South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20) 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.

Results

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2004[1]
details		  Brazil
Brazil		 Group stage
Paraguay
Ecuador		 Group stage
Bolivia
2006[2]
details		  Chile
Brazil		 Group stage
Argentina
Paraguay		 Group stage
Peru
2008[3]
details		  Brazil
Brazil		 Group stage
Argentina
Paraguay		 Group stage
Chile
2010[4]
details		  Colombia
Brazil		 2 – 0
Colombia
Paraguay		 6 – 0
Chile
2012
details		  Brazil[5]
Brazil		 Group stage
Argentina
Colombia		 Group stage
Paraguay
2014[6]
details		  Uruguay
Brazil		 Group stage
Paraguay
Colombia		 Group stage
Bolivia
2015
details		  Brazil
Brazil		 Group stage
Venezuela
Colombia		 Group stage
Argentina

Performances by countries

So far only Uruguay have not reached a top four position.

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Brazil 7 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Argentina 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) 1 (2015)
 Paraguay 2 (2004, 2014) 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) 1 (2012)
 Colombia 1 (2010) 3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
 Venezuela 1 (2015)
 Ecuador 1 (2004)
 Bolivia 2 (2004, 2014)
 Chile 2 (2008, 2010)
 Peru 1 (2006)

Top scorers

The topscorers of the tournaments were:

Year Player Team Goals
2004 Palmira Loayza Bolivia 6
2006 Marta Brazil 14
2008 Érika
Dulce Quintana 		Brazil
Paraguay 		7
2010 Alanna Brazil 7[7]
2012 Ketlen Brazil 9[8]
2014 Andressa Brazil 6
2015 Yamila Rodríguez Argentina 6

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

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.[9] 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, and Paraguay was eliminated from the group stage in their only appearance.

World Cup 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
 Argentina GS GS GS
 Brazil 4th 4th 3rd QF GS GS GS Q
 Colombia 4th
 Paraguay GS
 Venezuela Q

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women Under 19 World Cup 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2010". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "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
  6. ↑ http://mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de/2012/06/uruguay-organizara-el-sudamericano.html
  7. ↑ "Colombia fought but Brazil wins championship" (17 March 2010). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de. Retrieved 24 May 2012. ...en Alanna Santana De Carvalho a la máxima goleadora del certamen...
  8. ↑ "Goal scorers on official site". sulamericanafemininacuritiba2012.com. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sam-wom-u19-02.html

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