# 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship

The 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the South American U-17 Women's Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 1 to 19 March 2022.
Initially, the 7th edition of the tournament was scheduled to be held in 2020 but had to be cancelled for that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The top three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CONMEBOL representatives. Defending champions Brazil won their fourth title after finish first in the final stage and alongside the runners-up Colombia and third place Chile qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
| Argentina | 7th | Fourth place (2008, 2012) |
| Bolivia | 7th | None |
| Brazil (holders) | 7th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2018) |
| Chile | 7th | Runners-up (2010) |
| Colombia | 7th | Champions (2008) |
| Ecuador | 7th | None |
| Paraguay | 7th | Third place (2008, 2013, 2016) |
| Peru | 7th | None |
| Uruguay (hosts) | 7th | Runners-up (2012) |
| Venezuela | 7th | Champions (2013, 2016) |

## Venues

* Montevideo
* Estadio Charrúa
* Capacity: 14,000
Uruguay was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021. The Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo will host all the matches.

## Draw

The draw was held on 11 February 2022, 12:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The hosts Uruguay and the title holders Brazil were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The remaining eight teams were split into four "pairing pots" (Colombia–Venezuela, Chile-Paraguay, Argentina-Peru, Ecuador-Bolivia) based on the final placement they reached in the last played edition of the tournament (shown in brackets).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Colombia (2) Venezuela (4) | Chile (5) Paraguay (6) | Argentina (7) Peru (8) | Ecuador (9) Bolivia (10) |
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Uruguay A2 Colombia A4 Chile A3 Peru A5 Ecuador | Group B PosTeam B1 Brazil B2 Venezuela B3 Paraguay B4 Argentina B5 Bolivia |

## Match officials

On 4 February 2022, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.

### Support Referees
## Squads

Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 and a minimum of 18 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26).

## First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):
* Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
** Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
** Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
** Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received
* Drawing of lots.
The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.
All match times were in UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Final stage |
| 3 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Uruguay (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 | Final stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |

## Final stage

In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 21):
* Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
** Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
** Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
** Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Fewest red cards received;
* Fewest yellow cards received
* Drawing of lots.
All match times are in UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 | 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There have been 90 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.46 goals per match.
9 goals
* Jhonson
6 goals
* Aline
5 goals
* Dudinha
* Linda Caicedo
4 goals
* Karla Torres
* Fátima Acosta
3 goals
* Ana Julia
* Rhaissa
* Yésica Muñoz
2 goals
* Delfina Lombardi
* Kishi Núñez
* Carol
* Maitte Tapia
* Gabriela Rodríguez
* Fiorella Fernández
* Adriana Martínez
* Julieta Morales
1 goal
* Juana Cangaro
* Nazarena Viola
* Yadhira Pedraza
* Tatiana Soleto
* Rebeca Costa
* Lara Dantas
* Flavinha
* Kedima Gabrielly
* Natalia Vendito
* Anaís Cifuentes
* Katerine Cubillos
* Emma González
* Catalina Figueroa
* Natsumy Millones
* Tali Rovner
* Mary José Álvarez
* Sintia Cabezas
* Juanita Escobar
* Ana María Guzmán
* Juana Ortegón
* Orianna Quintero
* Maritxell Cazares
* Karen Litardo
* María Mayorga
* Jael Montalvo
* Lía Rodríguez
* Pamela Villalba
* Valerie Gherson
* Ilana Guedes
* Antonella Mazziotto
* Efranyely Aguiar
* Fernanda Quintero

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Colombia | 16 March 2022 | 4 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018) |
| Brazil | 16 March 2022 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018) |
| Chile | 19 March 2022 | 1 (2010) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.