2018 South American U-17 Women's Championship


The 2018 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the 6th 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 Argentina between 7–25 March 2018.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Uruguay who qualified automatically as hosts.
Brazil were crowned champions for the third time. Venezuela were the defending champions, but could only finish fourth.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.
TeamAppearancePrevious best top-4 performance
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6th
6th
6th
6th
6th
6th

Venues

All matches were played in Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 28 February 2018, 12:00 ART, at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina and the defending champions Venezuela were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship: Brazil–Paraguay, Colombia–Uruguay, Chile–Ecuador, Peru–Bolivia.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players.

First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order :
  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Drawing of lots.
The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.
On 11 March 2018, the scheduled Group A match between Argentina and Ecuador was not played as players from several teams showed symptoms for food poisoning. The scheduled Group B matches on 12 March 2018 were also postponed as a result. The matches were rescheduled by CONMEBOL with the first stage ending on 18 March instead of 16 March, and the final stage starting on 21 March instead of 19 March.
All times are local, ART.

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. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage :
  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Fair play points ;
  5. Drawing of lots.
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Winners

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

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, including Uruguay which qualified as hosts.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[|1]
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3

Goalscorers

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