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2026 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship

2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship
CONMEBOL Sub 20 Femenino 2026
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates4 – 28 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored63 (2.74 per match)
Top scorerArgentina Kishi Núñez (5 goals)
← 2024
2028 →
All statistics correct as of 16 February 2026.

The 2026 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, officially the 2026 CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina, is the 12th edition of the South American U-20 Women's Championship (CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-20 national teams of South America. It is currently held in Paraguay from 4 to 28 February 2026.

The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CONMEBOL representatives.[1][2]

Brazil are the defending champions having won the title in 2024.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina 12th Runners-up (2006, 2008, 2012)
 Bolivia 12th Fourth place (2004, 2014)
 Brazil (holders) 12th Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Chile 12th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Colombia 12th Runners-up (2010, 2022)
 Ecuador 12th Third place (2004)
 Paraguay (host) 12th Runners-up (2004, 2014, 2018, 2024)
 Peru 12th Fourth place (2006)
 Uruguay 12th Third place (2022)
 Venezuela 12th Runners-up (2015)

Squads

First stage

In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
    1. Points in the matches played between the teams in question;
    2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
    3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewest red cards received;
  5. Fewest yellow cards received
  6. Drawing of lots.

The top three teams of each group advance to the final stage.

The draw was held on 11 March 2026.[3]

All match times were in PYT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 4 2 2 0 3 0 +3 8 Final stage
2  Venezuela 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
3  Paraguay (H) 4 1 2 1 4 2 +2 5
4  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 1 4 −3 4
5  Chile 4 0 2 2 0 5 −5 2
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay 4–0 Chile
  • Mussi 8'
  • Martínez 45', 63'
  • Villalba 71'
 Report
Referee: Rejane Caetano (Brazil)
Uruguay 0–2 Venezuela
Report Hernández 7', 10'
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Referee: Adriana Alvarez (Argentina)
Chile 0–0 Colombia
Report
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)
Uruguay 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Chile 0–1 Uruguay
Report Cordero 72'
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Colombia 1–0 Venezuela
López 81' Report
Venezuela 2–0 Paraguay
  • Hernández 72'
  • Chirinos 86' (pen.)
 Report
Colombia 2–0 Uruguay
 Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Colombia 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Chile 0–0 Venezuela
Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Final stage
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 15 4 +11 9
3  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 13 5 +8 6
4  Peru 4 1 0 3 2 14 −12 3
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 17 −17 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Brazil 3–2 Ecuador
  • Carioca 60'
  • Brendha 80'
  • Beatriz 90+3'
 Report
  • Vélez 45'
  • Cazares 89' (pen.)
Referee: Paula Fernández (Colombia)
Bolivia 0–2 Peru
Report
  • Rodríguez 55'
  • Espejo 61'
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Referee: Helena Cantero (Paraguay)
Bolivia 0–5 Brazil
Report
  • Clarinha 5'
  • Evelin 26' 36'
  • Vitorinha 68'
  • Gisele 90'
Ecuador 1–2 Argentina
  • Flores 15'
 Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Argentina 4–0 Peru
  • Diz 9'
  • Paz 34', 51'
  • García 62'
 Report
Ecuador 6–0 Bolivia
  • Vélez 17', 89'
  • Flores 42'
  • Burgos 63' (pen.)
  • Garaicoa 84'
  • Alcívar 90+2'
 Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Peru 0–6 Brazil
Report
  • Thaynara 16'
  • Noguiera 35', 76'
  • Adrielly 43'
  • Dudinha 45+2'
  • Brendha 78'
Argentina 4–0 Bolivia
 Report
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción
Brazil 1–2 Argentina
  • Brendha 7'
 Report
Peru 0–4 Ecuador
Report
  • Guerra 27'
  • Morán 31'
  • Cazares 61'
  • Alcívar 67'
Estadio Emiliano Ghezzi, Asunción

Final stage

If teams finished level on points, the final rankings would be determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

All match times are in PYT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Ecuador 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Argentina 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4  Venezuela 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5  Colombia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
6  Paraguay (H) 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2026. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Paraguay 1–3 Brazil
  • Bareiro 60'
 Report
  • Noguiera 4'
  • Nayara 17'
  • Tainá 63'
CARFEM, Ypané
Argentina 2–2 Venezuela
 Report
  • Muñoz 76'
  • Reyes 86'
Colombia 0–1 Ecuador
Report Flores 66'
CARFEM, Ypané
Colombia v Brazil
CARFEM, Ypané
Argentina v Ecuador
Venezuela v Paraguay
CARFEM, Ypané
Paraguay v Colombia
CARFEM, Ypané
Brazil v Argentina
Venezuela v Ecuador
CARFEM, Ypané
Venezuela v Colombia
CARFEM, Ypané
Argentina v Paraguay
Ecuador v Brazil
CARFEM, Ypané
Colombia v Argentina
CARFEM, Ypané
Brazil v Venezuela
Ecuador v Paraguay
CARFEM, Ypané

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
February 2026
February 2026
February 2026
February 2026
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "South American Championship Women U20 2026". Soccerway. 2026. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  2. ^ "CONMEBOL confirma calendario, sedes y sorteos de los torneos del primer semestre". Federación Colombiana de Futbol (in Spanish). 2025-12-18. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  3. ^ "Sorteo de la CONMEBOL Sub20 Femenina 2026" (in Spanish). December 2025.
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