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championship in South America, the

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, for national teams affiliated with

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. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 to 30 July 2022. The tournament acted as South American

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for the

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in Australia and New Zealand, providing three direct

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places and two

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places for the Women's World Cup, and three more places for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Chile (in addition to

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who qualified automatically as hosts). In addition, the two finalists qualified for the women's football tournament at the

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in France. The top four teams also qualified for the

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in the United States. After this edition, the tournament would be held every two years instead of four in odd-number years, no longer a Women's World Cup qualifier anymore, and serve as a path to women's

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and the

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, the three-time defending champions, defeated Colombia 1–0 in the final to win their 8th title. As winners, they competed in the inaugural

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against

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, winners of

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Teams

All ten CONMEBOL women's national teams were eligible to enter.

Venues

The venues were announced on 16 December 2021. The matches were played at stadiums in three Colombian cities:

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and

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Draw

The tournament draw was held on 7 April 2022, 11:00 COT ( UTC−5), in Asuncion,

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Squads

Match officials

On 8 June 2022, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the tournament. ;Referees * Laura Fortunato * Adriana Farfán *

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* María Belén Carvajal * María Victoria Daza * Susana Corella * Zulma Quiñónez * Elizabeth Tintaya *

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* Anahí Fernández * Yercinia Correa ;Assistant referees * Mariana de Almeida * Daiana Milone * Liliana Bejarano * Inés Choque * Neuza Back * Leila Moreira * Cindy Nahuelcoy * Loreto Toloza * Nataly Arteaga * Eliana Ortiz * Mónica Amboya * Viviana Segura * Laura Miranda * Nadia Weiler * Gabriela Moreno * Thyty Rodríguez * Vera Yupanqui * Andreia Sousa * Rita Cabañero Mompó * Luciana Mascaraña * Adela Sánchez * Thaity Dugarte

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match. All times are local, COT ( UTC−5).

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: # Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; # Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; # Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; #

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in all group matches; # Number of goals scored in all group matches; # Fewest red cards; # Fewest yellow cards; # Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, if the fifth-place play-off, semi-finals and third-place play-off were level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no

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would be played and the match would be decided by a direct

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. Only if the final was level at the end of the normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team would be allowed to make an extra

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. If still tied after extra time, the final would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the champions.

Bracket

Fifth place match

The winners of the fifth place match advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Semi-finals

The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the

and the football tournament at the

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Third place match

The winners of the third place match qualified for the

. The losers advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

Tournament teams ranking

This table shows the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. :

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

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France. :

² ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for the 2023 Pan American Games

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts. : :

³ ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

Technical report
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