The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino) is an international
association football
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competition for women's national teams. It is held every two years for South American players under the age of 20 and serves as a qualification tournament for the
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In its inaugural year, 2004, it was played by U-19 players.
The last edition was held in 2022 in Chile.
Brazil
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has won all the competitions with 9 titles in total.
For the
2002
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and
2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, South America was given one qualification spot. In 2002 Brazil and Peru played a two legged play-off for one spot allocated to South America. Brazil won 12–0 on aggregate.
Since 2006 South America has been given two spots for the now-renamed
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In this tournament, Brazil has reached the third-place match three times and Colombia reached the third-place match in 2010. Argentina has been eliminated from the group stage for all three of their appearances; Paraguay and Chile were eliminated from the group stage in their only appearance.
Results
;Notes
Performances by countries
Participating nations
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
*GS – Group stage
* — Hosts
Top scorers
The topscorers of the tournaments were:
FIFA World Cup qualification and results
*QF = World Cup quarter-final
*GS = World Cup group stage
*Q = Qualified to World Cup
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
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Championship resultsat the
RSSSF
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{{International women's football
CONMEBOL competitions for women's national teams
Under-20 association football
Recurring sporting events established in 2004
South American youth sports competitions