The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal was the 6th edition of the Copa América Femenina de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the women's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Las Piedras, Uruguay, between 22 and 29 November 2017.

Teams All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

TeamAppearance Previous best top-4 performance 6th (2011) 2nd 5th (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) 3rd (2015) (holders) 5th (2015) 4th (2005) 4th (2011) 6th (2009) (hosts) 6th (2015) 4th (2007, 2009)

Venues All matches are played in one venue: Polideportivo de Las Piedras in Las Piedras.

Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 1 November 2017, 19:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association in Montevideo. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Uruguay and the defending champions Colombia were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América Femenina de Futsal (if they did not participate, a statistical ranking of earlier tournaments were used for seeding): Chile–Argentina, Paraguay–Peru, Brazil–Venezuela, Bolivia–Ecuador.

Squads Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).

Match officials A total of 17 referees were appointed for the tournament.

Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 6.2): Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored); Goal difference in all matches; Goals scored in all matches; Drawing of lots.

All times are local, UYT (UTC−3).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Ninth place play-off

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Final ranking RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

References

External links Fútbol Femenino, CONMEBOL.com AUF Fútbol Sala, Twitter.com