The 2026 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship, officially the 2026 CONMEBOL Sub17 Femenina, was the 10th edition of the South American U-17 Women's Championship (CONMEBOL Sub17 Femenina), the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONMEBOL for the women's under-17 national teams of South America. It was held in Paraguay from 24 April to 9 May 2026.

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the CONMEBOL representatives.

Paraguay were the defending champions having won the title in 2025.

Host and venues CONMEBOL announced Asunción, Ypané and Villeta as host cities, with the Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino - CARFEM and the Estadio Ameliano being the venues for the matches.

AsunciónYpanéVilletaEstadio Defensores del ChacoCARFEMEstadio AmelianoCapacity: 42,354Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 7,000

Teams All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are eligible to enter the tournament.

TeamAppearance Previous best top-4 performance 10th (2008, 2012) 10th 10th (2010, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2024) 10th (2010) 10th (2008) 10th (2024, 2025) (host & holders) 10th (2025) 10th 10th (2012) 10th (2013, 2016)

Referee The appointment of referees was published on April 8, 2026.

Referee Assistant referees Luciana Sánchez Daiana Milone Belem Bevilacqua Jhanet Portugal Maricela Urapuca Ruth Lima Gleika Oliveira Gizeli Casaril Fernanda Kruger Valentina Velásquez Leslie Vásquez Yomara Salazar Erika Sánchez Laura Loaiza Carolina Vicuña Daniela Arroyo Marilyn Silverio Joselyn Romero Gabriela Arce Lorena Miranda Claudia Delvalle Gaby Oncoy Pamela Eulogio Vera Yupanqui Silvia Ríos Adela Sánchez Sofía Sarzay Leinny Rodríguez Francis García Elibith Higuera

Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 10 March 2026 at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Paraguay were the defending champions and were seeded into Group A. Brazil were seeded into Group B as the 2025 edition runner up and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2025 South American U-17 Women's Championship (shown in brackets).

SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

+ Group ATeamA1A2A3A4A5+ Group BTeamB1B2B3B4B5

Group stage

Tiebreakers In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20): Head-to-head result between tied teams; Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Fewest red cards received; Fewest yellow cards received; Drawing of lots.

All match times are local times, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

Group B

Final Stage Bracket

Semi-finals

Qualification play-offs to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Final

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 6 May 2026 8 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025) 6 May 2026 0 (Debut) 9 May 2026 2 (2014, 2016) 9 May 2025 2 (2010, 2022)

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