The 2022 Copa América Femenina Final was a

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match on 30 July 2022 that took place at

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, Colombia, to determine the winners of

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. The match took place between hosts

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and

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defeated 1–0 Colombia 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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Venue

The final match of the tournament was held in

at the city of

. With the capacity of only 28,000, the stadium had never hosted any major football tournament, except being the home of

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, a top division club of Colombia's

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. Despite its lack of importance and small size, the stadium was selected to host the final match of the competition. The choice stirred much controversies due to its inferior standard for the final of a continental tournament.

Route to the final

Colombia

As the host of the tournament, Colombia was effectively drawn into the

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, sharing with

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and

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. The Colombians made their group stage (played in

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) route smoothly at the beginning by beating Paraguay 4–2, before easily surpassed a weaker Bolivian side 3–0. The Colombians then faced a sterner Ecuadorian side, and only managed to snatch the win thanked to

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, all came at the first half as it finished 2–1. Colombia finally demolished Chile 4–0, guaranteeing the first place of the group and kicking Chile out of the knockout stage. In the semi-finals, Colombia had a hard time against

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, only snatching a 1–0 win thanks to Linda Caicedo again to book a place in the final and qualified for the

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, as Colombia aimed to win its first ever trophy after finishing second twice.

Brazil

The most decorated team in the tournament, having won it seven times, including the recent

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edition, Brazil was drawn in

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with the other South American champions

, as well as

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and

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, Brazil proved too powerful for the group stage; the Brazilians easily dispatched Argentina 4–0 in the first match, before settled another easy 3–0 win over Uruguay. With Brazil not playing in Matchday 3, the team returned to action in Matchday 4 against Venezuela, as the Brazilians again proved its domination with a 4–0 win. With the top of the table assured, Brazil obliterated a weak Peru side 6–0 to conquer the group undefeated and conceding no goal. In the semi-finals, Brazil had a more difficult game against a stern

, but managed to win 2–0 nonetheless, to match to the final with a perfect winning record and conceding none, as well as qualified for the

Match

Carolina Arias (Colombia) was suspended by CONMEBOL due to violation of health protocols and was excluded from the final.

Details

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if necessary *

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if scores still level *Maximum of twelve named substitutes *Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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