2022 Copa America Feminina

the 9th edition of the CONMEBOL

The 2022 Copa América Femenina was a big football tournament for women in South America. It was the 9th time they had this competition.[1] Teams from different South American countries played against each other. They played these matches in Colombia from 8th to 30th July 2022.[2] This competition was important because the teams were trying to earn a spot in two other big tournaments the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand,[3] and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Some teams could go straight to these tournaments, and others had to play more matches to get there. Also, the teams that made it to the final match got a chance to play in the 2024 Summer Olympics in France.

2022 Copa América Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates8–30 July
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Colombia
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored87 (3.48 per match)
Attendance172,233 (6,889 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Yamila Rodríguez (6 goals)
Best player(s)Colombia Linda Caicedo
Best goalkeeperBrazil Lorena
Fair play award Chile
2018
2025

Brazil was really good at this competition. They have won it four times before, and this time they won again by beating Colombia 1-0 in the final match. So, Brazil became the champions for the 8th time.[4] As winners, they got to play against England, who won another big competition in Europe, in a special match called the 2023 Women's Finalissima.[5]

All ten teams of women's football from CONMEBOL were allowed to join in.

Team Appearance Previous best performance FIFA rankingat start of event[6]
  Argentina 8th Champions (2006) 35
  Bolivia 8th Fifth place (1995) 91
  Brazil (holders) 9th Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018) 9
  Chile 9th Runners-up (1991, 2018) 38
  Colombia (hosts) 7th Runners-up (2010, 2014) 28
  Ecuador 8th Third place (2014) 68
  Paraguay 7th Fourth place (2006) 50
  Peru 7th Third place (1998) 66
  Uruguay 7th Third place (2006) 71
  Venezuela 8th Third place (1991) 52

Venues

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Armenia Bucaramanga Cali
Estadio Centenario Estadio Alfonso López Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 35,405
     

The draw happened on 7th April 2022 in a place called Asuncion, which is in Paraguay. During this event, they decided how the teams would play against each other in the tournament. They did this at 11:00 in the morning, local time in Paraguay. It's like picking names out of a hat to see which teams will compete against each other in the games.[7]

Seeds Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Colombia (Group A)

  Brazil (Group B)

  Chile  Argentina   Paraguay  Venezuela   Bolivia  Uruguay   Peru  Ecuador

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Colombia (H) 4 4 0 0 13 3 +10 12 Advance to semi-finals
2   Paraguay 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 9
3   Chile 4 2 0 2 9 8 +1 6 Advance to fifth place match
4   Ecuador 4 1 0 3 9 7 +2 3
5   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

Matches

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Bolivia vs Ecuador
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Bolivia  1–6  Ecuador
É. Salvatierra   59' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Bolaños   19'90+4'
Pesántez   37'
Aguirre   41'
Lattanzio   70'
Espinales   76'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Colombia vs Paraguay
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Colombia  4–2  Paraguay
Montoya   22'59'
Ramírez   33'
Vanegas   82'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
J. Martínez   27'
Gauto   90'
Paraguay vs Chile
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Paraguay  3–2  Chile
Fernández   3'
J. Martínez   12'
Sandoval   56'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Pardo   34'
Acuña   90+2'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)
Bolivia vs Colombia
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Bolivia  0–3  Colombia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Santos   21'
Morales   70' (o.g.)
D. Arias   78'
Attendance: 16,667
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Paraguay vs Bolivia
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Paraguay  2–0  Bolivia
R. Martínez   10'
Fernández   71'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Chile vs Ecuador
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Chile  2–1  Ecuador
Sáez   40'
Acuña   76'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Aguirre   78'
Chile vs Bolivia
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Chile  5–0  Bolivia
Lara   7'45+1'
É. Salvatierra   14' (o.g.)
Y. López   17'
Valencia   76'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 800
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Ecuador vs Colombia
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Ecuador  1–2  Colombia
Charcopa   34' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Ramírez   30'
Caicedo   45'
Colombia vs Chile
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Colombia  4–0  Chile
Usme   4'
D. Arias   11'
Vanegas   37'
Salazar   41'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 18,064
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Ecuador vs Paraguay
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Ecuador  1–2  Paraguay
Real   45+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
J. Martínez   30'
Chamorro   90+1'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 4 4 0 0 17 0 +17 12 Advance to semi-finals
2   Argentina 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9
3   Venezuela 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6 Advance to fifth place match
4   Uruguay 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
5   Peru 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

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Uruguay vs Venezuela
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Uruguay  0–1  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Brazil vs Argentina
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Brazil  4–0  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Uruguay vs Brazil
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Uruguay  0–3  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Argentina vs Peru
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Argentina  4–0  Peru
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Argentina vs Uruguay
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Argentina  5–0  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Peru vs Venezuela
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Peru  0–2  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,000
Venezuela vs Brazil
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Venezuela  0–4  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Peru vs Uruguay
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Peru  0–6  Uruguay
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Pa. González   51'76'
Aquino   58'
Pizarro   61'89'
Velazco   66'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Brazil vs Peru
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Brazil  6–0  Peru
Duda   1'
Duda Sampaio   17'
Geyse   41'
Duda Santos   44' (pen.)
Fe Palermo   48'
Adriana   50' (pen.)
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Venezuela vs Argentina
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Venezuela  0–1  Argentina
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 3,000

Knockout stage

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Fifth place play-off

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The team that won the match for fifth place got a chance to play in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Chile  1–1  Venezuela
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Penalties
4–2

Semi-finals

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The teams that won the semi-finals got to go to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and also to play football in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Colombia vs Argentina

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Colombia  1–0  Argentina
Caicedo   63' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Brazil vs Paraguay

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Brazil  2–0  Paraguay
Ary Borges   16'
Bia Zaneratto   28'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Third place play-off

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The team that came third in the competition got a ticket to play in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. But the team that didn't do as well, they still had a chance. They had to play more matches against teams from other teams in the inter-confederation play-offs.

Argentina  3–1  Paraguay
Rodríguez   78'90+1'
Bonsegundo   90'
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Núñez   39' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Colombia  0–1  Brazil
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONMEBOL)

Tournament teams ranking

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This table shows which teams did the best and worst in the tournament..

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Brazil 6 6 0 0 20 0 +20 18 Champions
2   Colombia (H) 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15 Runners-up
3   Argentina 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Third place
4   Paraguay 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 9 Fourth place
5   Chile 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Fifth place
6   Venezuela 5 2 1 2 4 6 −2 7 Sixth place
7   Ecuador 4 1 0 3 9 7 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
8   Uruguay 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
9   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
10   Peru 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host

Qualification for international tournaments

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Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

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Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
  Colombia 25 July 2022 2 (2011, 2015)
  Brazil 26 July 2022 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Argentina 29 July 2022 3 (2003, 2007, 2019)
1 Italic shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics2
  Colombia 25 July 2022 2 (2012, 2016)
  Brazil 26 July 2022 7 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
2 Italic shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

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Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Pan American Games3
  Chile 4 November 2017 1 (2011)
  Venezuela 21 July 2022 0 (debut)
  Argentina 25 July 2022 5 (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
  Paraguay 26 July 2022 2 (2007, 2019)
3 Italic means shows that the country where they hosted the competition that year.

References

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  1. "Colombia busca organizar la Copa América Femenina de 2022". El Heraldo. Agencia EFE. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. "Colombia, host of the 2022 Copa América Femenina". 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. "¿La Copa América femenina vuelve a Argentina en 2022?". Mundo D. 8 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. "Brasil conquista su octava estrella en la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 July 2022.
  5. "UEFA and CONMEBOL launch new intercontinental events". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. "Women's Ranking". FIFA. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. "Copa América Femenina en Colombia define sus grupos: Reviva el sorteo".