2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino Argentina 2020
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	4–14 March 2020 (first stage); TBD (final stage)
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	67 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Esperanza Pizarro (7 goals)

The 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship is the 9th edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Argentina between 4–22 March 2020.[1][2] However, after the first stage between 4–14 March was finished, CONMEBOL announced on 12 March 2020 the final stage, originally to be held between 16 and 22 March at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, would be suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

On 1 June 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the final stage would be postponed to October.[5] On 6 August 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed that the final stage would be played between 16 and 22 November 2020.[6] On 30 October 2020, CONMEBOL further postponed the final stage to January 2021.[7]

The top two teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CONMEBOL representatives.[8] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[9] After the cancellation of the World Cup, it has not been confirmed if the tournament would still be completed, and as of February 2021, no announcement by CONMEBOL had been made.

Brazil are the defending champions.

Teams

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

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina (hosts)	9th	Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
Bolivia	9th	Fourth place (2004, 2014)
Brazil (holders)	9th	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Chile	9th	Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Colombia	9th	Runners-up (2010)
Ecuador	9th	Third place (2004)
Paraguay	9th	Runners-up (2004, 2014, 2018)
Peru	9th	Fourth place (2006)
Uruguay	9th	None
Venezuela	9th	Runners-up (2015)

Venues

The matches will be played in two venues in two cities.[10]

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan, San Juan Province
Estadio Provincial Juan Gilberto Funes, La Punta, San Luis Province

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 11 January 2020, 10:00 ART (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association in Buenos Aires.[11][12] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Argentina and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the other eight teams were divided into four pots based on their results in the 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, and were drawn to the remaining group positions.[13]

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Argentina (assigned to A1) Brazil (assigned to B1)	Paraguay Colombia	Venezuela Chile	Ecuador Uruguay	Bolivia Peru

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players.[14]

Match officials

A total of 10 referees, 20 assistant referees, and two support referees were selected for the tournament.[15]

First stage

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

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the first stage is determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):[14]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.

All times local, ART (UTC−3).[16]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela	4	3	1	0	14	1	+13	10	Final stage
2	Colombia	4	2	1	1	13	2	+11	7	Final stage
3	Argentina (H)	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	6
4	Ecuador	4	1	0	3	2	12	−10	3
5	Bolivia	4	0	1	3	1	16	−15	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

4 March 2020