2016 South American U-17 Women's Championship

The 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the fifth 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 Barquisimeto, Venezuela between 1 and 20 March 2016.[1]

2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Venezuela 2016
Tournament details
Host country Venezuela
CityBarquisimeto
Dates1–20 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Venezuela (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored81 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Deyna Castellanos (12 goals)
2013
2018

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONMEBOL representatives.[2]

Venezuela were crowned champions for the second consecutive tournament, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Brazil and third place Paraguay.[3]

Teams edit

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
  Argentina 5th Fourth place (2008, 2012)
  Bolivia 5th None
  Brazil 5th Champions (2010, 2012)
  Chile 5th Runners-up (2010)
  Colombia 5th Champions (2008)
  Ecuador 5th None
  Paraguay 5th Third place (2008, 2013)
  Peru 5th None
  Uruguay 5th Runners-up (2012)
  Venezuela 5th Champions (2013)

Venues edit

The tournament was played in Barquisimeto. The stadium was Deportivo Lara's Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara.

Squads edit

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[4]

First stage edit

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2016 at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[5] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Venezuela–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Argentina–Uruguay, Bolivia–Chile, Ecuador–Peru. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 18 February 2016.[6]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[4]

  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied on points and they are playing last game of the group
  5. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, VET (UTC−4:30).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Venezuela (H) 4 4 0 0 16 1 +15 12 Final stage
2   Paraguay 4 3 0 1 13 5 +8 9
3   Chile 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
4   Peru 4 1 0 3 2 16 −14 3
5   Argentina 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay  3–0  Chile
J. Martínez   30', 65'
Sánchez   69'
Report
Venezuela  3–0  Argentina
Castellanos   22', 32'
Luzardo   65'
Report

Argentina  1–1  Chile
Muñoz   90' Report Balmaceda   21'
Venezuela  8–0  Peru
Castellanos   24', 48' (pen.), 51'
Rodríguez   28', 33', 56'
Cabeza   45'
Castillo   52'
Report

Paraguay  4–1  Peru
J. Martínez   55' (pen.), 69', 83' (pen.)
Bogarín   57'
Report Canales   48'
Venezuela  2–0  Chile
Castellanos   6'
Moreno   62'
Report

Chile  4–0  Peru
Rapimán   35'
Balmaceda   55'
Padrón   58', 81'
Report
Paraguay  5–1  Argentina
J. Martínez   9', 44' (pen.), 73'
K. Martínez   14', 41'
Report Benítez   71'

Argentina  0–1  Peru
Report Canales   10'
Venezuela  3–1  Paraguay
Rodríguez   7'
Moreno   55'
Castellanos   61'
Report Sandoval   65'

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 10 Final stage
2   Colombia 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
3   Uruguay 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
4   Ecuador 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
5   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Colombia  1–0  Bolivia
Barreto   79' (pen.) Report
Brazil  5–3  Uruguay
Kerolin   13', 67'
Nycole   58', 62', 80'
Report Yuvet   34'
Castel   42'
Morales   46' (pen.)

Uruguay  1–0  Bolivia
Morales   27' (pen.) Report
Brazil  3–1  Ecuador
Nycole   40' (pen.)
Thais   48'
Isabela   51'
Report Caicedo   68'

Colombia  3–0  Ecuador
Pérez   10', 63'
Chirva   84'
Report
Brazil  4–0  Bolivia
Bianca   14', 34'
Ana Vitória   23'
Rayane   76'
Report

Bolivia  0–2  Ecuador
Report Rodríguez   55'
Trujillo   63'
Colombia  0–1  Uruguay
Report García   88'

Uruguay  0–0  Ecuador
Report
Brazil  0–0  Colombia
Report

Final stage edit

If teams finished level of points, the final order would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage. If there was a continuing tie between teams after applying criteria 1–4, the first stage results would be taken into account.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Venezuela (H) 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2   Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3
4   Colombia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Brazil  1–0  Paraguay
Angelina   59' Report
Venezuela  4–0  Colombia
Castellanos   15'
Vanegas   19' (o.g.)
Rodríguez   33', 66'
Report

Brazil  2–0  Colombia
Kerolin   23'
Nycole   76'
Report
Venezuela  6–2  Paraguay
Moreno   21', 29'
Castellanos   27', 54' (pen.), 83'
Cabeza   86' (pen.)
Report Bogarín   80'
Fretes   90+2'

Paraguay  2–1  Colombia
Martínez   33' (pen.), 38' Report Vanegas   18'
Venezuela  1–0  Brazil
Castellanos   47' Report
Attendance: 45,321[7]
Referee: María Cornejo (Ecuador)

Winners edit

 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship 
 
Venezuela
Second title

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

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Venezuela 17 March 2016 2 (2010, 2014)
  Brazil 17 March 2016 3 (2008, 2010, 2012)
  Paraguay 20 March 2016 2 (2008, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers edit

12 goals
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Source:[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "El Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 con sede y fechas confirmadas". CONMEBOL.com. 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay heading to Jordan". FIFA.com. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Reglamento – Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 Venezuela 2016" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  5. ^ "Se sortearon los Grupos del Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 27 January 2016.
  6. ^ "El Sudamericano Femenino Sub-17 con fixture establecido". CONMEBOL.com. 18 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Venezuela imperious, Brazil and Paraguay qualify". FIFA. Cabudare. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Venezuela 2016 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.

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