2010 South American Women's Football Championship Host country Ecuador Dates 4–21 November Teams 10 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) Champions Brazil (5th title) Runners-up Colombia Third place Chile Fourth place Argentina Matches played 26 Goals scored 93 (3.58 per match) Top scorer(s) Marta (9 goals)Fair play award Chile [ 1]
International football competition
The 2010 South American Women's Football Championship (Spanish : Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino – Copa América de Selecciones ) was the sixth edition of the South American Women's Football Championship , and acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics . The tournament was held in Ecuador from 4 to 21 November 2010, after originally being scheduled for 28 October to 14 November 2010.[ 2]
The top two teams from the final group, Brazil and Colombia , qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup [ 3] and the 2012 Summer Olympics .[ 4] Additionally, the top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games .
Venues
Seven venues in seven cities were used during the tournament.[ 5]
Squads
Match officials
The following referees were named for the tournament:
First stage
Locations of the
2010 Sudamericano Femenino venues
Matches were played in Latacunga , Ambato and Riobamba (Group A) and Loja , Cuenca and Azogues (Group B).[ 6]
The tournament features a first round, where the ten teams are divided into two groups of five teams each. The top two teams in the groups advance to a final round, instead of a knockout stage.
The final round was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 Olympic Games football tournament in London . The first-placed team won the tournament.
Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:
superior goal difference in all matches
greater number of goals scored in all group matches
better result in matches between tied teams
drawing of lots
Group A
Source: CONMEBOL(H) Hosts
Group B
Source: CONMEBOL
Second stage
Source: CONMEBOL
Brazil won the tournament and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Olympic Games tournament along with runners-up Colombia .
Awards
2010 Sudamericano Femenino winners
Brazil Fifth title
Statistics
Goalscorers
9 goals
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Final ranking
References
External links
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Play-off