2022 Copa América Femenina

The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina,[1] for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 to 30 July 2022.[2]

2022 Copa América Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates8 – 30 July
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored87 (3.48 per match)
Attendance172,233 (6,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player(s)Colombia Linda Caicedo
Best goalkeeperBrazil Lorena
Fair play award Chile
2018
2025

The tournament acted as South American qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand,[3] providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women's World Cup,[4] and three more places for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Chile (in addition to Chile who qualified automatically as hosts). In addition, the two finalists qualified for the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. The top four teams also qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States.[5] After this edition, the tournament would be held every two years instead of four.[6]

Brazil, the four-time defending champions, defeated Colombia 1–0 in the final to win their 8th title.[7] As winners, they competed in the inaugural 2023 Women's Finalissima against England, winners of UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[8]

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL women's national teams were eligible to enter.

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event[9]
  Argentina 8th Champions (2006) 35
  Bolivia 8th Fifth place (1995) 91
  Brazil (holders) 9th Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018) 9
  Chile 9th Runners-up (1991, 2018) 38
  Colombia (hosts) 7th Runners-up (2010, 2014) 28
  Ecuador 8th Third place (2014) 68
  Paraguay 7th Fourth place (2006) 50
  Peru 7th Third place (1998) 66
  Uruguay 7th Third place (2006) 71
  Venezuela 8th Third place (1991) 52

Venues

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The venues were announced on 16 December 2021. The matches were played at stadiums in three Colombian cities: Cali, Bucaramanga and Armenia.[10][11]

Armenia Bucaramanga Cali
Location of the host cities of the 2022 Copa América Femenina.
Estadio Centenario Estadio Alfonso López Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 35,405
     

Draw

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The tournament draw was held on 7 April 2022, 11:00 COT (UTC−5), in Asuncion, Paraguay.[12]

Seeds Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Colombia (Group A)
  Brazil (Group B)
  Chile
  Argentina
  Paraguay
  Venezuela
  Bolivia
  Uruguay
  Peru
  Ecuador

Squads

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Match officials

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On 8 June 2022, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the tournament.[13]

Referees
Assistant referees
  •   Mariana de Almeida
  •   Daiana Milone
  •   Liliana Bejarano
  •   Inés Choque
  •   Neuza Back
  •   Leila Moreira
  •   Cindy Nahuelcoy
  •   Loreto Toloza
  •   Nataly Arteaga
  •   Eliana Ortiz
  •   Mónica Amboya
  •   Viviana Segura
  •   Laura Miranda
  •   Nadia Weiler
  •   Gabriela Moreno
  •   Thyty Rodríguez[note 1]
  •   Vera Yupanqui
  •   Andreia Sousa
  •   Rita Cabañero Mompó
  •   Luciana Mascaraña
  •   Adela Sánchez
  •   Thaity Dugarte
  1. ^ Laura Cárdenas (Venezuela) was originally listed as an assistant referee but was replaced by Rodríguez.

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.[14]

All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[15]

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking:[14]

  1. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Fewest red cards;
  7. Fewest yellow cards;
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Colombia (H) 4 4 0 0 13 3 +10 12 Advance to semi-finals
2   Paraguay 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 9
3   Chile 4 2 0 2 9 8 +1 6 Advance to fifth place match
4   Ecuador 4 1 0 3 9 7 +2 3
5   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bolivia  1–6  Ecuador
É. Salvatierra   59' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolaños   19', 90+4'
Pesántez   37'
Aguirre   41'
Lattanzio   70'
Espinales   76'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)


Colombia  4–2  Paraguay
Montoya   22', 59'
Ramírez   33'
Vanegas   82'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
J. Martínez   27'
Gauto   90'



Paraguay  3–2  Chile
Fernández   3'
J. Martínez   12'
Sandoval   56'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Pardo   34'
Acuña   90+2'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)


Bolivia  0–3  Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Santos   21'
Morales   70' (o.g.)
D. Arias   78'
Attendance: 16,667
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)



Paraguay  2–0  Bolivia
R. Martínez   10'
Fernández   71'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)


Chile  2–1  Ecuador
Sáez   40'
Acuña   76'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Aguirre   78'



Chile  5–0  Bolivia
Lara   7', 45+1'
É. Salvatierra   14' (o.g.)
Y. López   17'
Valencia   76'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)


Ecuador  1–2  Colombia
Charcopa   34' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ramírez   30'
Caicedo   45'



Colombia  4–0  Chile
Usme   4'
D. Arias   11'
Vanegas   37'
Salazar   41'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 18,064
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Ecuador  1–2  Paraguay
Real   45+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
J. Martínez   30'
Chamorro   90+1'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)


Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 4 4 0 0 17 0 +17 12 Advance to semi-finals
2   Argentina 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9
3   Venezuela 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6 Advance to fifth place match
4   Uruguay 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
5   Peru 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uruguay  0–1  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Brazil  4–0  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Uruguay  0–3  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Argentina  4–0  Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Argentina  5–0  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Peru  0–2  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,000

Venezuela  0–4  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Peru  0–6  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Pa. González   51', 76'
Aquino   58'
Pizarro   61', 89'
Velazco   66'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Brazil  6–0  Peru
Duda   1'
Duda Sampaio   17'
Geyse   41'
Duda Santos   44' (pen.)
Fe Palermo   48'
Adriana   50' (pen.)
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)


Venezuela  0–1  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 3,000

Knockout stage

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In the knockout phase, if the fifth-place play-off, semi-finals and third-place play-off were level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a direct penalty shoot-out. Only if the final was level at the end of the normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team would be allowed to make an extra substitution. If still tied after extra time, the final would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the champions.[14]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 July – Bucaramanga
 
 
  Colombia1
 
30 July – Bucaramanga
 
  Argentina0
 
  Colombia0
 
26 July – Bucaramanga
 
  Brazil1
 
  Brazil2
 
 
  Paraguay0
 
 
Fifth place match
 
  
 
24 July – Armenia
 
 
  Chile (p)1 (4)
 
 
  Venezuela1 (2)
 
 
Third place match
 
  
 
29 July – Armenia
 
 
  Argentina3
 
 
  Paraguay1
 

Fifth place match

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The winners of the fifth place match advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Chile  1–1  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Penalties
4–2

Semi-finals

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The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Colombia  1–0  Argentina
Caicedo   63' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil  2–0  Paraguay
Ary Borges   16'
Bia Zaneratto   28'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Third place match

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The winners of the third place match qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Argentina  3–1  Paraguay
Rodríguez   78', 90+1'
Bonsegundo   90'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Núñez   39' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)

Final

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Colombia  0–1  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 87 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.48 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

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 2022 Copa América Femenina winners 
 
Brazil
8th title
Award Winner
Golden Ball   Linda Caicedo
Top scorer   Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals)
Golden Glove   Lorena
Fair Play   Chile
Best XI[16]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
  Lorena

Tournament teams ranking

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This table shows the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Brazil 6 6 0 0 20 0 +20 18 Champions
2   Colombia (H) 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15 Runners-up
3   Argentina 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Third place
4   Paraguay 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 9 Fourth place
5   Chile 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Fifth place
6   Venezuela 5 2 1 2 4 6 −2 7 Sixth place
7   Ecuador 4 1 0 3 9 7 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
8   Uruguay 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
9   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
10   Peru 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

Qualification for international tournaments

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Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

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The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
  Colombia 25 July 2022 2 (2011, 2015)
  Brazil 26 July 2022 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Argentina 29 July 2022 3 (2003, 2007, 2019)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
  Colombia 25 July 2022 2 (2012, 2016)
  Brazil 26 July 2022 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
2 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

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The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games3
  Chile 4 November 2017 1 (2011)
  Venezuela[a] 21 July 2022 0 (debut)
  Argentina 25 July 2022 5 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Paraguay 26 July 2022 2 (2007, 2019)
  Bolivia[a] 10 October 2023 0 (debut)
a Bolivia replaced Venezuela in the 2023 Pan American Games[17]
3 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Colombia busca organizar la Copa América Femenina de 2022". El Heraldo. Agencia EFE. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Colombia, host of the 2022 Copa América Femenina". 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ "¿La Copa América femenina vuelve a Argentina en 2022?". Mundo D. 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. ^ "CONMEBOL and Concacaf sign strategic collaboration agreement". Concacaf. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Alejandro Domínguez: "En CONMEBOL y en el mundo el futuro tiene que ser del fútbol femenino"" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Brasil conquista su octava estrella en la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ "UEFA and CONMEBOL launch new intercontinental events". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Cali, Bucaramanga y Armenia serán las sedes de la Copa América Femenina en el 2022". Infobae. 26 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Medellín no será sede de la Copa América femenina". TeleMedellín. 11 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Copa América Femenina en Colombia define sus grupos: Reviva el sorteo".
  13. ^ "Árbitras convocadas-Copa América Femenina 2022" (PDF). Conmebol. 8 June 2022.
  14. ^ a b c "CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina Colombia 2022 – Reglamento 2022" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 6 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Fixture Copa América Femenina" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  16. ^ "El XI ideal de la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2022 – CONMEBOL Copa America" (in European Spanish). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Bolivia será el reemplazo de Venezuela en Santiago 2023" (in Spanish). Contragolpe. 10 October 2023.
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