The 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the fifth edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, 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 1 and 20 March 2016. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the

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. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Jordan as the CONMEBOL representatives.

were crowned champions for the second consecutive tournament, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up

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and third place

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Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

The tournament was played in

. The stadium was

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Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 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 27 January 2016 at the CONMEBOL Headquarters 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": Venezuela–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Argentina–Uruguay, Bolivia–Chile, Ecuador–Peru. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 18 February 2016. 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; #

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if only two teams are tied on points and they are playing last game of the group #Drawing of lots. All times were local, VET ( UTC−4:30).

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. If there was a continuing tie between teams after applying criteria 1–4, the first stage results would be taken into account. ---- ----

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;12 goals *

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;10 goals *

Jessica Martínez Jessica Dahiana "Pirayú" Martínez Villagra (born 14 June 1999) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al-Hilal and the Paraguay women's national team. She has previously been a r ...

;6 goals *

Daniuska Rodríguez Daniuska Isamar Rodríguez Pineda (born 4 January 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a midfielder for S.C.U. Torreense, Torreense and the Venezuela women's national football team, Venezuela women's national team. She ranked third in ...

;5 goals * Nycole Silva ;4 goals * Yerliane Moreno ;3 goals * Kerolin Nicoli ;2 goals *

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* Rosario Balmaceda * Rachel Padrón * Mairerth Pérez * Dahiana Bogarín * Katia Martínez * Xioczana Canales * Deyna Morales * Jeismar Cabeza ;1 goal *

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* Ana Vitória Araújo * Angelina Alonso * Isabela da Silva * Rayane Souza * Thais da Silva * Camila Rapimán * Laura Barreto *

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Manuela Vanegas Manuela Vanegas Cataño (born 9 November 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Colombia women's national team. Club career Born in the Antioquia De ...

* Carmen Caicedo * Doménica Rodríguez * Gladys Trujillo * Limpia Fretes * Fabiola Sandoval *

Jessica Sánchez Jessica Dahiana Sánchez Cáceres (born 25 November 2000) is a Paraguayan Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Brazilian Série A2 club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (women), Botafogo de Fut ...

* Flavia Castel *

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* Belén Yuvet * Olimar Castillo * Sandra Luzardo ;Own goal *

(playing against Venezuela)

References

External links

Sudamericano Femenino Sub17 2016
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship 2016

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