2016 South American U-17 Women's Championship

2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
Sudamericano Femenino Sub 17 Venezuela 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
City	Barquisimeto
Dates	1–20 March
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Venezuela (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	81 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Deyna Castellanos (12 goals)
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The 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the fifth edition of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela between 1 and 20 March 2016.^[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CONMEBOL representatives.^[2]

Venezuela were crowned champions for the second consecutive tournament, and qualified for the World Cup together with runners-up Brazil and third place Paraguay.^[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	5th	Fourth place (2008, 2012)
Bolivia	5th	None
Brazil	5th	Champions (2010, 2012)
Chile	5th	Runners-up (2010)
Colombia	5th	Champions (2008)
Ecuador	5th	None
Paraguay	5th	Third place (2008, 2013)
Peru	5th	None
Uruguay	5th	Runners-up (2012)
Venezuela	5th	Champions (2013)

Venues

The tournament was played in Barquisimeto. The stadium was Deportivo Lara's Estadio Metropolitano de Fútbol de Lara.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[4]

First stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2016 at the CONMEBOL Headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[5] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Venezuela–Brazil, Colombia–Paraguay, Argentina–Uruguay, Bolivia–Chile, Ecuador–Peru. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 18 February 2016.^[6]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:^[4]

Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied on points and they are playing last game of the group
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, VET (UTC−4:30).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela (H)	4	4	0	0	16	1	+15	12	Final stage
2	Paraguay	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9	Final stage
3	Chile	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
4	Peru	4	1	0	3	2	16	−14	3
5	Argentina	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

1 March 2016