2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
Year:	2024
Country:	Ecuador
Dates:	11 April – 5 May
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Count:	10
Matches:	35
Goals:	96
Top Scorer:	Fátima Acosta Mariana Barreto Gabriela Rodríguez (7 goals each)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2026
Updated:	6 May 2024

The 2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, officially the 2024 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, was the 11th edition of the South American U-20 Women's Championship (CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. It was held in Ecuador from 11 April to 5 May 2024.

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the CONMEBOL representatives besides Colombia who automatically qualified as host. Colombia finished in the top four, the fifth in the final stage also qualified.^[1]

Brazil are the defending champions having won the title in 2022.

Teams

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

Team	data-sort-type="number"	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
	11th	(2006, 2008, 2012)
	11th	(2004, 2014)
(holders)	11th	(2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022)
	11th	(2008, 2010)
	11th	(2010, 2022)
(host)	11th	(2004)
	11th	(2004, 2014, 2018)
	11th	(2006)
	11th	(2022)
	11th	(2015)

Squads

See main article: 2024 South American Under-20 Women's Championship squads.

First stage

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 three teams of each group advance to the final stage.

The draw was held on 11 March 2024.^[2]

All match times were in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup alongside hosts Colombia.

Team	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in tournament^1
	^[3]	2 (2010, 2022)
		10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
		2 (2014, 2018)
		3 (2006, 2008, 2012)
		1 (2016)

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

External links

• CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenina, CONMEBOL.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA Council appoints United States as host of new and expanded FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA. 24 June 2023. 23 June 2023.
2. Web site: Grupos definidos para la CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina 2024. 11 March 2024. es.
3. Web site: Colombia will host the 2024 Women’s Under-20 World Cup. 23 June 2023.