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)
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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

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

Main article: 2024 South American Under-20 Women's Championship squads

First stage

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

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
Referee: Jenny Arias Parga (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–1 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Brazil)
Paraguay 2–1 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Peru 2–0 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia)
Paraguay 2–1 Peru
 Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)
Uruguay 0–1 Argentina
Report
Referee: Deborah Cecilia Cruz Correia (Brazil)
Uruguay 1–2 Peru
 Report
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia)
Argentina 1–1 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Jenny Arias Parga (Colombia)
Argentina 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Ecuador 2–1 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

Group B

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
Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)
Brazil 5–1 Chile
 Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques Blanco (Uruguay)
Chile 0–2 Colombia
Report
Referee: Gabriela Arce (Paraguay)
Bolivia 0–2 Brazil
Report
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
Chile 1–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Colombia 4–1 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
Colombia 3–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
Venezuela 1–2 Brazil
 Report
Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)
Venezuela 1–0 Chile
 Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques Blanco (Uruguay)
Brazil 1–2 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)

Final stage

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
Referee: Jenny Arias Parga (Colombia)
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
Colombia 1–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia)
Colombia 3–2 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
Paraguay 0–3 Brazil
Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
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

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

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

  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.