The 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 10th edition of the

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(), the biennial international youth

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championship organised by

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for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in La Calera,

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from 6 to 24 April 2022. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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as the CONMEBOL representatives.

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were the defending champions having won the title in

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since the final stage of the 2020 edition ended up being cancelled due to the

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and consequently there was no champion for that year. Brazil successfully retained their title and won their ninth in a row after finish first in the

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and alongside the runners-up

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qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Teams

All ten

member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Venues

Chile was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021. The Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar in La Calera will host all the matches.

Draw

The draw was held on 11 March 2022, 12:00

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( UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in

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. The hosts Chile 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" (Paraguay-Colombia, Venezuela-Ecuador, Argentina-Uruguay, Peru-Bolivia) based on the final placement they reached in the 2018 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:

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 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 29).

Match officials

On 21 March 2022, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament. For the first time the tournament featured the participation of a UEFA refereeing team as part of the memorandum of understanding signed by CONMEBOL and UEFA in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme. Referee Helena Cantero was replaced by Zulma Quiñónez, both from Paraguay. * Roberta Echeverría **Assistants: Gisela Truco and Gisela Bosso * Jhanet Portugal **Assistants: Inés Choque and Elizabeth Blanco * Thayslane de Melo **Assistants: Barbara Da Costa and Brigida Cirilo * Madelaine Rojas **Assistants: Loreto Toloza and Leslie Vásquez * Jenny Arias **Assistants: Nataly Arteaga and Carolina Vicuña * María Zamora **Assistants: Viviana Segura and Nataly Ramírez * Zulma Quiñónez **Assistants: Nilda Gamarra and Nancy Fernández * Milagros Arruela **Assistants: Vera Yupanqui and Mariana Aquino * Silvia Ríos **Assistants: Adela Sánchez and Daiana Fernández * Yercinia Correa **Assistants: Migdalia Rodríguez and Laura Cárdenas ;UEFA Refereeing team * Maria Sole Ferrieri **Assistants: Eliana Fernández González and Giulia Tempestilli

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 are in CLT ( UTC−4), 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, the same tiebreakers as in the first stage are applied, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 21): All match times are in CLT ( UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL. ---- ----

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the

. :

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

Notes

References

External links

CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina Chile 2022
CONMEBOL.com {{South American Women's Football Championship South American U-20 Women's Championship U-20 Championship U-20 Women's Championship

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International association football competitions hosted by Chile