2018 Copa América Femenina
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina Chile 2018 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Chile |
Dates | 4–22 April |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 22 (3.14 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Catalina Usme (5 goals) |
← 2014 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 7 April 2018. |
The 2018 Copa América Femenina is the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina (also referred to as the Copa América Femenina), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament is being played between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.[1]
The tournament provides two direct qualifying places and a play-off place (against the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF) for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France,[2] one direct qualifying place and a play-off place (against the second-placed team from CAF) for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan,[3] and three (teams finishing third to fifth) for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, besides Peru who qualified automatically as hosts.[4]
Brazil are the defending champions.
Host selection
Chile were named hosts in April 2017.[4] Dates were announced on 21 July 2017.[5]
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
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Argentina | 7th | Champions (2006) | 37 |
Bolivia | 7th | Fifth place (1995) | 84 |
Brazil (holders) | 8th | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014) | 8 |
Chile (hosts) | 8th | Runners-up (1991) | 40 |
Colombia | 6th | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | 24 |
Ecuador | 7th | Third place (2014) | Not ranked |
Paraguay | 6th | Fourth place (2006) | 50 |
Peru | 6th | Third place (1998) | 59 |
Uruguay | 6th | Third place (2006) | 68 |
Venezuela | 7th | Third place (1991) | 64 |
Venues
On 25 October 2017, the ANFP announced that 3 cities would host the tournament, all of them within the Coquimbo Region.[6][7]
On 28 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the city of Ovalle would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played at Estadio Diaguita on 8 and 11 April would be moved to La Serena and Coquimbo respectively.[8]
La Serena | Coquimbo | |
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Estadio La Portada | Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | |
Capacity: 18,243 | Capacity: 18,750 | |
File:La Portada La Serena.jpg |
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 1 March 2018, 13:00 CLST (UTC−3), at the ANFP Auditorium in Santiago, Chile.[9] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2014 Copa América Femenina.[10]
Seeds | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Chile (Group A) Brazil (Group B) |
Colombia Ecuador |
Argentina Paraguay |
Uruguay Venezuela |
Peru Bolivia |
Squads
Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[11]
Match officials
A total of 10 referees and 22 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[12]
First stage
In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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 18.1):[11]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Drawing of lots.
The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.
All times are local, CLST (UTC−3).[13]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Final stage |
2 | Chile (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | |
3 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2019 Pan American Games |
4 | Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |
5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 12 | Final stage |
2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
4 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 3 | |
5 | Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
Ecuador | 0–1 | Venezuela |
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Report | Castellanos 85' |
Brazil | 3–1 | Argentina |
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|
Report | Banini 54' |
Argentina | 3–0 | Bolivia |
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Jaimes 33' (pen.), 39' Larroquette 71' |
Report |
Final stage
In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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 18.2):[11]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow card / red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 4 points; yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics |
2 | Chile (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and Olympic CAF–CONMEBOL play-off |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | World Cup CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off and 2019 Pan American Games |
4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 2019 Pan American Games |
Winner Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group A |
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Winner Group B | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group A | v | Runner-up Group A |
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Runner-up Group A | v | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group A | v | Winner Group B |
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Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Qualification for international tournaments
Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. A third team will qualify if they win the play-off against the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship fourth-placed team.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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TBD | April 2018 | |
TBD | April 2018 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following team from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. A second team will qualify if they win the Olympic CAF–CONMEBOL play-off against the 2019 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second-placed team.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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TBD | April 2018 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Qualified teams for Pan American Games
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Peru | 11 October 2013 | 0 (debut) |
TBD | April 2018 | |
TBD | April 2018 | |
TBD | April 2018 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninos". CONMEBOL.com. 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
- ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
- ^ a b 13, Tele. "[VIDEO] ANFP anuncia que Chile albergará la Copa América femenina en 2018".
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has numeric name (help) - ^ "La Copa América Femenina se celebrará del 4 al 22 de abril". CONMEBOL.com. 21 July 2017.
- ^ "¡En abril, la #CopaAmericaFemenina Chile 2018 se tomará la IV Región! La Serena, Coquimbo y Ovalle son las sedes oficiales del torneo" [On April, the Copa América Femenina Chile 2018 will take over the IV Region! La Serena, Coquimbo and Ovalle will be the official host cities of the tournament]. @ANFPChile (in Spanish). Twitter. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Oficializan la Copa América Femenina - Chile 2018: La Serena, Ovalle y Coquimbo serán las sedes". CONMEBOL.com. 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Cambios de sedes en la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina". CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2018.
- ^ "El 1º de marzo se sortea la Copa América Femenina – Chile 2018" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "La Copa América Femenina 2018 ya se empieza a palpitar". CONMEBOL.com. 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Reglamento – Copa América Femenina Chile 2018" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "Lista de árbitras convocadas - (CA-CH2018)" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "Nota y Fixture" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
External links
- 2018 Copa América Femenina
- South American Women's Football Championship
- 2018 in South American football
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
- 2018 in women's association football
- Qualification tournaments for the 2019 Pan American Games
- Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
- April 2018 sports events in South America
- 2018 in Chilean women's sport
- International association football competitions hosted by Chile
- Current sports events