2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

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2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino Argentina 2020
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates4–14 March 2020 (first stage)
Final stage cancelled (originally between 16–22 March 2020)
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored67 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Esperanza Pizarro (7 goals)
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The 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 9th 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. It was partially held in Argentina between 4–14 March 2020 until it was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 4–22 March 2020.[1][2] However, on 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended once the first stage ends and that the final stage (originally scheduled to be played from 16 to 22 March) would be postponed for dates and venue to be confirmed, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in South America.[3][4]

CONMEBOL announced on 19 March 2020 that the tournament would be resumed in early July.[5][6] On 1 June 2020, after FIFA postponed the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup until January/February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[7] CONMEBOL announced that the final stage would be played in October.[8] On 6 August 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed that the final stage would be played between 16 and 22 November 2020.[9] On 30 October 2020, CONMEBOL further postponed the final stage to January 2021.[10][11]

In November 2020 FIFA decides to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup due to health and safety reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Consequently, on 25 November, CONMEBOL announced that the final stage would be held in the second half of 2021 in order to complete the tournament.[13][14][15] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the final stage of the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021.[16]

As the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Originally the top two teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Brazil are the defending champions.

Teams[]

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

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (hosts) 9th Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
  9th Fourth place (2004, 2014)
 Brazil (holders) 9th Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
  9th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Colombia 9th Runners-up (2010)
  9th Third place (2004)
 Paraguay 9th Runners-up (2004, 2014, 2018)
  9th Fourth place (2006)
  9th None
 Venezuela 9th Runners-up (2015)

Venues[]

The matches will be played in two venues in two cities.[17]

Draw[]

The draw of the tournament was held on 11 January 2020, 10:00 ART (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association in Buenos Aires.[18][19] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the other eight teams were divided into four pots based on their results in the 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, and were drawn to the remaining group positions.[20]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
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Squads[]

Main article: 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players.[21]

Match officials[]

A total of 10 referees, 20 assistant referees, and two support referees were selected for the tournament.[22]

First stage[]

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

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the first stage is determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):[21]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times local, ART (UTC−3).[23]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 4 3 1 0 14 1 +13 10 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 13 2 +11 7
3  Argentina (H) 4 1 3 0 2 1 +1 6
4   4 1 0 3 2 12 −10 3
5   4 0 1 3 1 16 −15 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Colombia 8–0 
  • Robledo 8', 43'
  • Pérez 6'
  • 12'
  • Vanegas 58', 90'
  • 75'
  • 90+3'
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Argentina 1–0 
 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
 0–5 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Argentina 0–0 Colombia
Report
Venezuela 2–1 Colombia
 Report
Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)
 0–2 
Report
  • 80'
  • 85'
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
 0–4 Colombia
Report
Argentina 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Venezuela 7–0 
 Report
Referee: María Carvajal (Chile)
Argentina 1–1 
  • 2'
 Report
  • 45+1'
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 14 0 +14 12 Final stage
2   4 3 0 1 13 10 +3 9
3  Paraguay 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6
4   4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1
5   4 0 1 3 0 12 −12 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Paraguay 1–0 
 Report
Brazil 3–0 
  • Nycole 29'
  • 34' (pen.), 49'
 Report
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
 2–3 
  • 40'
  • 90+4'
 Report
Referee: Viviana Muñoz (Colombia)
Brazil 3–0 Paraguay
  • 12', 24'
  • 61'
 Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
 4–2 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
 0–0 
Report
Referee: María Herrán (Venezuela)
 0–3 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Viviana Muñoz (Colombia)
Brazil 6–0 
  • 6'
  • 14', 60'
  • Nycole 21'
  • 50'
  • 66'
 Report
 6–0 
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Brazil 2–0 
Referee: María Herrán (Venezuela)

Final stage[]

The ranking of teams in the final stage is determined using the same tiebreakers as in the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 8).[21]

The top two teams would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Final stage tiebreakers
Brazil v Colombia
Venezuela v 
Brazil v 
Venezuela v Colombia
Colombia v 
Venezuela v Brazil

Winners[]

Goalscorers[]

There have been 67 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.35 goals per match (as of 14 March 2019).

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Brazil
  • Brazil

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ "Confirmadas las sedes para los Sudamericanos Sub 17 y Sub 20 Femeninos - 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "La Dirección de Competiciones de Selecciones presentó su calendario de torneos del primer semestre 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Suspendida la Fase Final del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 12 March 2020.
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  9. ^ "Fechas y sedes para cuatro torneos juveniles 2020 y 2021". CONMEBOL.com. 6 August 2020.
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  12. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". www.fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020.
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  14. ^ "Sudamericanos juveniles femeninos se jugarán en 2021" (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 25 November 2020.
  15. ^ "CAMPEONATOS JUVENILES FEMENINOS 2020 CONMEBOL SUB-20 FEMENINO – CONMEBOL SUB-17 FEMENINO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 25 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.
  17. ^ "San Juan y San Luis albergarán al CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 30 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Cambio de horario en sorteo del CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino". CONMEBOL.com. 10 February 2020.
  19. ^ "¡La suerte está echada!". CONMEBOL.com. 11 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Pautas para el sorteo CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20". CONMEBOL.com. 6 February 2020.
  21. ^ a b c "Reglamento – CONMEBOL Sub-20 Femenino Argentina 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  22. ^ "Árbitras convocadas para el CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino". CONMEBOL.com. 11 February 2020.
  23. ^ "CALENDARIO DE PARTIDOS" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

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