# Football at the 2022 South American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of the football at the 2022 South American Games was held from 5 to 11 October 2022 at the Complejo de Fútbol in Luque, Paraguay, a sub-venue outside Asunción. It was the third edition of the football women's tournament at the South American Games since its first appearance in Santiago 2014 (It had been scheduled to be held in Medellin 2010 but ended being cancelled).
The tournament was restricted to under-20 players (born on or after 1 January 2002).
Hosts and defending champions Paraguay were unable to retain their title after finishing second in their group, which led them to play the bronze medal match which they lost 1–0 to Colombia.
Venezuela won the gold medal and their first South American Games women's football title by beating Uruguay in the final on penalties after a 2–2 draw.

## Schedule

The tournament was held over a 7-day period, from 5 to 11 October.
| GS | Group stage | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Tue 11 |
| GS | | GS | | GS | | B | F |
| 2 M | | 2 M | | 2 M | | 2 M | 2 M |

## Teams

A total of eight ODESUR NOCs entered teams for the women's tournament.
| Teams | App | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 3rd | Gold medal (2014) |
| Chile | 3rd | Silver medal (2014) |
| Colombia | 3rd | Silver medal (2018) |
| Paraguay | 2nd | Gold medal (2018) |
| Uruguay | 2nd | Group stage (2014) |
| Venezuela | 2nd | Group stage (2014) |

### Rosters

Each participating NOC had to enter a roster of 18 players (Technical manual Article 9). Players had to be born on or after 1 January 2002 to be eligible (Technical manual Article 1).

## Venue

All matches were played at the Complejo de Fútbol courts located within the Parque Olímpico cluster in Luque, Paraguay, owned by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

## Results

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3).

### Group stage

The group stage consisted of two groups of 3 teams, each group was played under the round-robin format. The winners of each group advanced to the gold medal match while the runners-up advanced to the bronze medal match.
Teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following tiebreakers were applied (Technical manual Article 10.1):
* Goal difference;
* Goals scored;
* Fewest goals against;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received;
* Drawing of lots.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to gold medal match |
| 2 | Paraguay (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Advance to bronze medal match |
| 3 | Chile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Advance to gold medal match |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to bronze medal match |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

### Final stage

The final stage consisted of the bronze and gold medal matches. If one or both matches were tied after 90 minutes, the match was decided directly by a penalty shoot-out.
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| 11 October | 11 October |
| Paraguay | 0 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 11 October | 11 October |
| Uruguay | 2 (4) |
| Venezuela (p) | 2 (5) |

#### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.
5 goals
* Belén Aquino
4 goals
* Kimberlyn Campos
2 goals
* Bárbara Olivieri
* Marianyela Jiménez
1 goal
* Agostina Holzheier
* Magali Natta
* Mary Valencia
* Ledys Calvo
* Yunaira López
* María Camila Reyes
* Maidi Cristaldo
* Tais Leyva
* Pamela Villalba
* Wendy Carballo
* Oriana Fontán
* Ángela Gómez
* Solange Lemos
* Génesis Hernández
* Daniela Martínez
Source: ASU2022

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Venezuela |
| | Uruguay |
| | Colombia |
| 4 | Paraguay |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 5 | Chile |
* 2022 Men's South American Games Football Champions
* Venezuela First title
* Team roster: Hilary Azuaje, Fabiola Solórzano, Maria Duerto, Sabrina Araujo-Elorza, Jaimar Torrealba, Ana Paula Fraiz, Gabriela Angulo (c), Marianyela Jiménez, Kimberlyn Campos, Bárbara Olivieri, Raiderlin Carrasco, Ashley Pulgar, Génesis Hernández, Daniela Martínez, Nerimar Infante, Floriangel Apostol, Zulaycar Milano, Bárbara Martínez
* Head coach: Vincenzo Conti

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Venezuela Hilary Azuaje Fabiola Solórzano Maria Duerto Sabrina Araujo-Elorza Jaimar Torrealba Ana Paula Fraiz Gabriela Angulo (c) Marianyela Jiménez Kimberlyn Campos Bárbara Olivieri Raiderlin Carrasco Ashley Pulgar Génesis Hernández Daniela Martínez Nerimar Infante Floriangel Apostol Zulaycar Milano Bárbara Martínez Head coach: Vincenzo Conti | Uruguay Vanina Sburlati Adriana Salvagno Maria Cufré Oriana Fontán Valentina Pereira Florencia Méndez Alison Latúa Ángela Gómez Wendy Carballo Solange Lemos Belén Aquino (c) Jennifer Sosa Ahelin Piña Nikol Laurnaga Agustina Nuñez Florencia Bartholomai Julieta Morales Guillermina Grant Head coach: Daniel Pérez | Colombia Valery Restrepo Danna Lambraño Angie Guarín Yunaira López Camila Russi Laura Marcelo Sara Garzon María Reyes (c) Gabriela Urueña Greicy Landázury Yirleidis Quejada Sofia Buitrago Sandra Ibargüen Ledys Calvo Vennus Pineda Maryluz Montillo Kaily Siso Maria Rojas Head coach: Alejandro Camacho |