2022 Copa América Femenina
The 2022 Copa América Femenina will be the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition will be held in Colombia from 8 to 30 July 2022. Brazil are the defending champions. After this edition, the tournament will be held every two years instead of four. The tournament acts as South American qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women 's World Cup, and three more places for the 2023 Pan American Games tournament in Santiago (in addition to Chile who qualified automatically as hosts). Teams. All ten CONMEBOL women's national teams are eligible to enter. Venues. The venues were announced on 16 December 2021. The tournament will be held in three cities: Cali, Bucaramanga and Armenia. The final round will be held in Cali. Draw. The tournament draw was held on 7 April 2022, 11:00 COT (), in Asuncion, Paraguay. Squads. The top Brazilian goalscorer Marta is unable to play in the tournament – previously the champion three times, she  was reported in March to be recovering from a knee ligament injury and surgery. Group stage. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the two third-placed teams will advance to the fifth place play-off. All times are local, COT (). Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Knockout stage. Bracket. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Fifth place play-off. The winner of the fifth place play-off will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will quailfy for the 2023 FIFA Women's World  Cup. Third place play-off. The winner of the third place play-off will quailfy for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The loser will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Qualification for international tournaments. Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup. The following three teams from CONMEBOL will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. Qualified teams for Pan American Games. The following four teams from CONMEBOL will qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Chile which qualified  as hosts.