The 2012 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the third instance of the

South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship The South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Femenino) is an international women's association football competition held every two years for South American under-17 women teams and serves as a q ...

. It was held from 9 to 25 March in

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and Santa Cruz,

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. The top three teams qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in

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Hosts

Bolivia was awarded the tournament on 24 November 2011.

Venues

Group stage

Matches as of the regulations. If teams are tied on points, the tiebreakers are in descending order: goal difference, goals scored, direct-matches between tied teams and finally the draw.

Group A

All Group A matches were played in

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Group B

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Final round

The top two teams of each group played another round-robin. Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in

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Top scorers

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;8 goals * Byanca Brasil ;7 goals * Brena Carolina ;4 goals * Dayana Castillo * Carolina Birizamberri The top-scorer award was handed to

from Uruguay who scored nine goals in her team's seven matches. Second place went to Brazilian Byanca Brasil who scored eight goals and third place to Brazilian Brena Carolina who scored seven times.

References

External links

Official website

Tourney
at soccerway.com
Tourney
at futbol24.com {{International women's football

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International association football competitions hosted by Bolivia

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