# 2014 Copa América Femenina

The 2014 Copa América Femenina was the seventh edition of the Copa América Femenina, an association football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 11 and 28 September 2014 in Ecuador.

## Qualification for other tournaments

As in previous editions, the tournament served as CONMEBOL's qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Pan American Games football tournament, and the Olympic football tournament, with the following qualifying rules:
* For the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the top two teams qualified directly, and the third-placed team advanced to a play-off against the fourth-placed team of the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship.
* For the 2015 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Canada, the top four teams qualified.
* For the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil, since Brazil automatically qualified as hosts, the top-ranked team other than Brazil qualified. Since Brazil won the tournament, the runners-up Colombia joined Brazil as the two women's national teams from South America in the 2016 Olympics.

## Host selection

Ecuador was confirmed as hosts in February 2014. Bolivia had also shown interest.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL teams participated.
* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil (holders)
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador (hosts)
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Venues

| City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Ambato | Estadio Bellavista | 18,000 |
| Azogues | Estadio Jorge Andrade | 15,000 |
| Cuenca | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | 22,000 |
| Latacunga | Estadio La Cocha | 15,000 |
| Loja | Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne | 14,935 |
| Quito | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | 35,742 |
| Quito | Estadio Chillogallo | 22,000 |
| Riobamba | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba | 20,000 |
| Sangolquí | Estadio Rumiñahui | 8,000 |

## Match officials

Ten referees and ten assistants were announced on 6 September 2014.
| Referee | Assistant |
| Laura Fortunato | Mariana De Almeida |
| Sirley Cornejo | Marina Quiroga |
| Regildenia Moura | Janette Arcanjo |
| María Belén Carvajal | Loreto Andrea Toloza |
| Viviana Muñoz | Luz Amalia Ruiz |
| Juana Delgado | Mónica Amboya |
| Zulma Quiñonez | Laura Miranda |
| Silvia Reyes | Gabriela Moreno |
| Gabriela Bandeira | Luciana Mascaraña |
| Yercinia Correa | Yoly García |

## First stage

The draw was held on 22 May 2014. All times are ECT (UTC−5).
The teams were drawn into two groups of five teams and played a round-robin within their group from September 11 to 20. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage.
If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria:
* superior goal difference in all matches
* greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* better result in matches between tied teams
* drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | Final stage and 2015 Pan American Games |
| 2 | Ecuador (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Final stage and 2015 Pan American Games |
| 3 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Final stage and 2015 Pan American Games |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Final stage and 2015 Pan American Games |
| 3 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | |

## Final stage

The four teams played a round-robin from September 24 to 28. Brazil and Colombia advanced directly to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, while Ecuador advanced to the intercontinental playoff against CONCACAF, which eventually Ecuador succeeded in qualifying. Colombia also qualified for the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. All four teams also qualified for the women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 7 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Ecuador (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |
* ↑ Both Brazil (as hosts) and Colombia (as best team other than Brazil) qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

## Awards

* 2014 Sudamericano Femenino winners
* Brazil Sixth title
* Top goalscorer: Cristiane (6 goals)
* Fair play award: Argentina

### Qualified teams for Olympics

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Brazil | 2 October 2009 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Colombia | 28 September 2014 | 1 (2012) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 6 goals

* Cristiane

#### 4 goals

* Rebeca Fernández

#### 3 goals

* Mariana Larroquette
* Andressa Alves
* Maurine
* Francisca Lara
* Yoreli Rincón
* Giannina Lattanzio
* Jessica Martínez
* Lourdes Ortiz

#### 2 goals

* Estefanía Banini
* Florencia Bonsegundo
* Fabiana Vallejos
* Janeth Morón
* Fabiana
* Formiga
* Raquel
* Dulce Quintana
* Pamela González
* Gabriela García

#### 1 goal

* Micaela Cabrera
* Aldana Cometti
* Darlene
* Tamires
* Tayla
* Thaisa
* Fernanda Araya
* Carla Guerrero
* Daniela Zamora
* Lady Andrade
* Nataly Arias
* Tatiana Ariza
* Laura Cosme
* Isabella Echverria
* Melissa Ortiz
* Diana Ospina
* Leicy Santos
* Orianica Velasquez
* Adriana Barre
* Carina Caicedo
* Ingrid Rodríguez
* Erika Vázquez
* Ana Fleitas
* Verónica Riveros
* Emily Flores
* Yamila Badell
* Mariana Pion
* Lourdes Viana
* Yusmery Ascanio
* Daniuska Rodríguez

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 16 |
| 2 | Colombia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 17 |
| 3 | Ecuador | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 9 |
| 4 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 |
| Eliminated in the first round ||||||||||
| 5 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
| 6 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| 9 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 |