2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino 2024
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates11 April – 5 May
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (10th title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored96 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Fátima Acosta
Venezuela Mariana Barreto
Colombia Gabriela Rodríguez
(7 goals each)
2022
2026

The 2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, officially the 2024 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, was the 11th edition of the South American U-20 Women's Championship (CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Ecuador from 11 April to 5 May 2024.

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CONMEBOL representatives besides Colombia who automatically qualified as host. Colombia finished in the top four, the fifth in the final stage also qualified.[1]

Brazil are the defending champions having won the title in 2022.

Teams

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

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina 11th Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
 Bolivia 11th Fourth place (2004, 2014)
 Brazil (holders) 11th Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022)
 Chile 11th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Colombia 11th Runners-up (2010, 2022)
 Ecuador (host) 11th Third place (2004)
 Paraguay 11th Runners-up (2004, 2014, 2018)
 Peru 11th Fourth place (2006)
 Uruguay 11th Third place (2022)
 Venezuela 11th Runners-up (2015)

Squads

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First stage

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In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (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 20):

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
    1. Points 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;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received
  6. Drawing of lots.

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

The draw was held on 11 March 2024.[2]

All match times were in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 10 Final stage
2  Peru 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
3  Argentina 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 6
4  Ecuador (H) 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
5  Uruguay 4 0 0 4 3 7 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Peru 1–1 Argentina
  • Gherson 41'
Report
Ecuador 0–1 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Brazil)

Paraguay 2–1 Uruguay
Report
Peru 2–0 Ecuador
Report

Paraguay 2–1 Peru
Report
Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Brazil)

Uruguay 1–2 Peru
Report
Argentina 1–1 Ecuador
Report

Argentina 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Ecuador 2–1 Uruguay
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Final stage
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9
3  Venezuela 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 6
4  Chile 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 12 −12 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Bolivia 0–6 Venezuela
Report
Brazil 5–1 Chile
Report

Chile 0–2 Colombia
Report
Bolivia 0–2 Brazil
Report

Chile 1–0 Bolivia
Report
Colombia 4–1 Venezuela
Report

Colombia 3–0 Bolivia
Report
Venezuela 1–2 Brazil
Report

Venezuela 1–0 Chile
Report
Brazil 1–2 Colombia
Report

Final stage

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If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (C) 5 5 0 0 10 0 +10 15 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[a]
2  Paraguay 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
3  Colombia 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
4  Argentina 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 5
5  Venezuela 5 1 1 3 10 10 0 4
6  Peru 5 0 1 4 3 16 −13 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ As Colombia will finish in the top four while already having qualified to the World Cup as hosts, the fifth place finisher will qualify as well.
Argentina 0–2 Brazil
Report
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
Report
Colombia 1–0 Peru
Report

Colombia 3–2 Venezuela
Report
Paraguay 0–3 Brazil
Report
Peru 0–5 Argentina
Report

Peru 1–6 Venezuela
Report
Brazil 1–0 Colombia
Report
Argentina 0–2 Paraguay
Report

Peru 2–2 Paraguay
Colombia 1–1 Argentina
Venezuela 0–2 Brazil

Paraguay 1–1 Colombia
Venezuela 2–2 Argentina
Brazil 2–0 Peru

Goalscorers

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There have been 57 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.48 goals per match (as of 23 April 2024).

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

2 own goals

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

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The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup alongside hosts Colombia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Colombia 23 June 2023[3] 2 (2010, 2022)
 Brazil 29 April 2024 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Paraguay 2 May 2024 2 (2014, 2018)
 Argentina 2 May 2024 3 (2006, 2008, 2012)
 Venezuela 5 May 2024 1 (2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Grupos definidos para la CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina 2024" (in Spanish). 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Colombia will host the 2024 Women's Under-20 World Cup". 23 June 2023.
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