South American U-20 Women's Championship

CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub20 Femenino
Region	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	10
Current champions	Brazil; (8th title)
Most successful club(s)	Brazil; (8 titles)
Website	Official website
	2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football 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.

The last edition was held in 2018 in Ecuador.^[1]

Results[]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2004^[2] details	Brazil	Brazil	Group stage	Paraguay		Group stage
2006^[3] details	Chile	Brazil	Group stage	Argentina	Paraguay	Group stage
2008^[4] details	Brazil	Brazil	Group stage	Argentina	Paraguay	Group stage
2010^[5] details	Colombia	Brazil	2 – 0	Colombia	Paraguay	6 – 0
2012 details	Brazil^[6]	Brazil	Group stage	Argentina	Colombia	Group stage	Paraguay
2014^[7] details	Uruguay	Brazil	Group stage	Paraguay	Colombia	Group stage
2015 details	Brazil	Brazil	Group stage	Venezuela	Colombia	Group stage	Argentina
2018 details	Ecuador	Brazil	Group stage	Paraguay	Colombia	Group stage	Venezuela
2020 details	Argentina	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Chile

Performances by countries[]

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

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Brazil	8 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Paraguay		3 (2004, 2014, 2018)	3 (2006, 2008, 2010)	1 (2012)
Argentina		3 (2006, 2008, 2012)		1 (2015)
Colombia		1 (2010)	4 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Venezuela		1 (2015)		1 (2018)
			1 (2004)
				2 (2004, 2014)
				2 (2008, 2010)
				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	Total
Argentina	GS	2nd	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	4th	GS	8
	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	8
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	8
	GS	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Colombia	GS	GS	GS	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	8
	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Paraguay	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	8
	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Venezuela	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	2nd	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		12

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.^[8] 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.

QF = World Cup quarter-final
GS = World Cup group stage
Q = Qualified to World Cup

World Cup	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018
Argentina			GS	GS		GS
Brazil	4th	4th	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS
				GS
Colombia					4th
Paraguay							GS		GS
Venezuela								GS

References[]

^ "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninosorneos-sudamericanos-femeninos". conmebol.com. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ "Women Under 19 World Cup 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2010". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "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
^ http://mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de/2012/06/uruguay-organizara-el-sudamericano.html
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sam-wom-u19-02.html

External links[]

CONMEBOL official site

[1] "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninosorneos-sudamericanos-femeninos". conmebol.com. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[2] "Women Under 19 World Cup 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[3] "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[4] "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[5] "Southamerican Women U-20 Championship 2010". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[6] "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

[7] ttp://mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de/2012/06/uruguay-organizara-el-sudamericano.html

[8] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sam-wom-u19-02.html

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v t Copa América Femenina
Senior	Brazil 1991 Brazil 1995 Argentina 1998 Peru 2003 Argentina 2006 Ecuador 2010 squads Ecuador 2014 squads Chile 2018 squads Colombia 2022
Under-20	2004 (U19) 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2018 2020
Under-17	2010 2012 2008 2013 2016 2018 2020 2022

v t International women's association football
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Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
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North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Euro U-19 U-17
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v t FIFA U-19 and U-20 Women's World Cup
Tournaments	Canada 2002 Thailand 2004 Russia 2006 Chile 2008 Germany 2010 Japan 2012 Canada 2014 Papua New Guinea 2016 France 2018 ~~Costa Rica and Panama 2020~~ Costa Rica 2022
Squads	2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA