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1998 South American Women's Football Championship

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Host country
  
Argentina

Champions
  
Brazil (3rd title)

Third place
  
Peru

Dates
  
1–15 March 1998

Runners-up
  
Argentina

Teams
  
10 (from 1 confederation)

The 1998 South American Women's Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 1998) was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between March 1 & 15. It was the third staging of the Sudamericano Femenino and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The winner Brazil qualified directly. The runner-up Argentina played against Mexico in two play-off matches for qualification.

This was the first Sudamericano Femenino to feature all 10 CONMEBOL confederations' women's national teams.

Venues

  • Estadio El Gigante de Alberdi, Córdoba
  • Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
  • Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
  • Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

    • References

    1998 South American Women's Football Championship Wikipedia
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