The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the eighth 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 ...

( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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 ...

for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held 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 ...

between 13 and 31 January 2018. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its i ...

in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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

Teams

All ten

member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Venues

The matches were played in three venues in three cities. *

Estadio Bellavista Estadio Bellavista is a multi-use stadium in Ambato, Ecuador. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mushuc Runa, Macará, and Técnico Universitario. The stadium holds 16,467 spectators and is located on Boliv ...

, Ambato *

Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra (English: Ibarra Olympic Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Imbabura Sporting Club of the ...

, Ibarra *

Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Estadio Olímpico, commonly referred to as Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba to disambiguate it from other stadiums of a similar name, is a multi-use stadium in Riobamba, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ...

Riobamba Riobamba (, full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: ''Rispampa'') is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is south of Ecuador's capital Quito and located at an eleva ...

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 Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

. 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.

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).

Match officials

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

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): #

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; #Goals scored; #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; #Drawing of lots. The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage. All times are local, ECT ( UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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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): #

; #Goals scored; #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; #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); #Drawing of lots. ---- ----

Winners

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

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;12 goals * Geyse ;10 goals *

Angie Castañeda Angie Julieth Castañeda Vanegas (born 4 February 1998) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera Federación club CP Cacereño and the Colombia women's national team. International career Castañeda represente ...

;7 goals *

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 ...

;5 goals *

Fabiola Sandoval Celsa Fabiola Sandoval Barrientos (born 27 May 1999), known as Fabiola Sandoval, is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A1 club SC Internacional and the Paraguay women's national team. She has ...

;4 goals *

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* Lice Chamorro *

Deyna Castellanos Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Venezuela women's national team. Early life Deyna Cristina Castell ...

;3 goals * Juliana Berardo * Kerolin * Ignacia Vásquez * Natalia Acuña *

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 ...

;2 goals * Ana Vitória *

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Valéria Valéria Cantuário da Silva (born 10 September 1998), simply known as Valéria, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Portuguese club Benfica and the Brazil women's national team. Club career Valéria has played f ...

* Javiera Grez * Isidora Olave * Nelly Córdoba * Maireth Pérez * Dahiana Bogarín *

Esperanza Pizarro Esperanza Pizarro Pagalday (born 15 April 2001) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera Federación club Santa Teresa CD and the Uruguay women's national team. Club career Pizarro has played for Nacional in ...

;1 goal * Justina Morcillo * Ariadina *

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* Thais Reiss * Victória * Ana Paola Andia * Leonela Cruz * Rosario Balmaceda * Yastin Jiménez * Vivian Acosta *

Laura Barreto Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...

* Melissa Rivas *

Manuela Vanegas Manuela Vanegas Cataño (born 9 November 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Colombia women's national team. Club career Born in the Antioquia Depart ...

Marthina Aguirre Marthina Simonne Aguirre Alarcón (born 25 January 2001) is an Ecuadorian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for college team South Alabama Jaguars and the Ecuador women's national football team, Ecuador women's national ...

* Justin Cuadra * Josselyn Espinales * Luisa Espinoza *

Rosa Miño Rosa Mística Miño Martínez (born 13 July 1999) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A1 club SE Palmeiras and the Paraguay women's national team. Club career She played for the Portugues ...

Jessica Sánchez Jessica Dahiana Sánchez Cáceres (born 25 November 2000) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Brazilian Série A2 club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and the Paraguay women's national team. International career Sánchez repres ...

Sandra Arévalo Sandra Lizbeth Arévalo Hinostroza (born 14 April 1998) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alianza Lima and the Peru women's national team. International career Arévalo represented Peru at two South American U-17 Women's C ...

* Esthefany Espino * Michelle Paredes *

Karol Bermúdez Karol Stefani Bermúdez Da Costa Martínez (born 18 April 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A1 side Atlético Mineiro and the Uruguay women's national team. International career Berm ...

;1 own goal * Martha Andrada (playing against Brazil)

References

External links

Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Ecuador 2018
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship 2018

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