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

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, 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

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(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 ;4 goals * Jennifer Westendorf ;3 goals * Micaela Cabrera * Gabriela Nunes * Paulina Lara * Angie Ponce * Jessica Martínez * Yamila Badell * Gabriela García ;2 goals * Geyse Ferreira * Kélen Bender * Katya Ponce * Juliana Ocampo * Valentina Restrepo * Leicy Santos * Mariela Jácome * Alejandra Ramos * Vimarest Díaz * Yenifer Giménez * Idalys Pérez ;1 goal * Lorena Benítez * Juana Bilos * Rocío Correa * María Aguilar * Marcela Ortiz * Marjorie Castro * Pamela Peñaloza * Laura Rentería * Maylin Arreaga * Diana Ganan * Kerlly Real * Lice Chamorro * Fanny Godoy * Griselda López * Amara Suafán * Geraldine Cisneros * Carmen Quesada * Daiana Farías * Ana Laura Millan * Alexyar Cañas * Tahicelis Marcano * Kika Moreno * Yosneidy Zambrano ;Own goal * Laurie Cristaldo (playing against Chile) * Vannia Bravo (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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