] |
Chile | 10 | |
| 4 | 2010 | Brazil |
2–0 | Colombia |
Paraguay |
6–0 | Chile | 10 | |
| 5 | 2012 | [3] | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Argentina |
Colombia |
– [n 1] |
Paraguay | 10 |
| 6 | 2014 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
– [n 1] |
Bolivia | 10 | |
| 7 | 2015 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Venezuela |
Colombia |
– [n 1] |
Argentina | 10 | |
| 8 | 2018 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Paraguay |
Colombia |
– [n 1] |
Venezuela | 10 | |
| 9 | 2022 | Brazil |
– [n 1] |
Colombia |
Uruguay |
– [n 1] |
Venezuela | 10 | |
- Notes
- Played under a round-robin format.
- The 2022 edition originally scheduled by Argentina, but withdrew from hosting on 15 March 2022 due to incomplete by geography region during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Performances by countries
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022) | ||||
| 3 (2004, 2014, 2018) | 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) | 1 (2012) | ||
| 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) | 1 (2015) | |||
| 2 (2010, 2022) | 4 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018) | |||
| 1 (2015) | 2 (2018, 2022) | |||
| 1 (2004) | ||||
| 1 (2022) | ||||
| 2 (2004, 2014) | ||||
| 2 (2008, 2010) | ||||
| 1 (2006) |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- — Hosts
| Team | 2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2015 |
2018 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 8 | |
| 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 | |
| GS | GS | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |
| GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 | |
| 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |
| 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 8 | |
| GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 | |
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 8 | |
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 8 |
Top scorers
The topscorers of the tournaments were:
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 10 |
FIFA World Cup qualification and results
- QF = World Cup quarter-final
- GS = World Cup group stage
- Q = Qualified to World Cup
- = World Cup Hosts
| World Cup | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | GS | GS | |||||||||
| 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | ||
| GS | |||||||||||
| 4th | QF | Q | |||||||||
| GS | GS | ||||||||||
| GS |
References
- "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002".
- "Sudamericana: más cupos para 8 países" (in Spanish). 24 November 2011.
La ciudad de Curitiba, estado de Paraná, en Brasil, será sede del mencionado torneo
