2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship

2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
Sudamericano Femenino Sub 20 Brasil 2015
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Santos
Dates	18 November – 3 December 2015
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up	Venezuela
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	78 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals)
Fair play award	Venezuela

The 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the 7th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Santos, Brazil between 18 November and 3 December 2015.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the CONMEBOL representatives.[2]

Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all seven editions so far, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Venezuela, who qualified for the first time.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.[1]

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	7th	Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
Bolivia	7th	Fourth place (2004, 2014)
Brazil (hosts & holders)	7th	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Chile	7th	Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Colombia	7th	Runners-up (2010)
Ecuador	7th	Third place (2004)
Paraguay	7th	Runners-up (2004, 2014)
Peru	7th	Fourth place (2006)
Uruguay	7th	None
Venezuela	7th	None

Venues

The tournament was played in Santos.[1] The stadiums were Santos's Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro) and Portuguesa Santista's Estádio Ulrico Mursa (Marapé).[4]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[5]

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile.[6] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Peru–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Bolivia–Venezuela. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 30 October 2015.[4]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[5]

Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, BRST (UTC−2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Final stage
2	Venezuela	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Final stage
3	Chile	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	8	12	−4	4
5	Peru	4	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.

19 November 2015