The 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the seventh edition of the

South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino) is an international association football competition for women's national teams. It is held every two years for South American players unde ...

, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Santos, Brazil between 18 November and 3 December 2015. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the

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. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Papua New Guinea as the CONMEBOL representatives.

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were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all seven editions so far, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up

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, who qualified for the first time.

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

The tournament was played in Santos. The stadiums were Santos's

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(Vila Belmiro) and

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's Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Marapé).

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in

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. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Peru–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 30 October 2015. 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: #

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in all games; #Goals scored in all games; #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; #Drawing of lots. All times were local, BRST ( UTC−2).

Group A

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Group B

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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. This was the first time Venezuela reached the top four in the tournament. ---- ----

Winners

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

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. :

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

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

Yamila Rodríguez Yamila Tamara Rodríguez (born 24 January 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, Série A1 club Sociedade Esportiva ...

;4 goals * Jennifer Westendorf ;3 goals * Micaela Cabrera * Gabriela Nunes * Paulina Lara *

Angie Ponce Angie Paola Ponce Baque (born 14 July 1996) is an Ecuadorian semi-professional footballer. She was part of the Ecuadorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ponce holds the record for being the first, and only, player to have scored two ...

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 Paragu ...

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 Wo ...

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 ...

;2 goals *

Geyse Ferreira Geyse da Silva Ferreira (born 27 March 1998), commonly known as Geyse or Pretinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Barcelona and the Brazil women's national team. Early life Geyse de ...

* Kélen Bender * Katya Ponce * Juliana Ocampo * Valentina Restrepo * Leicy Santos *

Mariela Jácome Mariela Amina Jácome Riley (born 6 March 1996) is an American-born Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward and a midfielder. She has been a member of the Ecuador women's national team. She was part of the Ecuadorian squad ...

* Alejandra Ramos * Vimarest Díaz *

Yenifer Giménez Yenifer Yuliet Giménez Gamboa (born 3 May 1996) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Spanish Liga F club Villarreal CF and the Venezuela women's national team. International career Giménez represented Venez ...

* Idalys Pérez ;1 goal *

Lorena Benítez Flavia Lorena Benítez (born 3 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer and former futsal player who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A1 club SE Palmeiras, on loan from Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, and the Argentina wo ...

* Juana Bilos * Rocío Correa * María Aguilar *

Marcela Ortiz Marcela Ortiz Montalván (born 23 September 1996) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Bolivia women's national team. International career Ortiz represented Bolivia at the 2012 South American U-17 Women's Championship and ...

* Marjorie Castro * Pamela Peñaloza * Laura Rentería * Maylin Arreaga * Diana Ganan * Kerlly Real * Lice Chamorro *

Fanny Godoy Fanny Paola Godoy Duarte (born 21 January 1998) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera Federación The Primera Federación, formerly known as Primera División RFEF, is the third tier of the Spanish footb ...

* Griselda López * Amara Suafán *

Geraldine Cisneros Geraldine Yesenia Cisneros Matos (born 12 March 1996) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru women's national team. Cisneros represented Peru at the 2012 South American U-17 Women' ...

Carmen Quesada Carmen Rosa Quesada Campos (born 12 March 1996) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Municipalidad de Majes and the Peru women's national team. Club career Quesada is a former player of Club Universitario de Deport ...

* Daiana Farías * Ana Laura Millan * Alexyar Cañas * Tahicelis Marcano * Kika Moreno * Yosneidy Zambrano ;Own goal * Laurie Cristaldo (playing against Chile) *

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(playing against Paraguay)

References

External links

Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Brasil 2015
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship 2015

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