2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship

2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20
Ecuador 2018
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
Dates13–31 January
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored103 (3.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Geyse (12 goals)
Fair play award Brazil
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The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the eighth edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Ecuador between 13 and 31 January 2018.[1]

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.[2]

Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all eight editions so far.

Teams

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

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina 8th Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
 Bolivia 8th Fourth place (2004, 2014)
 Brazil (holders) 8th Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
 Chile 8th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Colombia 8th Runners-up (2010)
 Ecuador (hosts) 8th Third place (2004)
 Paraguay 8th Runners-up (2004, 2014)
 Peru 8th Fourth place (2006)
 Uruguay 8th None
 Venezuela 8th Runners-up (2015)

Venues

The matches were played in three venues in three cities.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 14 December 2017, 19:00 ECT (UTC−5), at the Casa de la Selección in Quito.[3] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Ecuador and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship: Venezuela–Colombia, Argentina–Chile, Paraguay–Uruguay, Bolivia–Peru.[4]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[5]

Match officials

A total of 10 referees, 20 assistant referees, and two support referees were selected for the tournament.[6]

First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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 18.1):[5]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Drawing of lots.

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

All times are local, ECT (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Final stage
2  Colombia 4 3 0 1 17 8 +9 9
3  Ecuador (H) 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3
4  Argentina 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
5  Peru 4 1 0 3 3 16 −13 3
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Colombia 1–6 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Ecuador 1–2 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Argentina 1–2 Peru
 Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)
Ecuador 1–4 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
Colombia 9–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Rejane Caetano (Brazil)
Ecuador 0–2 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)
Paraguay 4–1 Peru
 Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Colombia 3–1 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Argentina 0–3 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Rejane Caetano (Brazil)
Peru 0–2 Ecuador
Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13 12 Final stage
2  Venezuela 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
3  Chile 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
4  Uruguay 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6 3
5  Bolivia 4 0 1 3 2 14 −12 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Venezuela 1–0 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: María Daza (Colombia)
Brazil 3–0 Chile
 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Chile 5–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Priscila Vásquez (Peru)
Brazil 2–0 Venezuela
 Report
Venezuela 1–1 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Brazil 3–0 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: María Cornejo (Ecuador)
Uruguay 3–1 Bolivia
 Report
  • Andía 38'
Referee: María Daza (Colombia)
Venezuela 1–0 Chile
 Report
Referee: María Cornejo (Ecuador)
Chile 4–0 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Priscila Vásquez (Peru)
Bolivia 0–5 Brazil
Report

Final stage

In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2):[5]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow card / red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 4 points; yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points);
  5. Drawing of lots.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 8 11 −3 6
3  Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
4  Venezuela 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Paraguay 3–1 Venezuela
 Report
Brazil 4–0 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Brazil 5–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
Paraguay 4–2 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)
Colombia 2–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Priscila Vásquez (Peru)
Paraguay 1–8 Brazil
 Report

Winners

 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship 

Brazil
Eighth title

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

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Brazil 28 January 2018 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Paraguay 28 January 2018 1 (2014)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

12 goals
10 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninos". CONMEBOL.com. 25 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sorteo de grupos del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino 2018". CONMEBOL.com. 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Definidos los grupos del Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino - Ecuador 2018". CONMEBOL.com. 15 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Reglamento – Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20 Ecuador 2018" (PDF). Ecuador Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. ^ "Árbitras para el Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino". CONMEBOL.com. 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Paraguay, Brazil scoop up tickets to France 2018". FIFA.com. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018.
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