| Tourney Name: | South American U-17 Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| City: | Montevideo |
| Dates: | 1–19 March |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Goals: | 90 |
| Top Scorer: | Jhonson (9 goals) |
| Prevseason: | |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2022 South American U-17 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the South American U-17 Women's Championship (Spanish; Castilian: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17), 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.[1]
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.[2]
The top three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CONMEBOL representatives.[3] 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.[4]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | (2008, 2012) | ||
| 7th | |||
| (holders) | 7th | (2010, 2012, 2018) | |
| 7th | (2010) | ||
| 7th | (2008) | ||
| 7th | |||
| 7th | (2008, 2013, 2016) | ||
| 7th | |||
| (hosts) | 7th | (2012) | |
| 7th | (2013, 2016) |
| Montevideo | |
|---|---|
| Estadio Charrúa | |
| Capacity: 14,000 | |
The draw was held on 11 February 2022, 12:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[6] 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).[7]
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.[8]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[9]
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On 4 February 2022, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.[10]
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).[11]
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):[11]
The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.
All match times were in UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[12]
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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):[11]
All match times are in UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[13] [14]
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The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [15] | 4 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018) | ||
| 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018) | |||
| [16] | 1 (2010) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.