South American U-20 Women's Championship

The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino), officially the CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, 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.

CONMEBOL Sudamericano
Sub20 Femenino
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Related competitionsCopa América Femenina
Current champion(s)Brazil Brazil (10th title)
Most successful team(s)Brazil Brazil (10 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/sub20femenino
2024 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina

The last edition was held in 2022 in Chile.[1] Brazil has won all the competitions with 9 titles in total.

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.[2] 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.

Results

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Ed. Year Host First place match Third place match Num.
teams
  Champions Score   Runners-up   Third place Score Fourth place
1 2004
  Brazil
 
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Paraguay
 
Ecuador
[n 1]
 
Bolivia
4
2 2006
  Chile
 
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Argentina
 
Paraguay
[n 1]
 
Peru
10
3 2008
  Brazil
 
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Argentina
 
Paraguay
[n 1]
 
Chile
10
4 2010  
Brazil
2–0  
Colombia
 
Paraguay
6–0  
Chile
10
5 2012
  Brazil
[3]
 
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Argentina
 
Colombia
[n 1]
 
Paraguay
10
6 2014  
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Paraguay
 
Colombia
[n 1]
 
Bolivia
10
7 2015
  Brazil
 
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Venezuela
 
Colombia
[n 1]
 
Argentina
10
8 2018  
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Paraguay
 
Colombia
[n 1]
 
Venezuela
10
9 2022  
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Colombia
 
Uruguay
[n 1]
 
Venezuela
10
10 2024  
Brazil
[n 1]
 
Paraguay
 
Colombia
[n 1]
 
Argentina
10
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Played under a round-robin format.
  2. ^ The 2022 edition originally scheduled by Argentina, but withdrew from hosting on 15 March 2022 due to incomplete by geography region during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Performances by countries

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
  Brazil 10 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024)
  Paraguay 4 (2004, 2014, 2018, 2024) 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) 1 (2012)
  Argentina 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) 2 (2015, 2024)
  Colombia 2 (2010, 2022) 5 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024)
  Venezuela 1 (2015) 2 (2018, 2022)
  Ecuador 1 (2004)
  Uruguay 1 (2022)
  Bolivia 2 (2004, 2014)
  Chile 2 (2008, 2010)
  Peru 1 (2006)

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  • Fin4 – Final four (the final stage of the 2020 tournament was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
  •     — Hosts
Team  
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2015
 
2018
 
2020
 
2022
 
2024
Total
  Argentina GS 2nd 2nd GS 2nd GS 4th GS GS GS 4th 11
  Bolivia 4th GS GS GS GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS 11
  Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Fin4 1st 1st 11
  Chile GS GS 4th 4th GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 11
  Colombia GS GS GS 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Fin4 2nd 3rd 11
  Ecuador 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 11
  Paraguay 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd GS 2nd GS GS 2nd 11
  Peru GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 6th 11
  Uruguay GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Fin4 3rd GS 11
  Venezuela GS GS GS GS GS GS 2nd 4th Fin4 4th 5th 11

Top scorers

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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   Geyse 12
2022   Belén Aquino 10
2024   Fátima Acosta
  Mariana Barreto
  Gabriela Rodríguez
7

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

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  • QF = World Cup quarter-final
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • GS = World Cup group stage
  • Q = Qualified to World Cup
  •     = World Cup Hosts
World Cup  
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
 
2024
 
2026
  Argentina GS GS GS R16
  Brazil 4th 4th 3rd QF GS GS GS QF GS 3rd QF
  Chile GS
  Colombia 4th QF QF
  Paraguay GS GS GS
  Venezuela GS GS

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002".
  3. ^ "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
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