2018 Copa América Femenina


The 2018 Copa América Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina, the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.
The tournament provided two direct qualifying places and a play-off place for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, one direct qualifying place and a play-off place for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan, and three for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Lima, besides Peru who qualified automatically as hosts.
Brazil defended successfully their title winning all their matches. It was their seventh Copa América Femenina title.

Host selection

Chile were named hosts in April 2017. Dates were announced on 21 July 2017.

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
TeamAppearancePrevious best performanceFIFA ranking
at start of event
7th 37
7th 84
8th 8
8th 40
6th 24
7th
6th 50
6th 59
6th 68
7th 64

Venues

On 25 October 2017, the ANFP announced that [|3] cities would host the tournament, all of them within the Coquimbo Region.
On 28 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the city of Ovalle would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played at Estadio Diaguita on 8 and 11 April would be moved to La Serena and Coquimbo respectively.

La SerenaCoquimbo
Estadio La PortadaEstadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Capacity: 18,243Capacity: 18,750

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 1 March 2018, 13:00 CLST, at the ANFP Auditorium in Santiago, Chile. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Chile 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 2014 Copa América Femenina.
SeedsPot [|1]Pot [|2]Pot 3Pot 4





Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 22 players.

Match officials

A total of 12 referees and 20 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.

First stage

In the first stage, the teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order :
  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 advanced to the final stage.
All times are local, CLST.

Group A

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Group B

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Ranking of group third place

The overall fifth-placed team in the first stage qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games.

Final stage

In the final stage, the teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order, taking into account only matches in the final stage :
  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Fair play points ;
  5. Drawing of lots.
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Goalscorers

Awards

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina qualified by winning the play-off against the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship fourth-placed team, Panama.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
19 4 20187
22 4 20180
13.11.20182

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament. Chile will qualify if they win the play-off against the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament second-placed team, Cameroon.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics2
22 4 20186

Qualified teams for Pan American Games

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament, including Peru which qualified as hosts.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Pan American Games3
11.10.20130
13 4 20181
4
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