2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal
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| CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal Uruguay 2017 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Uruguay |
| City | Las Piedras |
| Dates | 22–29 November |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Colombia |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Venezuela |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 169 (6.26 per match) |
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The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal was the 6th edition of the Copa América Femenina de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the women's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Las Piedras, Uruguay, between 22 and 29 November 2017.[1]
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
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| Argentina | 6th | Runners-up (2011) |
 Bolivia | 2nd | None |
| Brazil | 5th | Champions (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) |
 Chile | 3rd | Third place (2015) |
| Colombia (holders) | 5th | Champions (2015) |
 Ecuador | 4th | Runners-up (2005) |
 Paraguay | 4th | Third place (2011) |
 Peru | 6th | Fourth place (2009) |
 Uruguay (hosts) | 6th | Runners-up (2015) |
| Venezuela | 4th | Third place (2007, 2009) |
Venues
All matches are played in one venue: Polideportivo de Las Piedras in Las Piedras.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 1 November 2017, 19:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association in Montevideo.[2] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Uruguay and the defending champions Colombia were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América Femenina de Futsal (if they did not participate, a statistical ranking of earlier tournaments were used for seeding): Chile–Argentina, Paraguay–Peru, Brazil–Venezuela, Bolivia–Ecuador.[3]
Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[4]
Match officials
A total of 17 referees were appointed for the tournament.[5]
Group stage
Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 November | ||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||
| 29 November | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
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| Colombia | 0 | |||||
| Venezuela | 1 | |||||
| Colombia | 4 | |||||
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| 29 November | ||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||
| Venezuela | 0 | |||||
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Ninth place play-off
Seventh place play-off
| Bolivia | 1–6 | Paraguay |
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Fifth place play-off
Semi-finals
| Venezuela | 1–4 | Colombia |
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