2016 South American U-17 Women's Championship

2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Venezuela 2016
Tournament details
Host country Venezuela
CityBarquisimeto
Dates1–20 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Venezuela (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored81 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Deyna Castellanos (12 goals)
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The 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the fifth edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela between 1 and 20 March 2016.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONMEBOL representatives.[2]

Venezuela were crowned champions for the second consecutive tournament, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Brazil and third place Paraguay.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina 5th Fourth place (2008, 2012)
 Bolivia 5th None
 Brazil 5th Champions (2010, 2012)
 Chile 5th Runners-up (2010)
 Colombia 5th Champions (2008)
 Ecuador 5th None
 Paraguay 5th Third place (2008, 2013)
 Peru 5th None
 Uruguay 5th Runners-up (2012)
 Venezuela 5th Champions (2013)

Venues

The tournament was played in Barquisimeto. The stadium was Deportivo Lara's Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2016 at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[5] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Venezuela–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Argentina–Uruguay, Bolivia–Chile, Ecuador–Peru. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 18 February 2016.[6]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[4]

  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied on points and they are playing last game of the group
  5. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, VET (UTC−4:30).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela (H) 4 4 0 0 16 1 +15 12 Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 3 0 1 13 5 +8 9
3  Chile 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
4  Peru 4 1 0 3 2 16 −14 3
5  Argentina 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay 3–0 Chile
J. Martínez 30', 65'
Sánchez 69'		 Report
Referee: María Cornejo (Ecuador)
Venezuela 3–0 Argentina
Castellanos 22', 32'
Luzardo 65'		 Report
Referee: Edina Batista (Brazil)
Argentina 1–1 Chile
Muñoz 90' Report Balmaceda 21'
Referee: Johana Haro (Ecuador)
Venezuela 8–0 Peru
Castellanos 24', 48' (pen.), 51'
Rodríguez 28', 33', 56'
Cabeza 45'
Castillo 52'		 Report
Referee: Janette Vera (Bolivia)
Paraguay 4–1 Peru
J. Martínez 55' (pen.), 69', 83' (pen.)
Bogarín 57'		 Report Canales 48'
Venezuela 2–0 Chile
Castellanos 6'
Moreno 62'		 Report
Chile 4–0 Peru
Rapimán 35'
Balmaceda 55'
Padrón 58', 81'		 Report
Referee: Johana Haro (Ecuador)
Paraguay 5–1 Argentina
J. Martínez 9', 44' (pen.), 73'
K. Martínez 14', 41'		 Report Benítez 71'
Referee: Edina Batista (Brazil)
Argentina 0–1 Peru
Report Canales 10'
Referee: Janette Vera (Bolivia)
Venezuela 3–1 Paraguay
Rodríguez 7'
Moreno 55'
Castellanos 61'		 Report Sandoval 65'
Referee: Viviana Muñoz (Colombia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 10 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
3  Uruguay 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
4  Ecuador 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Colombia 1–0 Bolivia
Barreto 79' (pen.) Report
Referee: Isley Delgado (Venezuela)
Brazil 5–3 Uruguay
Kerolin 13', 67'
Nycole 58', 62', 80'		 Report Yuvet 34'
Castel 42'
Morales 46' (pen.)
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Uruguay 1–0 Bolivia
Morales 27' (pen.) Report
Brazil 3–1 Ecuador
Nycole 40' (pen.)
Thais 48'
Isabela 51'		 Report Caicedo 68'
Colombia 3–0 Ecuador
Pérez 10', 63'
Chirva 84'		 Report
Brazil 4–0 Bolivia
Bianca 14', 34'
Ana Vitória 23'
Rayane 76'		 Report
Bolivia 0–2 Ecuador
Report Rodríguez 55'
Trujillo 63'
Referee: Isley Delgado (Venezuela)
Colombia 0–1 Uruguay
Report García 88'
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Uruguay 0–0 Ecuador
Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Brazil 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Final stage

If teams finished level of points, the final order would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage. If there was a continuing tie between teams after applying criteria 1–4, the first stage results would be taken into account.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela (H) 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
4  Colombia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Brazil 1–0 Paraguay
Angelina 59' Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Venezuela 4–0 Colombia
Castellanos 15'
Vanegas 19' (o.g.)
Rodríguez 33', 66'		 Report
Referee: Janette Vera (Bolivia)
Brazil 2–0 Colombia
Kerolin 23'
Nycole 76'		 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Venezuela 6–2 Paraguay
Moreno 21', 29'
Castellanos 27', 54' (pen.), 83'
Cabeza 86' (pen.)		 Report Bogarín 80'
Fretes 90+2'
Referee: Johana Haro (Ecuador)
Paraguay 2–1 Colombia
Martínez 33' (pen.), 38' Report Vanegas 18'
Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
Venezuela 1–0 Brazil
Castellanos 47' Report
Attendance: 45,321[7]
Referee: María Cornejo (Ecuador)

Winners

 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship 

Venezuela
Second title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Venezuela 17 March 2016 2 (2010, 2014)
 Brazil 17 March 2016 3 (2008, 2010, 2012)
 Paraguay 20 March 2016 2 (2008, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

12 goals
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Source:[8]

References

  1. ^ "El Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 con sede y fechas confirmadas". CONMEBOL.com. 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay heading to Jordan". FIFA.com. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Reglamento – Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 Venezuela 2016" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  5. ^ "Se sortearon los Grupos del Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 27 January 2016.
  6. ^ "El Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 con fixture establecido". CONMEBOL.com. 18 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Venezuela imperious, Brazil and Paraguay qualify". FIFA. Cabudare. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Venezuela 2016 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.