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 countryArgentina
Dates4–14 March 2020 (first stage)
Final stage cancelled (originally between 16–22 March 2020)
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored67 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Esperanza Pizarro (7 goals)
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The 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was 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. It was partially held in Argentina between 4–14 March 2020 until it was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 4–22 March 2020.[1][2] However, on 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended once the first stage ends and that the final stage (originally scheduled to be played from 16 to 22 March) would be postponed for dates and venue to be confirmed, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in South America.[3][4]

CONMEBOL announced on 19 March 2020 that the tournament would be resumed in early July.[5][6] On 1 June 2020, after FIFA postponed the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup until January/February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[7] CONMEBOL announced that the final stage would be played in October.[8] On 6 August 2020, CONMEBOL confirmed that the final stage would be played between 16 and 22 November 2020.[9] On 30 October 2020, CONMEBOL further postponed the final stage to January 2021.[10][11]

In November 2020 FIFA decides to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup due to health and safety reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Consequently, on 25 November, CONMEBOL announced that the final stage would be held in the second half of 2021 in order to complete the tournament.[13][14][15] Eventually, CONMEBOL decided to cancel the final stage of the tournament during a meeting of its council held on 3 August 2021.[16]

As the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was cancelled this tournament would not have served as qualifier for any FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Originally the top two teams would have qualified as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Brazil are the defending champions.

  1. ^ "Confirmadas las sedes para los Sudamericanos Sub 17 y Sub 20 Femeninos - 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "La Dirección de Competiciones de Selecciones presentó su calendario de torneos del primer semestre 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Suspendida la Fase Final del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Suspendida la Fase Final del CONMEBOL Sub-20 Femenino" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Reprogramación de torneos de selecciones" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "CONMEBOL SUB-20 FEMENINO – ARGENTINA, CONMEBOL SUB-17 FEMENINO – URUGUAY, COPA AMERICA DE FUBOL PLAYA – BRASIL" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". www.fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  8. ^ "CONMEBOL estudia posibles fechas para sus campeonatos femeninos clasificatorios" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 1 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Fechas y sedes para cuatro torneos juveniles 2020 y 2021". CONMEBOL.com. 6 August 2020.
  10. ^ "CONMEBOL posterga campeonatos juveniles femeninos Sub 20 y Sub 17" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "POSTERGACIÓN CAMPEONATOS JUVENILES FEMENINOS 2020 CONMEBOL SUB-20 FEMENINO – CONMEBOL SUB-17 FEMENINO" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". www.fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Consejo se reúne en la víspera de la inauguración de mejoras en la sede de CONMEBOL" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 24 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Sudamericanos juveniles femeninos se jugarán en 2021" (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 25 November 2020.
  15. ^ "CAMPEONATOS JUVENILES FEMENINOS 2020 CONMEBOL SUB-20 FEMENINO – CONMEBOL SUB-17 FEMENINO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 25 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Información sobre torneos de selecciones juveniles 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 August 2021.