2012 South American U-17 Women's Championship

The 2012 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the third instance of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship. It was held from 9 to 25 March in Sucre and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The top three teams qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Azerbaijan.

2012 South American Under-17 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bolivia
Dates	9–25 March
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	110 (4.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yamila Badell (9 goals)
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Hosts

Bolivia was awarded the tournament on 24 November 2011.^[1]

Venues

City / Town	Stadium	Capacity
Santa Cruz	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera	38,000
Montero	Estadio Gilberto Parada	18,000
Sucre	Estadio Olímpico Patria	32,000

Group stage

Matches as of the regulations.^[2] If teams are tied on points, the tiebreakers are in descending order: goal difference, goals scored, direct-matches between tied teams and finally the draw.^[2]

Group A

All Group A matches were played in Sucre.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	4	4	0	0	13	5	+8	12
Argentina	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4
Bolivia	4	1	0	3	10	11	−1	3
Peru	4	0	1	3	4	11	−7	1

Argentina	1–0	Ecuador
Cabrera 17'	Report

10 March 2012

15:00

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Bolivia	4–1	Peru
Méndez 12', 31' Dulce Dorada 89' Paola Vázquez 90+1'	Report	Quesada 49'

10 March 2012

18:00

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Argentina	3–0	Peru
Aldana Benítez 21' Pizango 38' (o.g.) Cabrera 45'	Report

12 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Ecuador	2–7	Uruguay
Emily Evans 27' Margaret Barre 63'	Report	Badell 17' González 31' Alaldes Bonilla 38' Keisy Silvera 55', 66' Birizamberri 69' Felipe 78'

12 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Peru	1–1	Ecuador
Cisneros 62'		Margarita Barre 44'

14 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Uruguay	2–1	Bolivia
Badell 75' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Claudia Flores 26'

14 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Uruguay	1–0	Argentina
Birizamberri 42'

16 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Ecuador	4–2	Bolivia
Angie Ponce 36' Margarita Barre 45+1' Dayana Díaz 71', 73'		Claudia Flores 87' Paola Vásquez 89'

16 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Peru	2–3	Uruguay
Ramos 11' Astrid Ramírez 44'	Report	Rolfo 19' Alaides Bonilla 27' Badell 75'

18 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Bolivia	3–4	Argentina
Ortiz 24' Méndez 86' Rojas 90+3'	Report	Cabrera 6' Daniela Rotela 25' Cintia López 27' Selena Molina 38' (pen.)

18 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Group B

All Group B matches were played in Santa Cruz.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	12
Colombia	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9
Venezuela	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
Paraguay	4	1	0	3	4	14	−10	3
Chile	4	0	0	4	1	17	−16	0

Colombia	2–1	Venezuela
Arbeláez 70' Regnier 81'	Report	Zambrano 20'

9 March 2012

17:00

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Brazil	7–0	Paraguay
Brena Carolina 35', 60' Andressinha 63', 87' (pen.) Gabrielly Salgado 66' Djenifer Becker 77' Maxinny Lúcia Pereira Damasceno 78'

9 March 2012

19:00

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

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Paraguay	0–3	Colombia
		Regnier 49' Dayana Castillo 65' María Andrea Otero 85'

11 March 2012

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

Chile	0–3	Venezuela
	Report	Romero 13' Moreno 45+1' Pérez 64'

11 March 2012

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

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Colombia	3–0	Chile
Santos 12', 53' Dayana Castillo 46'	Report

13 March 2012

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Venezuela	0–3	Brazil
		Gabrielly Salgado 57', 60' Maxinny Lúcia Pereira Damasceno 77'

13 March 2012

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

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Paraguay	2–1	Chile
Tania Espínola 15' Mendoza 72'		Melisa Rodríguez 26'

15 March 2012

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

Brazil	5–1	Colombia
Byanca Brasil 26', 33' Brena Carolina 45' Andressinha 70' Keila Carvalho 75'	Report	Santos 42'

15 March 2012

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz

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Venezuela	3–2	Paraguay
Evelin Alaya 9' Pérez 13' Zambrano 43'		Alejandra Jara 59' Mendoza 66'

17 March 2012

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

Chile	0–9	Brazil
	Report	Byanca Brasil 3', 18', 28', 39' Brena Carolina 25', 61' (pen.), 73' (pen.), 89' Leslie Alarcon 87' (o.g.)

17 March 2012

Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero

Final round

The top two teams of each group played another round-robin. Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan.^[3][4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
Argentina	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Uruguay	2–1	Colombia
Birizamberri 20', 90'		Dayana Castillo 60' (pen.)

21 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Brazil	5–1	Argentina
Byanca Brasil 1' Chaiane Locatelli 7' Mayara Vaz 67', 73' Thaynara 86'		Aldana Benitez 4'

21 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Uruguay	4–2	Argentina
Badell 48', 50', 70', 80'		Cabrera 79' Aldana Benítez 85'

23 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Brazil	3–1	Colombia
Gabrielly Salgado 41' Andressinha 59' (pen.) Byanca Brasil 64'		Juliana Ocampo 10'

23 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

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Argentina	0–4	Colombia
		Gabriela Maldonado 41', 59' Dayana Castillo 46' Laura Aguirre 90'

25 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Uruguay	0–1	Brazil
		Andressinha 10'

25 March 2012

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Top scorers

9 goals

• Yamila Badell

8 goals

• Byanca Brasil

7 goals

• Brena Carolina

4 goals

• Dayana Castillo
• Carolina Birizamberri

The top-scorer award was handed to Yamila Badell from Uruguay who scored nine goals in her team's seven matches. Second place went to Brazilian Byanca Brasil who scored eight goals and third place to Brazilian Brena Carolina who scored seven times.^[5]