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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Chile |
| Dates | 4–22 April |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Chile |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Catalina Usme (9 goals) |
| Fair play award | Chile |
The 2018 Copa América Femenina was the eighth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina (also referred to as the Copa América Femenina), the quadrennial international football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 4 and 22 April 2018 in Chile.[1]
The tournament provided two direct qualifying places and a play-off place (against the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF) for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France,[2] one direct qualifying place and a play-off place (against the second-placed team from CAF) for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Japan,[3] and three (teams finishing third to fifth) for the 2019 Pan American Games women's football tournament in Lima, besides Peru who qualified automatically as hosts.[4][5]
Brazil successfully defended their title, winning all their matches. It was their seventh Copa América Femenina title.[6]
Host selection
Chile had been named as hosts in April 2017.[5] Dates were announced on 21 July 2017.[7]
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event[8] |
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| Argentina |
7th | Champions (2006) | 37 |
 Bolivia |
7th | Fifth place (1995) | 84 |
| Brazil (holders) |
8th | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014) | 8 |
| Chile (hosts) |
8th | Runners-up (1991) | 40 |
| Colombia |
6th | Runners-up (2010, 2014) | 24 |
 Ecuador |
7th | Third place (2014) | Not ranked |
 Paraguay |
6th | Fourth place (2006) | 50 |
 Peru |
6th | Third place (1998) | 59 |
 Uruguay |
6th | Third place (2006) | 68 |
 Venezuela |
7th | Third place (1991) | 64 |
Venues
On 25 October 2017, the ANFP announced that 3 cities would host the tournament, all of them within the Coquimbo Region.[9][10]
On 28 March 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the city of Ovalle would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played at Estadio Diaguita on 8 and 11 April would be moved to La Serena and Coquimbo respectively.[11]
| La Serena | Coquimbo | |
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| Estadio La Portada | Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | |
| Capacity: 18,243 | Capacity: 18,750 | |
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Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 1 March 2018, 13:00 CLST (UTC−3), at the ANFP Auditorium in Santiago, Chile.[12] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Chile and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2014 Copa América Femenina.[13]
| Seeds | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| Chile (Group A) Brazil (Group B)
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Colombia Ecuador
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Argentina Paraguay
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Uruguay Venezuela
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Peru Bolivia
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Squads
Each team could register a maximum of 22 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers).[14]
Match officials
A total of 12 referees and 20 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[15]
First stage
In the first stage, the teams were ranked according to points (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 18.1):[14]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Drawing of lots.
The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.
All times are local, CLST (UTC−3).[16]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Colombia
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | Final stage |
| 2 | Chile (H)
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | |
| 3 | Paraguay
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2019 Pan American Games |
| 4 | Uruguay
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |
| 5 | Peru
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 2–1 | Uruguay |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Argentina
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Venezuela
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bolivia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ecuador
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 0–1 | Venezuela |
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| Argentina | 3–0 | Bolivia |
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| Brazil | 8–0 | Ecuador |
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| Ecuador | 3–6 | Argentina |
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| Brazil | 4–0 | Venezuela |
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