The 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the

South American U-17 Women's Championship The South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Femenino), branded as the CONMEBOL Sub 17 Femenina, is an international women's association football competition held every two years for South Ameri ...

(), the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in

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from 1 to 19 March 2022. Initially, the 7th edition of the tournament was scheduled to be held in 2020 but had to be cancelled for that year due to the

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. The top three teams qualified for the

2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the multinational–international women's youth football championship, contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, si ...

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as the CONMEBOL representatives. Defending champions

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won their fourth title after finish first in the final stage and alongside the runners-up

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and third place

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qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Teams

All ten

member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Venues

Uruguay was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021. The

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in Montevideo will host all the matches.

Draw

The draw was held on 11 February 2022, 12:30

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( UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in

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. The hosts Uruguay and the title holders Brazil were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The remaining eight teams were split into four "pairing pots" (Colombia–Venezuela, Chile-Paraguay, Argentina-Peru, Ecuador-Bolivia) based on the final placement they reached in the last played edition of the tournament (shown in brackets). From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Match officials

On 4 February 2022, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament. * Gabriela Coronel **Assistants: María Eugenia Rocco and Carla Belén López * Alejandra Quisbert **Assistants: Maricela Urapuca and Amalia Carrasco * Andreza Siqueira **Assistants: Fernanda Gomes Antunes and Anne Kesy Gomes de Sa * Yomara Salazar **Assistants: Leslie Vásquez and Marcia Castillo * Paula Fernández **Assistants: Mayra Sánchez and Iris Alicia Alarcón * Verónica Guazhambo **Assistants: Joselyn Romero and Stefania Paguay * Angelina Rodas **Assistants: Nadia Weiler and Rossana Salinas * Gaby Oncoy **Assistants: Thyty Rodríguez and Gabriela Moreno * Nadia Fuques **Assistants: Luciana Mascaraña and Belén Clavijo * María Eugenia Herrán **Assistants: Laura Cárdenas and Thaity Dugarte ;Support Referees * Antonella Álvarez * Silvia Ríos

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 and a minimum of 18 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26).

First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to

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earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20): #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; ##Points in the matches played between the teams in question; ##

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in the matches played between the teams in question; ##Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Number of goals scored in all group matches; #Fewest red cards received; #Fewest yellow cards received #Drawing of lots. The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage. All match times were in UYT ( UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to

earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 21): #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; ##Points in the matches played between the teams in question; ##

in the matches played between the teams in question; ##Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Number of goals scored in all group matches; #Fewest red cards received; #Fewest yellow cards received #Drawing of lots. All match times are in UYT ( UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL. ---- ----

Goalscorers

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

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the

. :

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

References

External links

CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Uruguay 2022
CONMEBOL.com {{South American Women's Football Championship South American U-17 Women's Championship U-17 Championship U-17 Women's Championship

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International association football competitions hosted by Uruguay

Youth sport in Uruguay