2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship

2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Brasil 2015
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Santos
Dates	18 November – 3 December
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	78 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals)
Fair play award	Venezuela
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The 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the seventh edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Santos, Brazil between 18 November and 3 December 2015.^[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CONMEBOL representatives.^[2]

Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all seven editions so far, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Venezuela, who qualified for the first time.^[3]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.^[1]

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	7th	Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
Bolivia	7th	Fourth place (2004, 2014)
Brazil (hosts & holders)	7th	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Chile	7th	Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Colombia	7th	Runners-up (2010)
Ecuador	7th	Third place (2004)
Paraguay	7th	Runners-up (2004, 2014)
Peru	7th	Fourth place (2006)
Uruguay	7th	None
Venezuela	7th	None

The tournament was played in Santos.^[1] The stadiums were Santos's Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro) and Portuguesa Santista's Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Marapé).^[4]

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[5]

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile.^[6] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Peru–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 30 October 2015.^[4]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (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:^[5]

1. Goal difference in all games;
2. Goals scored in all games;
3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
4. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, BRST (UTC−2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Final stage
2	Venezuela	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9
3	Chile	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	8	12	−4	4
5	Peru	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	9	Final stage
2	Colombia	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7
3	Ecuador	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
4	Uruguay	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4
5	Bolivia	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	1

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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.^[5]

This was the first time Venezuela reached the top four in the tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2	Venezuela	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Colombia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Argentina	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
Brazil Seventh title

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Brazil	3 December 2015	7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Venezuela	3 December 2015	0 (Debut)

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

6 goals

• Yamila Rodríguez

4 goals

• Jennifer Westendorf

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Source:^[7]

• Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Brasil 2015, CONMEBOL.com