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 (), 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. Venues. 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 (), 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). 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: Match officials. On 4 February 2022, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament. 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): The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage. All match times were in UYT (), as listed by CONMEBOL. 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): All match times are  in UYT (), as listed by CONMEBOL. 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.