The 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the 6th edition 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 ...

( es, CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17), the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in

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between 7–25 March 2018. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Uruguay as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides

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who qualified automatically as hosts.

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were crowned champions for the third time.

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were the defending champions, but could only finish fourth.

Teams

All ten

member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Venues

All matches were played in

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Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 28 February 2018, 12:00

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( UTC−3), at the

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. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina and the defending champions Venezuela were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the

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: Brazil–Paraguay, Colombia–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Peru–Bolivia.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

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. On 11 March 2018, the scheduled Group A match between Argentina and Ecuador was not played as players from several teams showed symptoms for food poisoning. The scheduled Group B matches on 12 March 2018 were also postponed as a result. The matches were rescheduled by CONMEBOL with the first stage ending on 18 March instead of 16 March, and the final stage starting on 21 March instead of 19 March. All times are local,

( UTC−3).

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-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

, including Uruguay which qualified as hosts. :

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

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Mairéth Pérez ;4 goals *

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* Ángela Gómez *

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;3 goals * Emily * Jheniffer ;2 goals * Chiara Signarella * Júlia * Isabelle Kadzban * Ana Paladines * Cinthia Almada * Cinthia Arévalos * Graciela Martínez * Raiderlin Carrasco * Wilmary Argüelles ;1 goal *

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* Rocío Vázquez * Majhely Romero * Miriam Cavalcante *

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* Layssa * Antonia Alarcón * Sonya Keffe *

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* Laura Orozco *

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* Yovela Ruíz *

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* Karen Flores * Monserrath Ayala * Kiara Calmet * Milena Tomayconsa *

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* Deyna Morales *

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* Bárbara Sandoval ;1 own goal * Gisseli Calixto (playing against Uruguay)

References

External links

Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Argentina 2018
CONMEBOL.com
Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Argentina 2018
AFA.org {{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship 2018

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