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.
Organizing body | CONMEBOL |
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Founded | 2004 |
Region | South America |
Number of teams | 10 |
Related competitions | Copa América Femenina |
Current champion(s) | Brazil (9th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (9 titles) |
Website | conmebol.com/sub20femenino |
2022 |
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 | ||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 9 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022) | |||
Paraguay | 3 (2004, 2014, 2018) | 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) | 1 (2012) | |
Argentina | 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) | 1 (2015) | ||
Colombia | 2 (2010, 2022) | 4 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018) | ||
Venezuela | 1 (2015) | 2 (2018, 2022) | ||
Ecuador | 1 (2004) | |||
Uruguay | 1 (2022) | |||
Bolivia | 2 (2004, 2014) | |||
Chile | 2 (2008, 2010) | |||
Peru | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | GS | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 8 |
Bolivia | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
Brazil | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 |
Chile | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
Colombia | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
Ecuador | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
Paraguay | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | 8 |
Peru | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 8 |
Uruguay | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 8 |
Venezuela | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 8 |
Top scorers
The topscorers of the tournaments were:
Year | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
2004 | Palmira Loayza | 6 |
2006 | Marta | 14 |
2008 | Érika Dulce Quintana | 7 |
2010 | Alanna | 7 |
2012 | Ketlen | 9 |
2014 | Andressa | 6 |
2015 | Yamila Rodríguez | 6 |
2018 | Geyse da Silva | 12 |
2022 | Belén Aquino | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | GS | GS | GS | ||||||||
Brazil | 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | |
Chile | GS | ||||||||||
Colombia | 4th | QF | Q | ||||||||
Paraguay | GS | GS | |||||||||
Venezuela | 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