2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina
Brasil 2018
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
City Manaus
Dates 18 November – 2 December 2018
Teams 12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s) 3 (proposed) (in 1 host city)

The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina will be the tenth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament will be held in Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.[1]

Originally planned from 4 to 18 November the tournament was pushed back two weeks because of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off which fell in the time frame.[1]

Host selection

There were eventually three bids for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina: Manaus, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and São Paulo proposed by Iranduba, Deportivo ITA and Corinthians, respectively.[2] On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.[3][4]

Teams

The competition will be contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations are given one entry, additionally the title holders re-enter and the host association qualifies one more team.[5]

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
Argentina Argentina UAI Urquiza 2017–18 Campeonato Argentino champions[6] 3rdThird place (2015)
Bolivia Bolivia Deportivo ITA 2018 Campeonato Boliviano champions[7] 2ndGroup stage (2017)
Brazil Brazil (hosts) Audax[note 1] Title holders (2017 champions)[note 1] 2ndChampions (2017)
Santos 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro champions[9][10] 4thChampions (2009, 2010)
Iranduba Host association additional entry[4] 1st—
Chile Chile Colo-Colo 2017 Apertura and Clausura champions[11] 8thChampions (2012)
Colombia Colombia Atlético Huila 2018 Liga Femenina Profesional champions[12] 1st—
Ecuador Ecuador Unión Española 2017–18 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions[13] 3rdGroup stage (2016, 2017)
Paraguay Paraguay Cerro Porteño 2017 Campeonato Paraguayo champions[14] 5thThird place (2014)
Peru Peru JC Sport Girls 2017 Campeonato Peruano champions[15] 4thGroup stage (2011, 2012, 2013)
Uruguay Uruguay Peñarol 2017 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[16] 1st—
Venezuela Venezuela Flor de Patria 2018 Torneo Apertura champions[17] 1st—
Notes
  1. 1 2 The partnership between Audax and Corinthians ended on 31 December 2017. Corinthians created their own team for the 2018 season.[8]

Venues

Matches will be played in Manaus. The proposed stadiums are:

Draw

The 12 teams are drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax are automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative is seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative is seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams are seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[5]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Number of red cards;
  5. Number of yellow cards;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, AMT (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Audax (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2018. Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Audax Brazil v A2
A3 v A4
Audax Brazil v A3
A2 v A4
A4 v Brazil Audax
A2 v A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2018. Source: CONMEBOL
B1 v B2
B3 v B4
B1 v B3
B2 v B4
B4 v B1
B2 v B3

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2018. Source: CONMEBOL
C1 v C2
C3 v C4
C1 v C3
C2 v C4
C4 v C1
C2 v C3

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Group A second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2 B Group B second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Group C second place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on November 2018. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[5]

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups are:

  • Group A winner vs. Group C winner
  • Group B winner vs. Best runner-up

The semi-final winners and losers play in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).[5]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
November –
 
 
 Group A winner
 
December –
 
 Group C winner
 
 SF1 winner
 
November –
 
 SF2 winner
 
 Group B winner
 
 
 Best runner-up
 
Third place
 
 
December –
 
 
 SF1 loser
 
 
 SF2 loser

Semi-finals

Group A winner v Group C winner
Group B winner v Best runner-up

Third place match

SF1 loser v SF2 loser

Final

SF1 winner v SF2 winner

References

  1. 1 2 "Cambio de fecha para la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Disputa por sede da Libertadores feminina fica entre Corinthians e Iranduba no Brasil" (in Portuguese). Globo. 22 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2018 se disputará en noviembre en Manaus" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Iranduba vence disputa, ganha vaga e será sede da Libertadores feminina 2018" (in Portuguese). Globo. 11 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Brasil 2018. Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  6. ↑ "Fútbol femenino: UAI Urquiza aplastó a Boca, se consagró campeón y logró un pasaje a la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). Infobae. 8 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Deportivo ITA bicampeón del Campeonato Nacional Boliviano" (in Spanish). Fémina Fútbol. 10 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Corinthians anuncia fim da parceria com Audax e terá time feminino próprio em 2018" (in Portuguese). Globo. 5 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-1 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  10. ↑ "Santos volta a vencer Corinthians e leva título do Brasileiro feminino" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 20 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "¡Celebración por duplicado! Colo Colo femenino derrotó a Santiago Morning y bajó la 13" (in Spanish). DaleAlbo. 9 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Atlético Huila, el nuevo campeón de la Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 31 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Unión Española se coronó campeón nacional femenino y jugará la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 23 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Doble festejo cerrista" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 19 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "JC SPORTS GIRLS SE CONSAGRÓ CAMPEÓN DEL TORNEO NACIONAL DE FÚTBOL FEMENINO" (in Spanish). FPF. 16 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Femenino – Peñarol campeón uruguayo" (in Spanish). AUF. 19 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Flor de Patria FC participará en la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2018" (in Spanish). FVF. 3 September 2018.
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