# South American U-20 Women's Championship

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. 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. 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

| Ed. | Year | Host | First place match | First place match | First place match | Third place match | Third 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 | – | Paraguay | Ecuador | – | Bolivia | 4 |
| 2 | 2006 | Chile | Brazil | – | Argentina | Paraguay | – | Peru | 10 |
| 3 | 2008 | Brazil | Brazil | – | Argentina | Paraguay | – | Chile | 10 |
| 4 | 2010 | Colombia | Brazil | 2–0 | Colombia | Paraguay | 6–0 | Chile | 10 |
| 5 | 2012 | Brazil | Brazil | – | Argentina | Colombia | – | Paraguay | 10 |
| 6 | 2014 | Uruguay | Brazil | – | Paraguay | Colombia | – | Bolivia | 10 |
| 7 | 2015 | Brazil | Brazil | – | Venezuela | Colombia | – | Argentina | 10 |
| 8 | 2018 | Ecuador | Brazil | – | Paraguay | Colombia | – | Venezuela | 10 |
| 9 | 2022 | Chile | Brazil | – | Colombia | Uruguay | – | Venezuela | 10 |
| 10 | 2024 | Ecuador | Brazil | – | Paraguay | Colombia | – | Argentina | 10 |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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

| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| Brazil | 10 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024) | | | |
| Paraguay | | 4 (2004, 2014, 2018, 2024) | 3 (2006, 2008, 2010) | 1 (2012) |
| Argentina | | 3 (2006, 2008, 2012) | | 2 (2015, 2024) |
| Colombia | | 2 (2010, 2022) | 5 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024) | |
| 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
### 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 | 4th | 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 | 1st | 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 | 3rd | 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 | 2nd | 11 |
| Peru | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6th | 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 | 5th | 11 |

## Top scorers

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 |
| 2024 | Fátima Acosta Mariana Barreto Gabriela Rodríguez | 7 |

## FIFA World Cup qualification and results

* QF = World Cup quarter-final
* R16 = Round of 16
* 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 | | | | | R16 |
| Brazil | 4th | 4th | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | QF |
| Chile | | | | GS | | | | | | | |
| Colombia | | | | | 4th | | | | | QF | QF |
| Paraguay | | | | | | | GS | | GS | | GS |
| Venezuela | | | | | | | | GS | | | GS |