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2013 South American Under 17 Women's Football Championship

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Host country
  
Paraguay

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Colombia

Dates
  
12–29 September 2013

Champions
  
Venezuela (1st title)

2013 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship

Teams
  
10 (from 1 confederation)

The 2013 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship is the fourth instance of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship. It was played from 12 to 29 September in Paraguay. The top three teams qualified to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in Costa Rica. The tournament was won by Venezuela, winning their first title.

Contents

The tournament was originally scheduled from 7 to 25 August but rescheduled in July 2013.

Participating teams

All ten nations of CONMEBOL participated.

  •  Argentina
  •  Bolivia
  •  Brazil (holders)
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Ecuador
  •  Paraguay (hosts)
  •  Peru
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela
  • Group stage

    The group stage draw was held on 2 August 2013. Paraguay as hosts and Brazil as champions were fixed as heading groups A and B.

    If teams finish level on points, order will be determined according to the following criteria:

    1. superior goal difference in all matches
    2. greater number of goals scored in all group matches
    3. better result in matches between tied teams
    4. drawing of lots

    All match times are in local Paraguay Time (UTC−03:00).

    Group A

    Venue: Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción

    Group B

    Venue: Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque

    Final round

    The top two teams of each group play another round-robin. Venezuela, Colombia and Paraguay qualified to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.

    Top scorers

    8 goals
  • Gabriela Garcia
  • 6 goals
  • Jessica Martínez
  • 5 goals
  • Yosneidy Zambrano
  • 4 goals
  • Barbara Alvarez
  • 3 goals
  • Nicole González
  • Valentina Betancourt
  • Angie Castañeda
  • Daniuska Rodríguez
  • Lourdes Moreno
  • References

    2013 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship Wikipedia