South_American_U-20_Women's_Championship Knowpia

CONMEBOL Sudamericano
Sub20 Femenino
Organizing body	CONMEBOL
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
Region	South America
Number of teams	10
Related competitions	Copa América Femenina
Current champion(s)	Brazil (9th title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (9 titles)
Website	conmebol.com/sub20femenino
	2024 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina

The South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 Femenino), officially the CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, is an international association football competition for women's national teams. It is held every two years for South American players under the age of 20 and serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In its inaugural year, 2004, it was played by U-19 players.

The last edition was held in 2022 in Chile.^[1] Brazil has won all the competitions with 9 titles in total.

For the 2002 and 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, South America was given one qualification spot. In 2002 Brazil and Peru played a two legged play-off for one spot allocated to South America. Brazil won 12–0 on aggregate.^[2] Since 2006 South America has been given two spots for the now-renamed FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In this tournament, Brazil has reached the third-place match three times and Colombia reached the third-place match in 2010. Argentina has been eliminated from the group stage for all three of their appearances; Paraguay and Chile were eliminated from the group stage in their only appearance.

Results edit

Ed.	Year	Host	First place match			Third place match			Num. teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Num. teams
1	2004	Brazil	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Paraguay	Ecuador	– ^{[n 1]}	Bolivia	4
2	2006	Chile	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Argentina	Paraguay	– ^{[n 1]}	Peru	10
3	2008	Brazil	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Argentina	Paraguay	– ^{[n 1]}	Chile	10
4	2010	Colombia	Brazil	2–0	Colombia	Paraguay	6–0	Chile	10
5	2012	Brazil ^[3]	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Argentina	Colombia	– ^{[n 1]}	Paraguay	10
6	2014	Uruguay	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Paraguay	Colombia	– ^{[n 1]}	Bolivia	10
7	2015	Brazil	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Venezuela	Colombia	– ^{[n 1]}	Argentina	10
8	2018	Ecuador	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Paraguay	Colombia	– ^{[n 1]}	Venezuela	10
9	2022	Chile ^{[n 2]}	Brazil	– ^{[n 1]}	Colombia	Uruguay	– ^{[n 1]}	Venezuela	10
10	2024	Ecuador							10

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Played under a round-robin format.
^ The 2022 edition originally scheduled by Argentina, but withdrew from hosting on 15 March 2022 due to incomplete by geography region during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Performances by countries edit

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Brazil	9 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022)
Paraguay		3 (2004, 2014, 2018)	3 (2006, 2008, 2010)	1 (2012)
Argentina		3 (2006, 2008, 2012)		1 (2015)
Colombia		2 (2010, 2022)	4 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Venezuela		1 (2015)		2 (2018, 2022)
Ecuador			1 (2004)
Uruguay			1 (2022)
Bolivia				2 (2004, 2014)
Chile				2 (2008, 2010)
Peru				1 (2006)

Participating nations edit

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
Fin4 – Final four (the final stage of the 2020 tournament was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
— Hosts

Team	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2015	2018	2020	2022	2024	Total
Argentina	GS	2nd	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	Q	11
Bolivia	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	Fin4	1st	Q	11
Chile	GS	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Colombia	GS	GS	GS	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	Fin4	2nd	Q	11
Ecuador	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Paraguay	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	Q	11
Peru	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	Q	11
Uruguay	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	Fin4	3rd	GS	11
Venezuela	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	2nd	4th	Fin4	4th	Q	11

Top scorers edit

The topscorers of the tournaments were:

Year	Player	Goals
2004	Palmira Loayza	6
2006	Marta	14
2008	Érika Dulce Quintana	7
2010	Alanna	7
2012	Ketlen	9
2014	Andressa	6
2015	Yamila Rodríguez	6
2018	Geyse	12
2022	Belén Aquino	10

FIFA World Cup qualification and results edit

QF = World Cup quarter-final
GS = World Cup group stage
Q = Qualified to World Cup
= World Cup Hosts

World Cup	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024
Argentina			GS	GS		GS
Brazil	4th	4th	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd
Chile				GS
Colombia					4th					QF	Q
Paraguay							GS		GS
Venezuela								GS

References edit

^ "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
^ "South America - Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002".
^ "Sudamericana: más cupos para 8 países" (in Spanish). 24 November 2011. La ciudad de Curitiba, estado de Paraná, en Brasil, será sede del mencionado torneo