South American U-20 Women's Championship

The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino), officially the CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, 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.

CONMEBOL Sudamericano
Sub20 Femenino
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2004 (2004)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Related competitionsCopa América Femenina
Current champion(s) Brazil (10th title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (10 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/sub20femenino
2024 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina

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
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
12004
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Ecuador
[n 1]

Bolivia
4
22006
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Paraguay
[n 1]

Peru
10
32008
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Paraguay
[n 1]

Chile
10
42010
Brazil
2–0
Colombia

Paraguay
6–0
Chile
10
52012 [3]
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Colombia
[n 1]

Paraguay
10
62014
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Colombia
[n 1]

Bolivia
10
72015
Brazil
[n 1]

Venezuela

Colombia
[n 1]

Argentina
10
82018
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Colombia
[n 1]

Venezuela
10
92022
Brazil
[n 1]

Colombia

Uruguay
[n 1]

Venezuela
10
102024
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Colombia
[n 1]

Argentina
10
Notes
  1. Played under a round-robin format.
  2. 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 10 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Paraguay 4 (2004, 2014, 2018, 2024) 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) 1 (2012)
 Argentina 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) 2 (2015, 2024)
 Colombia 2 (2010, 2022) 5 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024)
 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
  • Fin4 – Final four (the final stage of the 2020 tournament was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  •      Hosts
Team
2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2015

2018

2020

2022

2024
Total
 Argentina GS2nd2ndGS2ndGS4thGSGSGS4th11
 Bolivia 4thGSGSGSGS4thGSGSGSGSGS11
 Brazil 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1stFin41st1st11
 Chile GSGS4th4thGSGSGSGSGSGSGS11
 Colombia GSGSGS2nd3rd3rd3rd3rdFin42nd3rd11
 Ecuador 3rdGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS11
 Paraguay 2nd3rd3rd3rd4th2ndGS2ndGSGS2nd11
 Peru GS4thGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS6th11
 Uruguay GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSFin43rdGS11
 Venezuela GSGSGSGSGSGS2nd4thFin44th5th11

Top scorers

The topscorers of the tournaments were:

Year Player Goals
2004 Palmira Loayza6
2006 Marta14
2008 Érika
Dulce Quintana
7
2010 Alanna7
2012 Ketlen9
2014 Andressa6
2015 Yamila Rodríguez6
2018 Geyse12
2022 Belén Aquino10
2024 Fátima Acosta
Mariana Barreto
Gabriela Rodríguez
7

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

2026
 ArgentinaGSGSGSQ
 Brazil4th4th3rdQFGSGSGSQFGS3rdQ
 ChileGS
 Colombia4thQFQ
 ParaguayGSGSQ
 VenezuelaGSQ

See also

References

  1. "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002".
  3. "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
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