2018 Copa América Femenina

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]

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) Catalina Usme (9 goals)
Fair play award Chile

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

Host selection

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

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event[8]
 Argentina7thChampions (2006)37
 Bolivia7thFifth place (1995)84
 Brazil (holders)8thChampions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014)8
 Chile (hosts)8thRunners-up (1991)40
 Colombia6thRunners-up (2010, 2014)24
 Ecuador7thThird place (2014)Not ranked
 Paraguay6thFourth place (2006)50
 Peru6thThird place (1998)59
 Uruguay6thThird place (2006)68
 Venezuela7thThird 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.[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

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
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

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

First stage

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
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) Host.
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
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

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

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) Host.
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

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
 2018 Copa América Femenina Winners 

Brazil
Seventh title

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

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
 Brazil19 April 2018[17]7 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Chile22 April 2018[18]0 (debut)
 Argentina13 November 2018[19]2 (2003, 2007)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Chile will qualify if they win the play-off against the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second-placed team, Cameroon.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
 Brazil22 April 2018[18]6 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
2 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

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
 Peru11 October 20130 (debut)
 Paraguay13 April 20181 (2007)
 Argentina22 April 20184 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
 Colombia22 April 20182 (2011, 2015)
3 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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