Sudamericano Sub-17 Femenino

The Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Femenino or CONMEBOL U-17 Women’s Championship in English, is a youth national team tournament organized by the South American confederation every two years for female players under 17 years of age. The competition was held for the first time in 2008 and has been played every two years, with only one exception between 2013 and 2016. It is the only competition from CONMEBOL to have all ten national teams playing in every edition, something not even the Copa América accomplished. The Sudamericano Sub-17 Femenino is used as a qualifying event for different competitions, more specifically as the official qualifying process for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

The tournament’s format is quite simple, as it draws all ten teams into two groups of five. Each group sees a round-robin between the teams involved in it, and two teams make it to the next stage of the tournament. Once there, a new round-robin takes place between the four teams that reach the final round, where the top team is crowned as champion and gains access to the category’s World Cup, along with those who finish in second and third place.

Out of the teams playing in the tournament, Brazil have been by far the most successful. Nonetheless, the first edition saw Colombia claiming the title.