2006 South American Women's Football Championship


The 2006 South American Women's Football Championship was the fifth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2008 Olympic Games football tournament. The tournament was held between November 10 and November 26 in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata.
The hosts Argentina won the tournament for the first time and qualified to their second FIFA Women's World Cup and their first Olympic tournament. Runners-up Brazil also qualified for the World Cup; but had to face Ghana in a play-off to qualify to the Olympics.

Venue

Like in the 1998 edition, the only venue used for the tournament was the Estadio José María Minella, also known as Estadio Mundialista.
Mar del Plata
Estadio José María Minella
Capacity: 35.354

Officials

The following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:
CountryRefereeAssistant
ArgentinaEstela Álvarez
Jesica Di Iorio
Florencia Romano		—
BoliviaMaría Teresa Alvarado
Cándida Colque		Aracely Castro
Brazil—Ana Paula Oliveira
Chile—Bárbra Bastías
ColombiaAdriana Correa—
Ecuador—Rosa Canales
ParaguayNorma GonzálezEstela Ayala
Cynthia Franco
Peru—Marlene Leyton
UruguayPatricia da Silva
Alejandra Trucidos		Laura Geymonat
VenezuelaMarilyn Ángulo—

Results

The tournament format is similar to the 1998 edition. It 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 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in the People's Republic of China, and 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.
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Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Argentina and Brazil qualified to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. Argentina and Brazil also qualified to the 2008 Olympics, although second placed Brazil had to play an Inter-continental play-off, which they won against Ghana eventually.
TeamQualification
321040+472007 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2008 Olympic Games
3201122+1062007 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2008 Olympic Games play-off
3102310−73
301229−71

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Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

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