The 2014 Copa América Femenina was the seventh edition of the

Copa América Femenina The Copa América Femenina (''Copa América Feminina'' in Portuguese; previously the ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino'' (''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino''), usually shortened to ''Sudamericano Femenino'' (''Sul-Americano ...

, an

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competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

. The tournament was played between 11–28 September 2014 in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Qualification for other tournaments

Same as previous editions, the tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Pan American Games football tournament, and the

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, with the following qualifying rules: *For the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the top two teams qualified directly, and the third-placed team advanced to a

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against the fourth-placed team of the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship. *For the 2015 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Canada, the top four teams qualified. *For the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil, since

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already qualified automatically as hosts, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified. Since Brazil won the tournament, the runners-up

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

joined Brazil as the two women's national teams from South America in the 2016 Olympics.

Host selection

was confirmed as hosts in February 2014. Bolivia had also shown interest.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL teams participated. * * * (holders) * * * (hosts) * * * *

Venues

Squads

Match officials

Ten referees and ten assistants were announced on 6 September 2014.

First stage

The draw was held on 22 May 2014. All times are ECT ( UTC−5). The teams were drawn into two groups of five teams and played a round-robin within their group from September 11 to 20. The top two teams from each group advanced to the

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. If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria: # superior goal difference in all matches # greater number of goals scored in all group matches # better result in matches between tied teams # drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

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The four teams played a round-robin from September 24 to 28.

and

advanced directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, while

advanced to the intercontinental playoff against CONCACAF, which eventually Ecuador succeeded in qualifying. Colombia also qualified for the

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics. All four teams also qualified for the

at the 2015 Pan American Games. ---- ----

Awards

*Top goalscorer: Cristiane (6 goals) *Fair play award:

Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the Olympic football tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Statistics

Goalscorers

;6 goals * Cristiane ;4 goals * Rebeca Fernández ;3 goals *

Mariana Larroquette Mariana Valeria Larroquette (born 24 October 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a winger for Liga MX Femenil side Club León and the Argentina national team. International career Larroquette represente ...

* Andressa Alves * Maurine * Francisca Lara * Yoreli Rincón * Giannina Lattanzio *

Jessica Martínez Jessica Dahiana Martínez Villagra (born 14 June 1999) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Sevilla FC and the Paraguay women's national team. International career Martínez represented Para ...

* Lourdes Ortiz ;2 goals *

Estefanía Banini Estefanía Romina Banini Ruiz (born 21 June 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina women's national team. Banini has previously spent four ...

Florencia Bonsegundo María Florencia "Flor" Bonsegundo (born 14 July 1993), known as Florencia Bonsegundo, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Argentina women's national team. Club career B ...

Fabiana Vallejos Fabiana Gisela Vallejos (born 30 July 1985) is an Argentine footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

Janeth Morón Janeth Morón Villarroel (born 2 June 1988) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a forward for Mundo Futuro and the Bolivia women's national team. She is also a futsal player, who appeared at the 2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal for Boli ...

* Fabiana * Formiga *

Raquel Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel. Notable people with the name include: Raquel *Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler * Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model * Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah ...

Dulce Quintana Dulce María Quintana Giménez (born 6 February 1989) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club SE AEM and the Paraguay women's national team. Club career Quintana spent most of her early career playing for clubs i ...

Pamela González Cinthia Pamela González Medina (born 28 August 1995) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera Federación club Granada CF and the Uruguay women's national team. Club career González previously played in the C ...

Gabriela García Gabriela Antonia García Segura (born 2 April 1997) is a Venezuelan professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associati ...

;1 goal * Micaela Cabrera * Aldana Cometti * Darlene * Tamires * Tayla * Thaisa * Fernanda Araya * Carla Guerrero *

Daniela Zamora Daniela Paz Zamora Mancilla (born 13 November 1990) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was fo ...

Lady Andrade Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez (born 10 January 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Spanish Primera División club Deportivo de La Coruña and the Colombia women's national team. She is an attacking midfielder who can ...

* Nataly Arias *

Tatiana Ariza Tatiana Ariza Díaz (born 21 February 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Cali and the Colombia women's national team. She was part of the Colombia women's national football team The Colombia women's ...

* Laura Cosme * Isabella Echverria *

Melissa Ortiz Melissa Marie Ortiz Matallana (born 24 January 1990) is an American-born Colombian Olympic and professional footballer who plays for the Colombia national team as a striker or attacking midfielder. Early life Ortiz was born in West Palm Beach, ...

* Diana Ospina * Leicy Santos * Orianica Velasquez * Adriana Barre * Carina Caicedo * Ingrid Rodríguez *

Erika Vázquez Erika Vázquez Morales (born 16 February 1983), known simply as Erika, is a former Spanish footballer who played as a forward, mainly for Athletic Bilbao where she set club records for most appearances and goals. Between 2003 and 2016, she pl ...

Ana Fleita Ana Lucía Fleitas Martínez (born 8 August 1992) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cerro Porteño. She was a member of the Paraguay women's national team and also played for the national under-17 and under-20 squads. Int ...

s * Verónica Riveros * Emily Flores *

Yamila Badell Yamila Badell Graña (born 1 March 1996) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera Federación club Real Oviedo and the Uruguay women's national team. She is the first player in her country to score in a FIFA U-17 ...

* Mariana Pion * Lourdes Viana * Yusmery Ascanio * Daniuska Rodríguez

Final ranking

References

External links

Copa América Femenina
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa America Femenina 2014

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