2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship

2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20 Ecuador 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	13–31 January 2018
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	103 (3.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Geyse (12 goals)
Fair play award	Brazil
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The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 8th 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. The tournament was held in Ecuador between 13–31 January 2018.^[1]

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.^[2]

Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all eight editions so far.

Teams[]

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

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	8th	Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
	8th	Fourth place (2004, 2014)
Brazil (holders)	8th	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
	8th	Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Colombia	8th	Runners-up (2010)
(hosts)	8th	Third place (2004)
Paraguay	8th	Runners-up (2004, 2014)
	8th	Fourth place (2006)
	8th	None
Venezuela	8th	Runners-up (2015)

Venues[]

The matches were played in three venues in three cities.

• Estadio Bellavista, Ambato
• Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra
• Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba

Draw[]

The draw of the tournament was held on 14 December 2017, 19:00 ECT (UTC−5), at the Casa de la Selección in Quito.^[3] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Ecuador and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship: Venezuela–Colombia, Argentina–Chile, Paraguay–Uruguay, Bolivia–Peru.^[4]

Squads[]

Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[5]

Match officials[]

A total of 10 referees, 20 assistant referees, and two support referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

First stage[]

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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 18.1):^[5]

1. Goal difference;
2. Goals scored;
3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
4. Drawing of lots.

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

All times are local, ECT (UTC−5).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	15	2	+13	12	Final stage
2	Colombia	4	3	0	1	17	8	+9	9
3	(H)	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3
4	Argentina	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3
5		4	1	0	3	3	16	−13	3

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	13	0	+13	12	Final stage
2	Venezuela	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
3		4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
4		4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
5		4	0	1	3	2	14	−12	1

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Final stage[]

In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2):^[5]

1. Goal difference;
2. Goals scored;
3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
4. Fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow card / red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 4 points; yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points);
5. Drawing of lots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	17	1	+16	9	2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	8	11	−3	6
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Venezuela	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Winners[]

2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
Brazil Eighth title

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

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[7]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
Brazil	28 January 2018	8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Paraguay	28 January 2018	1 (2014)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers[]

12 goals

10 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship.

• Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Ecuador 2018, CONMEBOL.com