2024 South American U-17 Women's Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	South American U-17 Women's Championship
Year:	2024
Country:	Paraguay
Dates:	13–31 March
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	5
Matches:	26
Goals:	83
Top Scorer:	Juliana Harris Giovanna Waksman (5 goals each)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2025

The 2024 South American U-17 Women's Championship was the 8th 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 Paraguay from 13 to 31 March 2024.^[1]

Brazil won the tournament for the third time in a row. Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team	data-sort-type="number"	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
	8th	(2008, 2012)
	8th
(holders)	8th	(2010, 2012, 2018, 2022)
	8th	(2010)
	8th	(2008)
	8th
(host)	8th	(2008, 2013, 2016)
	8th
	8th	(2012)
	8th	(2013, 2016)

First stage

Tiebreakers

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):

1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
   1. Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
   2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
   3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Fewest red cards received;
5. Fewest yellow cards received
6. Drawing of lots.

The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.

The draw was held on 12 January 2024.^[2]

All match times were in PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

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):

1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
   1. Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
   2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
   3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Fewest red cards received;
5. Fewest yellow cards received
6. Drawing of lots.

All match times are in PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Team	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in tournament^1
		6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022)
		5 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022)
		0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Argentina 2024, CONMEBOL.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2024. CONMEBOL. 20 December 2023. es.
2. Web site: Los Grupos para la CONMEBOL Sub17 Femenina. CONMEBOL. 12 January 2024. es.