2003 South American Women's Football Championship
The 2003 South American Women's Football Championship was the fourth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament was held between April 9 and April 27.
Originally, the competition was scheduled to take place from April 5 to April 16, 2002 in Córdoba, Argentina. Later, it was moved to Peru, January/February 2003, with Lima and Chincha as venues.
Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time in a row, after finishing first in the final round. Also, they qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup along with Argentina, the runners-up.
Venues
Three venues were used for the tournament:| Country | Stadium | City | Capacity |
| Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena | Salta | 20,408 | |
| Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne | Loja | 14,935 | |
| Estadio Monumental "U" | Lima | 80,093 |
Officials
The following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:| Country | Referee | Assistant |
 Argentina | Florencia Romano | Alejandra Cercato Sabrina Lois |
 Bolivia | Cándida Colque María Teresa Alvarado | Aracely Castro |
 Brazil | Suell Tortura Silvia Oliveira Carvalho | Marlei Silva |
 Colombia | María García | Adriana Correa |
 Ecuador | — | Rosa Canales |
 Peru | Riabel Trujillo | Ana Pérez |
 Uruguay | Patricia da Silva | Laura Geymonat |
 Venezuela | Marisela Contreras | Maritza Rodríguez |
Results
In contrast to previous tournaments, this edition's format had a first round with three regional groups, where the first-placed teams joined Brazil for a final tournament in Peru.The final tournament was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, and the first-placed team won the tournament.
Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
;Tie-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
First round
Group A
- All matches were held in Lima, Peru.
- Times listed were.
| Team | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
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Group B
- All matches were held in Loja, Ecuador.
- Times listed were.
| Team | ||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0 |
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Group C
- All matches were held in Salta, Argentina.
- Times listed were.
| Team | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | –10 | 0 |
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Final round
- All matches were held in Lima, Peru.
- Times listed were.
| Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | –12 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
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Brazil won the tournament and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup along with runners-up Argentina.
Awards
Statistics
Goalscorers
;7 goals;6 goals
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
- Analía Almeida
- Marisa Gerez
- Rosana Gómez
- Deisy Moreno
- Elisabeth Pérez
- Shirley Pérez
- María Teresa Urgel
- Cristiane
- Rosana
- María Castro
- Angelina Galvez
- Claudia Gutiérrez
- Nelia Imbachi
- Sonia Miranda
- Paulina Munera
- Leidy Ordóñez
- Gretel Campi
- Francisca Agüero
- Nadia Rodas
- Rossana Román
- Lorena Bosmans
- Adriana Dávila
- Martha Mori
- Miryam Tristán
- Gessika Lemos
Final ranking