The 2003 South American Women's Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 2003'') was the fourth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship and determined the

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's qualifiers for the

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. The tournament was held between 9 and 27 April. Originally, the competition was scheduled to take place from April 5 to April 16, 2002 in Córdoba,

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. Later, it was moved to Peru, January/February 2003, with

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and Chincha as venues, only for group A and the final round. Argentina retained the hosting rights for group C while Ecuador was appointed as host of the group B.

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

won the tournament for the fourth time in a row, after finishing first in the final round. Also, they qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup along with

, the runners-up.

Venues

Three venues (located in three different countries) were used for the tournament:

Officials

The following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:

Results

In contrast to previous tournaments, this edition's format had a first round with three regional groups, where the first-placed teams joined

(who got a bye to the second round after winning the previous edition) for a final tournament in

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. The final tournament was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the

in the

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, and the first-placed team won the tournament. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. ;Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria: :1. Greater number of points in all group matches :2. Goal difference in all group matches :3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches :4. Head-to-head results :5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

First round

Group A

*All matches were held in

. *Times listed were UTC–5. ---- ----

Group B

*All matches were held in Loja,

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. *Times listed were UTC–5. ---- ----

Group C

*All matches were held in

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. *Times listed were UTC–3. ---- ----

Final round

*All matches were held in

. *Times listed were UTC–5. ---- ---- Brazil won the tournament and qualified for the

along with runners-up Argentina.

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Marisol Medina ;6 goals * Kátia ;5 goals * Sandra Valencia ;4 goals * Maitté Zamorano *

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;3 goals * Karina Alvariza ;2 goals * Natalia Gatti * Alejandra Jiménez * Formiga * Ángela Garzón * Wendy Villón * Olienka Salinas ;1 goal * Analía Almeida * Marisa Gerez * Rosana Gómez * Deisy Moreno * Elizabeth Pérez * Shirley Pérez * María Teresa Urgel * Cristiane * Rosana * María Castro * Angelina Galvez * Claudia Gutiérrez * Nelia Imbachi * Sonia Miranda * Paulina Munera * Leidy Ordóñez * Gretel Campi * Francisca Agüero * Nadia Rodas * Rossana Román * Lorena Bosmans * Adriana Dávila * Martha Mori * Miryam Tristán * Gessika Lemos

Final ranking

External links

Official CONMEBOL Page

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