| Tourney Name: | Copa América Femenina |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 8 – 30 July |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Count: | 8 |
| Matches: | 25 |
| Goals: | 87 |
| Player: |  Linda Caicedo |
| Goalkeeper: |  Lorena |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina,[1] for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 to 30 July 2022.[2]
The tournament acted as South American qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand,[3] providing three direct qualifying places and two play-off places for the Women's World Cup,[4] and three more places for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Chile (in addition to Chile who qualified automatically as hosts). In addition, the two finalists qualified for the women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. The top four teams also qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup in the United States.[5] After this edition, the tournament would be held every two years instead of four.[6]
Brazil, the four-time defending champions, defeated Colombia 1–0 in the final to win their 8th title.[7] As winners, they competed in the inaugural 2023 Women's Finalissima against England, winners of UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[8]
All ten CONMEBOL women's national teams were eligible to enter.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | (2006) | 35 | ||
| 8th | (1995) | 91 | ||
| (holders) | 9th | (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 9 | |
| 9th | (1991, 2018) | 38 | ||
| (hosts) | 7th | (2010, 2014) | 28 | |
| 8th | (2014) | 68 | ||
| 7th | (2006) | 50 | ||
| 7th | (1998) | 66 | ||
| 7th | (2006) | 71 | ||
| 8th | (1991) | 52 |
The venues were announced on 16 December 2021. The matches were played at stadiums in three Colombian cities: Cali, Bucaramanga and Armenia.[10] [11]
| Armenia | Bucaramanga | Cali | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Centenario | Estadio Alfonso López | Estadio Pascual Guerrero | |
| Capacity: 20,716 | Capacity: 28,000 | Capacity: 35,405 | |
The tournament draw was held on 7 April 2022, 11:00 COT (UTC−5), in Asuncion, Paraguay.[12]
See main article: 2022 Copa América Femenina squads.
On 8 June 2022, CONMEBOL announced the list of match officials for the tournament.[13]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the two third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.[14]
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[15]
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking:[14]
See main article: 2022 Copa América Femenina Group A.
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See main article: 2022 Copa América Femenina Group B.
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See main article: 2022 Copa América Femenina knockout stage. In the knockout phase, if the fifth-place play-off, semi-finals and third-place play-off were level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, no extra time would be played and the match would be decided by a direct penalty shoot-out. Only if the final was level at the end of the normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team would be allowed to make an extra substitution. If still tied after extra time, the final would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the champions.[14]
The winners of the fifth place match advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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The winners of the third place match qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
See main article: 2022 Copa América Femenina Final.
| Award | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Linda Caicedo | |
| Top scorer | Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals) | |
| Golden Glove | Lorena | |
| Fair Play |
| Lorena |
This table shows the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (2011, 2015) | |||
| 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) | |||
| 3 (2003, 2007, 2019) |
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 (2012, 2016) | |||
| 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
2 Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Chile which qualified as hosts.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Pan American Games3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (2011) | |||
| 5 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) | |||
| 2 (2007, 2019) | |||
| 0 (debut) |
3 Italic indicates hosts for that year.