South American U-20 Women's Championship

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 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.

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

Ed. Year Host First place match Third place match Num.
teams
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place Score Fourth place
1 2004
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Ecuador
[n 1]

Bolivia
4
2 2006
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Paraguay
[n 1]

Peru
10
3 2008
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Paraguay
[n 1]

Chile
10
4 2010
Brazil
2–0
Colombia

Paraguay
6–0
Chile
10
5 2012 [3]
Brazil
[n 1]

Argentina

Colombia
[n 1]

Paraguay
10
6 2014
Brazil
[n 1]

Paraguay

Colombia
[n 1]

Bolivia
10
7 2015
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

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

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 Brazil
2004
Chile
2006
Brazil
2008
Colombia
2010
Brazil
2012
Uruguay
2014
Brazil
2015
Ecuador
2018
Argentina
2020
Chile
2022
Ecuador
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

The topscorers of the tournaments were:

Year Player Goals
2004 Bolivia Palmira Loayza 6
2006 Brazil Marta 14
2008 Brazil Érika
Paraguay Dulce Quintana
7
2010 Brazil Alanna 7
2012 Brazil Ketlen 9
2014 Brazil Andressa 6
2015 Argentina Yamila Rodríguez 6
2018 Brazil Geyse 12
2022 Uruguay Belén Aquino 10
2024 Paraguay Fátima Acosta
Venezuela Mariana Barreto
Colombia Gabriela Rodríguez
7

FIFA World Cup qualification and results

  • QF = World Cup quarter-final
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • GS = World Cup group stage
  • Q = Qualified to World Cup
  •     = World Cup Hosts
World Cup Canada
2002
Thailand
2004
Russia
2006
Chile
2008
Germany
2010
Japan
2012
Canada
2014
Papua New Guinea
2016
France
2018
Costa Rica
2022
Colombia
2024
Poland
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

References

  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