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.

Hosts

Bolivia was awarded the tournament on 24 November 2011.

Venues

Group stage

Matches as of the regulations.
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.

Group A

All Group A matches were played in Sucre.
Team
4400135+812
430184+49
4112711−44
41031011−13
4013411−71

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Group B

All Group B matches were played in Santa Cruz.
Team
4400241+2312
430196+39
42027706
4103414−103
4004117−160

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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.
Team
330092+79
320164+26
310265+13
3003313−100

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Top scorers

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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 Araujo who scored eight goals and third place to Brazilian Brenda Carolina who scored seven times.