2018 Copa América Femenina

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2018 Copa América Femenina
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina
Chile 2018
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates4–22 April
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (7th title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored99 (3.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Catalina Usme (9 goals)
Fair play award Chile
← 2014
2022 →

The 2018 Copa América Femenina was 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 was played between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.[1]

The tournament provided 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 women's football tournament in Lima, besides Peru who qualified automatically as hosts.[4][5]

Brazil successfully defended their title, winning all their matches. It was their seventh Copa América Femenina title.[6]

Host selection[edit]

Chile had been named as hosts in April 2017.[5] Dates were announced on 21 July 2017.[7]

Teams[edit]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event[8]
 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[edit]

On 25 October 2017, the ANFP announced that 3 cities would host the tournament, all of them within the Coquimbo Region.[9][10]

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.[11]

La Serena
Coquimbo
Estadio La Portada Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Capacity: 18,243 Capacity: 18,750

Draw[edit]

The draw of the tournament was held on 1 March 2018, 13:00 CLST (UTC−3), at the ANFP Auditorium in Santiago, Chile.[12] 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.[13]

Seeds Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Chile (Group A)
 Brazil (Group B) 		 Colombia
 Ecuador 		 Argentina
 Paraguay 		 Uruguay
 Venezuela 		 Peru
 Bolivia

Squads[edit]

Main article: 2018 Copa América Femenina squads

Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[14]

Match officials[edit]

A total of 12 referees and 20 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[15]

First stage[edit]

In the first 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 (Regulations Article 18.1):[14]

  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 advanced to the final stage.

All times are local, CLST (UTC−3).[16]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Colombia 7–0 Uruguay
 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Chile 1–1 Paraguay
 Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Paraguay 3–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
Chile 1–1 Colombia
 Report
Uruguay 1–1 Peru
 Report
Colombia 5–1 Paraguay
 Report
Colombia 3–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)
Chile 1–0 Uruguay
 Report
Paraguay 2–1 Uruguay
 Report
Peru 0–5 Chile
Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Group B[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers
Ecuador 0–1 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
Brazil 3–1 Argentina
 Report
Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Brazil 8–0 Ecuador
 Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Venezuela 8–0 Bolivia
 Report
Ecuador 3–6 Argentina
 Report
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Ecuador 0–1 Bolivia
Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Brazil 4–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
Argentina 2–0 Venezuela
 Report
Bolivia 0–7 Brazil
Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Ranking of group third place[edit]

The overall fifth-placed team in the first stage qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 2019 Pan American Games
2 B  Venezuela 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 6
Source: CONMEBOL

Final stage[edit]

In 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, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2):[14]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. 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);
  5. Drawing of lots.
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Final stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Colombia 1–3 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Brazil 3–1 Chile
 Report
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
Brazil 3–0 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Colombia 0–0 Chile
Report
Chile 4–0 Argentina
 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Brazil 3–0 Colombia
 Report
Referee: Sirley Cornejo (Bolivia)

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 99 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.81 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards[edit]

 2018 Copa América Femenina winners 

Brazil
Seventh title

Qualification for international tournaments[edit]

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina qualified by winning the play-off against the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship fourth-placed team, Panama.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
 Brazil 19 April 2018[17] 7 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Chile 22 April 2018[18] 0 (debut)
 Argentina 13 November 2018[19] 2 (2003, 2007)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics[edit]

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Chile qualified after they won the play-off against the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second-placed team, Cameroon.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Brazil 22 April 2018[18] 6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 Chile 13 April 2021[20] 0 (debut)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games[edit]

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games3
 Peru 11 October 2013 0 (debut)
 Paraguay 13 April 2018 1 (2007)
 Argentina 22 April 2018 4 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Colombia 22 April 2018 2 (2011, 2015)
3 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninos". CONMEBOL.com. 25 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "[Video] ANFP anuncia que Chile albergará la Copa América femenina en 2018". Tele 13.
  6. ^ "Brasil alcanza su séptimo título de campeón de Copa América femenina". CONMEBOL.com. 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ "La Copa América Femenina se celebrará del 4 al 22 de abril". CONMEBOL.com. 21 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Women's Ranking – 23 March 2018 (CONMEBOL)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018.
  9. ^ "¡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.
  10. ^ "Oficializan la Copa América Femenina - Chile 2018: La Serena, Ovalle y Coquimbo serán las sedes". CONMEBOL.com. 26 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Cambios de sedes en la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina". CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2018.
  12. ^ "El 1º de marzo se sortea la Copa América Femenina – Chile 2018" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  13. ^ "La Copa América Femenina 2018 ya se empieza a palpitar". CONMEBOL.com. 1 March 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "Reglamento – Copa América Femenina Chile 2018" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Lista de árbitras convocadas - (CA-CH2018)" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  16. ^ "Nota y Fixture" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  17. ^ "Brazil win ticket to France with room to spare". FIFA.com. 20 April 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Chile qualify for maiden Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. 23 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Argentina outlast Panama to end Women's World Cup drought". FIFA.com. 14 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Chile book historic ticket to round out Tokyo 2020 field". FIFA.com. 13 April 2021.

External links[edit]

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