South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20) 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.
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004[1] details |
 Brazil |
Brazil |
Group stage |  Paraguay |
 Ecuador |
Group stage |  Bolivia | ||
| 2006[2] details |
 Chile |
Brazil |
Group stage |  Argentina |
Paraguay |
Group stage |  Peru | ||
| 2008[3] details |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Group stage | Argentina |
Paraguay |
Group stage | Chile | ||
| 2010[4] details |
 Colombia |
Brazil |
2 – 0 | Colombia |
Paraguay |
6 – 0 | Chile | ||
| 2012 details |
Brazil[5] |
Brazil |
Group stage | Argentina |
Colombia |
Group stage | Paraguay | ||
| 2014[6] details |
 Uruguay |
Brazil |
Group stage | Paraguay |
Colombia |
Group stage | Bolivia | ||
| 2015 details |
Brazil |
Brazil |
Group stage |  Venezuela |
Colombia |
Group stage | Argentina | ||
Performances by countries
So far only Uruguay and Venezuela have not reached a top four position.
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
7 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |||
| Argentina |
3 (2006, 2008, 2012) | 1 (2015) | ||
| Paraguay |
2 (2004, 2014) | 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) | 1 (2012) | |
| Colombia |
1 (2010) | 3 (2012, 2014, 2015) | ||
| Venezuela |
1 (2015) | |||
| Ecuador |
1 (2004) | |||
| Bolivia |
2 (2004, 2014) | |||
| Chile |
2 (2008, 2010) | |||
| Peru |
1 (2006) |
Top scorers
The topscorers of the tournaments were:
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Palmira Loayza | Bolivia | 6 |
| 2006 | Marta | Brazil | 14 |
| 2008 | Érika Dulce Quintana | Brazil Paraguay | 7 |
| 2010 | Alanna | Brazil | 7[7] |
| 2012 | Ketlen | Brazil | 9[8] |
| 2014 | Andressa | Brazil | 6 |
| 2015 | Yamila Rodríguez | Argentina | 6 |
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.[9] 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, and Paraguay was 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | GS | GS | GS | |||||
| Brazil | 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | Q |
| Colombia | 4th | |||||||
| Paraguay | GS | |||||||
| Venezuela | Q |
See also
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Colombia fought but Brazil wins championship" (17 March 2010). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
...en Alanna Santana De Carvalho a la máxima goleadora del certamen...
- ↑ "Goal scorers on official site". sulamericanafemininacuritiba2012.com. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sam-wom-u19-02.html
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