The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was 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 was held in Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.
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 clashed with the timeframe.
Atlético Huila defeated Santos in the final on penalties to win their first tournament title. Iranduba defeated Colo-Colo to finish third.
Audax were the defending champions, having won the title the previous year as a joint team with Corinthians. They were eliminated in the group stage.
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. On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.
Teams The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result ArgentinaUAI Urquiza2017–18 Campeonato Argentino champions3rd Third place (2015) BoliviaDeportivo ITA2018 Campeonato Boliviano champions2nd Group stage (2017) Brazil (hosts)Audax2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions2nd Champions (2017)Santos2017 Campeonato Brasileiro champions4th Champions (2009, 2010)IrandubaHost association additional entry1st — ChileColo-Colo2017 Apertura and Clausura champions8th Champions (2012) ColombiaAtlético Huila2018 Liga Femenina Profesional champions1st — EcuadorUnión Española2017–18 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions 3rd Group stage (2016, 2017) ParaguayCerro Porteño2017 Campeonato Paraguayo champions5th Third place (2014) PeruJC Sport Girls2017 Campeonato Peruano champions4th Group stage (2011, 2012, 2013) UruguayPeñarol2017 Campeonato Uruguayo champions1st — VenezuelaFlor de Patria2018 Torneo Apertura champions1st —
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Venues Initially two stadiums (Estádio Ismael Benigno and Arena da Amazônia) would host the tournament. On 14 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Ismael Benigno would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Arena da Amazônia. During the tournament, CONMEBOL decided to move the matches scheduled on 25 and 26 November at Estádio Roberto Simonsen to protect the football field of Arena da Amazônia.
Matches were played in Manaus. The stadiums were: Arena da Amazônia (capacity: 44,300) Estádio Roberto Simonsen (capacity: 4,000)
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00 AMT (UTC−4), at the Arena da Amazônia in Manaus. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were 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 was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20): Goal difference; Goals scored; Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; Number of red cards; Number of yellow cards; Drawing of lots.
The winners of each group and the best runners-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, AMT (UTC−4).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of group runners-up
Knockout stage The semi-final matchups were: Group A winner vs. Group C winner Group B winner vs. Best runner-up The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
GK 12 NicoleDF 4 MaurineDF 2 Carol Arruda (c)DF 6 CamilaDF 3 JulieteMF 5 Brena MF 8 SandrinhaMF 17 AngelinaFW 10 AlannaFW 11 Ketlen FW 20 Maria AlvesSubstitutes:GK 1 MichelleDF 14 TaylaDF 15 Dani SilvaMF 13 GiovanaMF 16 Monique PeçanhaMF 18 ErikinhaMF 19 Patrícia SochorFW 7 Chú FW 9 Rosana Manager: Emily Lima GK 18 Daniela SoleraDF 5 Carmen RodallegaDF 13 Gavy Santos (c)DF 20 Aldana Cometti DF 15 Daniela CaracasMF 16 Jennifer Peñaloza MF 19 Fabiana VallejosMF 8 Liana Salazar MF 14 Darnelly Quintero FW 10 Yoreli RincónFW 9 Ysaura VisoSubstitutes:GK 1 Maritza LópezDF 3 Eliana Stábile DF 4 Alexandra CanaguacánDF 6 Levis RamosMF 2 Nancy MadridFW 11 Nelly Córdoba FW 12 Lucía MartelliManager: Albeiro Erazo
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Brena Santos42 Alanna Santos3 Karla Torres Colo-Colo4 Andressinha Iranduba2 Chú Santos Joemar Guarecuco Flor de Patria Yessenia Huenteo Colo-Colo Mariana Larroquette UAI Urquiza Maria Alves Santos Jyoeldry Parra Deportivo ITA Raquel Iranduba Nubiluz Rangel Colo-Colo Sandrinha Santos Eliana Stábile Atlético Huila Maitté Zamorano Deportivo ITA
References
External links CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Brasil 2018, CONMEBOL Libertadores Feminina, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol