| Tourney Name: | South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 200px |
| City: | Barquisimeto |
| Dates: | 1–20 March |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Goals: | 81 |
| Prevseason: | 2013 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the fifth edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela between 1 and 20 March 2016.[1]
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONMEBOL representatives.[2]
Venezuela were crowned champions for the second consecutive tournament, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Brazil and third place Paraguay.[3]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2008, 2012) | |||
| (2010, 2012) | |||
| (2010) | |||
| (2008) | |||
| (2008, 2013) | |||
| (2012) | |||
| (2013) |
The tournament was played in Barquisimeto. The stadium was Deportivo Lara's Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara.
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]
The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2016 at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[5] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Venezuela–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Argentina–Uruguay, Bolivia–Chile, Ecuador–Peru. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 18 February 2016.[6]
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:[4]
All times were local, VET (UTC−4:30).
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If teams finished level of points, the final order would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage. If there was a continuing tie between teams after applying criteria 1–4, the first stage results would be taken into account.[4]
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The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2010, 2014) | |||
| (2008, 2010, 2012) | |||
| (2008, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Nycole Silva Bianca Ferrara
Mairerth Pérez
Xioczana Canales
Jeismar Cabeza
Luana Muñoz Magalí Benítez Ana Vitória Araújo Angelina Alonso Isabela da Silva Rayane Souza Thais da Silva Laura Barreto Laura Chirva Manuela Vanegas
Carmen Caicedo Doménica Rodríguez Gladys Trujillo Olimar Castillo Sandra Luzardo Manuela Vanegas (playing against Venezuela)