The Copa América Femenina (Copa América Feminina in Portuguese), previously the Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino (Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino), usually shortened to Sudamericano Femenino (Sul-Americano Feminino), is the main competition in women's association football for national teams that are affiliated with CONMEBOL. It is the women's version of the Copa América.
It was first held in 1991. In the first two editions of the tournament, only one team (the champions) qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. In the third edition, the champions qualified automatically, while the runners-up faced a team from the CONCACAF region in a play-off match to earn a spot in the World Cup. In the fourth to sixth editions, two automatic spots were given to the top two teams for the 2003 to 2011 World Cups respectively. The seventh and eighth had the top two and the play-off winners qualify for the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. The ninth edition, the last one to serve as a World Cup qualification, gave automatic slots for the 2023 World Cup to the top three.
In December 2020, CONMEBOL announced the tournament would be held every two years instead of every four years, actually starting with 2025, three years after 2022. The confederation introduced a separate South American qualifier for the Women's World Cup in December 2024. Hence, the Copa America Fémenina from 2025 will serve as the path to women's football at the Pan American Games and as the CONMEBOL women's pre-Olympic tournament.
There are also Under-20 and Under-17 versions of this tournament.
Results YearHost First place game Third place game ChampionsScore Runners-up Third placeScore Fourth place1 1991Brazil – – –32 1995 Brazil2–0 – 53 1998 Argentina7–1 3–3 104 2003 PeruArgentinaEcuador – – 105 2006 Argentina – – 106 2010 Ecuador – – 107 2014 Ecuador – – 108 2018 Chile – – 109 2022 Colombia1–0 3–1 1010 2025 Ecuador4–4 2–2 10
Notes
Top four classifications So far, only Bolivia has not yet reached a top four position in the tournament. TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal top four9 (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2025)1 (2006) – –101 (2006)3 (1995, 1998, 2003)3 (2018, 2022, 2025)2 (2010, 2014)9 –4 (2010, 2014, 2022, 2025)1 (2003)1 (2018)6 –2 (1991, 2018)2 (1995, 2010) –4 – –1 (2014)2 (1995, 1998)3 – –1 (1998)1 (2003)2 – –1 (2006)1 (2025)2 – –1 (1991) –1 – – –2 (2006, 2022)2
Summary RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints1950471226818+25014228503051512064+56953740227118965+24734939147186977−8495731152146164−3476835125185787−3041782973192885−5724873165202378−5523972963202983−542110830322527150−12311 Source:
Participating nations Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place 5th – Fifth place 6th – Sixth place 7th – Seventh place 8th – Eighth place 9th – Ninth place 10th – Tenth place Q – Qualified — Did Not Participate — Hosts
Team 1991(3) 1995(5) 1998(10) 2003(10) 2006(10) 2010(10) 2014(10) 2018(10) 2022(10) 2025(10) Total — 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 9 — 5th 9th 6th 10th 7th 10th 7th 9th 10th 9 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 10 2nd 3rd 7th 8th 9th 3rd 6th 2nd 5th 6th 10 — — 6th 3rd 7th 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 8 — 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 3rd 10th 7th 8th 9 — — 5th 7th 4th 6th 5th 5th 4th 5th 8 — — 3rd 4th 8th 9th 9th 9th 10th 9th 8 — — 8th 9th 3rd 10th 7th 8th 8th 4th 8 3rd — 10th 10th 6th 8th 8th 6th 6th 7th 9
Top scorers YearPlayerTeamGoalsMatches1991Adriana421995Sissi1241998Roseli1662003Marisol Medina752006Cristiane1272010Marta972014Cristiane672018Catalina Usme972022Yamila Rodríguez662025Amanda GutierresClaudia Martínez66
References
External links
South-American Women's Championship by José Luis Pierrend at RSSSF