2018 South American U-20 Women's Championship

The 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship was the eighth edition of the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship (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. The tournament was held in Ecuador between 13 and 31 January 2018.

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Brazil were crowned champions and maintained their streak of winning all eight editions so far.

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

Venues
The matches were played in three venues in three cities.
 * Estadio Bellavista, Ambato
 * Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra
 * Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba

Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 14 December 2017, 19:00 ECT (UTC−5), at the Casa de la Selección in Quito. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Ecuador 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 2015 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship: Venezuela–Colombia, Argentina–Chile, Paraguay–Uruguay, Bolivia–Peru.

Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Match officials
A total of 10 referees, 20 assistant referees, and two support referees were selected for the tournament.

First stage
In the first stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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 18.1):
 * 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 advance to the final stage.

All times are local, ECT (UTC−5).

Final stage
In the final stage, the teams are ranked according to points (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, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 18.2):
 * 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.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


 * 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

 * 12 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Geyse


 * 10 goals


 * 🇨🇴 Angie Castañeda


 * 7 goals


 * Jessica Martínez


 * 5 goals


 * Fabiola Sandoval


 * 4 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Brenda
 * Lice Chamorro
 * 🇻🇪 Deyna Castellanos


 * 3 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Juliana Berardo
 * 🇧🇷 Kerolin
 * Ignacia Vásquez
 * 🇨🇴 Natalia Acuña
 * Fanny Godoy


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Ana Vitória
 * 🇧🇷 Isabella
 * 🇧🇷 Valéria
 * Javiera Grez
 * Isidora Olave
 * 🇨🇴 Nelly Córdoba
 * 🇨🇴 Maireth Pérez
 * Dahiana Bogarín
 * Esperanza Pizarro


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Justina Morcillo
 * 🇧🇷 Ariadina
 * 🇧🇷 Juliana
 * 🇧🇷 Thais Reiss
 * 🇧🇷 Victória
 * 🇧🇴 Ana Paola Andia
 * 🇧🇴 Leonela Cruz
 * Rosario Balmaceda
 * Yastin Jiménez
 * 🇨🇴 Vivian Acosta
 * 🇨🇴 Laura Barreto
 * 🇨🇴 Melissa Rivas
 * 🇨🇴 Manuela Vanegas
 * 🇪🇨 Marthina Aguirre
 * 🇪🇨 Justin Cuadra
 * 🇪🇨 Josselyn Espinales
 * 🇪🇨 Luisa Espinoza
 * Rosa Miño
 * Jessica Sánchez
 * 🇵🇪 Sandra Arévalo
 * 🇵🇪 Esthefany Espino
 * 🇵🇪 Michelle Paredes
 * Karol Bermúdez


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇧🇴 Martha Andrada (playing against Brazil)