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The Copa América is an international association football competition established in 1916. [1] [2] It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), the sport's continental governing body.
The Copa América Femenina (Copa América Feminina in Portuguese), previously the Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino (Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino), usually shortened to Sudamericano Femenino (Sul-Americano Feminino), is the main competition in women's association football for national teams that are affiliated with CONMEBOL. [1]
Today, the national team has won the Copa America 7 times and has made it to the world cup finals where they were beaten by Germany. While the team played its first official match in 1986, only 5 years later they won their first title in Copa America, and only 9 years after that they were challenging the world's best.
The 2022 Copa América Femenina Final was a football match on 30 July 2022 that took place at Estadio Alfonso López in Bucaramanga, Colombia, to determine the winners of 2022 Copa América Femenina. The match took place between hosts Colombia and Brazil. Brazil defeated 1–0 Colombia to win their 8th title. [1]
Female match officials were appointed to work the Copa America for the first time on Friday. María Victoria Penso of the United States and Edina Alves of Brazil will be referees in the tournament.
Brazil withdrew from the tournament for almost ten years between 1926 and 1935. Brazil were particularly successful from 1997 to 2007, winning four out of five Copas during that time. Zizinho, who competed in the 1940s and 1950s, is the player with the joint-most goals (17) in tournament history.
France put itself in a commanding position to reach the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup after earning a hard-fought 2-1 win over Brazil thanks to Wendie Renard’s late header.
Brazil will play Mexico in a friendly in the United States in June as part of the preparations for next year's Copa America, the Brazilian soccer confederation said in a statement Tuesday. The ...