2022 Copa America Feminina

The **2022 Copa América Femenina** was a big football tournament for women in South America. It was the 9th time they had this competition. Teams from different South American countries played against each other. They played these matches in Colombia from 8th to 30th July 2022. This competition was important because the teams were trying to earn a spot in two other big tournaments the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Some teams could go straight to these tournaments, and others had to play more matches to get there. Also, the teams that made it to the final match got a chance to play in the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

Brazil was really good at this competition. They have won it four times before, and this time they won again by beating Colombia 1-0 in the final match. So, Brazil became the champions for the 8th time. As winners, they got to play against England, who won another big competition in Europe, in a special match called the 2023 Women's Finalissima.

## Teams 
All ten teams of women's football from CONMEBOL were allowed to join in.

## Venues 
## Draw 
The draw happened on 7th April 2022 in a place called Asuncion, which is in Paraguay. During this event, they decided how the teams would play against each other in the tournament. They did this at 11:00 in the morning, local time in Paraguay. It's like picking names out of a hat to see which teams will compete against each other in the games.

## Group stage 
### Group A 
#### Matches 
##### Bolivia vs Ecuador 
##### Colombia vs Paraguay 
##### Paraguay vs Chile 
##### Bolivia vs Colombia 
##### Paraguay vs Bolivia 
##### Chile vs Ecuador 
##### Chile vs Bolivia 
##### Ecuador vs Colombia 
##### Colombia vs Chile 
##### Ecuador vs Paraguay 
### Group B 
#### Matches 
##### Uruguay vs Venezuela 
##### Brazil vs Argentina 
##### Uruguay vs Brazil 
##### Argentina vs Peru 
##### Argentina vs Uruguay 
##### Peru vs Venezuela 
##### Venezuela vs Brazil 
##### Peru vs Uruguay 
##### Brazil vs Peru 
##### Venezuela vs Argentina 
## Knockout stage 
### Fifth place play-off 
The team that won the match for fifth place got a chance to play in the inter-confederation play-offs.

### Semi-finals 
The teams that won the semi-finals got to go to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and also to play football in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

#### Colombia vs Argentina 
#### Brazil vs Paraguay 
### Third place play-off 
The team that came third in the competition got a ticket to play in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. But the team that didn't do as well, they still had a chance. They had to play more matches against teams from other teams in the inter-confederation play-offs.

## Final 
## Tournament teams ranking 
This table shows which teams did the best and worst in the tournament..

## Qualification for international tournaments 
### Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup 
: 1 *Italic* shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

### Qualified teams for Summer Olympics 
: 2 *Italic* shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

### Qualified teams for Pan American Games 
: 3 *Italic* means shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

## References