2003 South American Women's Football Championship

2003 South American Women's Football Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino de 2003
Tournament details
Host countries	Peru (Group A and final round); Ecuador (Group B); Argentina (Group C)
Dates	9–27 April
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Peru
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	70 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marisol Medina (7 goals)

The 2003 South American Women's Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 2003) was the fourth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament was held between 9 and 27 April.

Originally, the competition was scheduled to take place from April 5 to April 16, 2002 in Córdoba, Argentina. Later, it was moved to Peru, January/February 2003, with Lima and Chincha as venues, only for group A and the final round. Argentina retained the hosting rights for group C while Ecuador was appointed as host of the group B.

Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time in a row, after finishing first in the final round. Also, they qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup along with Argentina, the runners-up.

Venues

Three venues (located in three different countries) were used for the tournament:

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity
Argentina	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena	Salta	20,408
Ecuador	Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne	Loja	14,935
Peru	Estadio Monumental "U"	Lima	80,093

Officials

The following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:

Country	Referee	Assistant
Argentina	Florencia Romano	Alejandra Cercato Sabrina Lois
Bolivia	Cándida Colque María Teresa Alvarado	Aracely Castro
Brazil	Suell Tortura Silvia Oliveira Carvalho	Marlei Silva
Colombia	María García	Adriana Correa
Ecuador	—	Rosa Canales
Peru	Riabel Trujillo	Ana Pérez
Uruguay	Patricia da Silva	Laura Geymonat
Venezuela	Marisela Contreras	Maritza Rodríguez

Results

In contrast to previous tournaments, this edition's format had a first round with three regional groups, where the first-placed teams joined Brazil (who got a bye to the second round after winning the previous edition) for a final tournament in Peru.

The final tournament 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 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, 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.

Tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches

2. Goal difference in all group matches

3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches

4. Head-to-head results

5. Drawing of lots by the CONMEBOL Organising Committee

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the final round

First round

Group A

All matches were held in Lima, Peru.
Times listed were UTC–5.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
Bolivia	2	1	1	8	4	+4	3
Chile	2	0	2	2	9	–7	0

9 April 2003

15:30

Peru	3–1	Bolivia
Salinas 18', 70' (pen.) Mori 55'	Report	Zamorano 34'

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Referee: María García (Colombia)

11 April 2003

15:30

Bolivia	7–1	Chile
Zamorano 13', 20', 43' Moreno 54' E. Pérez 56' S. Pérez 62' Urgel 77'	Report	Gálvez 90' (pen.)

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Referee: Marisela Contreras (Venezuela)

13 April 2003

15:30

Peru	2–1	Chile
Bosmans 51' Tristán 80'	Report	Castro 44'

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Referee: Suell Tortura (Brazil)

Group B

All matches were held in Loja, Ecuador.
Times listed were UTC–5.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	2	1	1	0	9	1	+8	4
Ecuador	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	0	10	–10	0

9 April 2003

19:30

Ecuador	2–0	Venezuela
Villón 71', 90'	Report

Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja

Referee: Cándida Colque (Bolivia)

11 April 2003

19:30

Colombia	8–0	Venezuela
Valencia 10', 86' Imbachi 33' Miranda 49' Garzón 58', 59' Gutiérrez 80' Munera 90'	Report

Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja

Referee: Florencia Romano (Argentina)

13 April 2003

13:15

Ecuador	1–1	Colombia
Campi 45'	Report	Valencia 46'

Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja

Referee: Patricia da Silva (referee) (Uruguay)

Group C

All matches were held in Salta, Argentina.
Times listed were UTC–3.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	11	0	+11	6
Paraguay	2	1	1	3	4	–1	3
Uruguay	2	0	2	1	11	–10	0

9 April 2003

21:30

Argentina	3–0	Paraguay
Jiménez 41' Medina 65', 72'	Report

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Referee: María Alvarado (Bolivia)

11 April 2003

21:30

Uruguay	1–3	Paraguay
Lemos 27'	Report	Agüero 11' Rodas 56' Román 72'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Referee: Riabel Trujillo (Peru)

13 April 2003

16:30

Argentina	8–0	Uruguay
Jiménez 5' Gatti 32' Alvariza 35' (pen.), 79' Medina 46', 49', 51', 81'	Report

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Referee: Silvia Oliveira (Brazil)

Final round

All matches were held in Lima, Peru.
Times listed were UTC–5.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16	9
Argentina	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	15	–12	3
Peru	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

23 April 2003