The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 13th 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 competition was initially scheduled to be played from 30 September to 16 October 2021 in Chile. On 29 July 2021, CONMEBOL announced that although the other rounds would be played in Chile, the final match would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 24 November 2021. Thus, the final was to be played between the 2021 Copa Sudamericana and the men's 2021 Copa Libertadores finals that would also be played in Montevideo. The tournament organizers did not agree with this decision and on 3 August 2021 they communicated to CONMEBOL that Chile would not host the championship. On 13 August 2021, CONMEBOL confirmed that the competition would be played from 3 to 21 November 2021, with Paraguay hosting the competition up to the third place play-off and the final being played at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Finally, on 10 September 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final match was moved to the Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo. Ferroviária were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Corinthians (Brazil) defeated Santa Fe (Colombia) 2–0 to win their third title. In the Final, VAR was used for the first time in a Copa Libertadores Femenina match.
Alianza Lima became the first Peruvian team to qualify for the single-elimination stages. After their elimination in the quarter-finals, Kindermann ended their partnership with Avaí and the team was disbanded in November 2021. In January 2022 Avaí took control and assured the continuity of the team during 2022.
Format For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament.
Teams The competition was contested by 16 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations the title holders an additional team from the host association four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance in the tournament (associations in bold receive two berths according to the points total until the 2020 edition). Brazil: 220 points Chile: 136 points Colombia: 120 points Paraguay: 104 points Argentina: 90 points Venezuela: 77 points Ecuador: 60 points Uruguay: 43 points Bolivia: 38 points Peru: 29 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best resultSan Lorenzo2021 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions2ndGroup stage (2009)Real Tomayapo2021 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions1st —Ferroviária 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions5th Champions (2015, 2020)Corinthians 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 champions4th Champions (2017, 2019)Kindermann/Avaí 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 runners-up2ndGroup stage (2020)Santiago Morning 2020 Campeonato Femenino de Transición champions3rd Quarter-finals (2019, 2020)Universidad de Chile 2020 Campeonato Femenino de Transición runners-up2nd Fourth place (2020)Deportivo Cali 2021 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions1st —Santa Fe 2021 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up3rd Quarter-finals (2020)Deportivo Cuenca2021 SuperLiga Femenina DirecTV champions2nd Quarter-finals (2019)(hosts)Cerro Porteño 2021 Campeonato Femenino champions7th Third place (2014)Sol de América 2021 Campeonato Femenino runners-up2ndGroup stage (2020)2021 Campeonato Femenino third place(Host association additional entry)2ndGroup stage (2017)Alianza Lima2021 Liga Femenina FPF champions1st —Nacional2020 Primera División "Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino" champions5th Group stage (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)Yaracuyanos2021 Liga FUTVE Fem – Torneo de Adecuación champions1st — Notes
Venues Matches in the competition were played at Estadio Manuel Ferreira and Estadio Arsenio Erico, both in Asunción, Paraguay, except for the final which was played at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Match officials On 21 September 2021, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
AssociationRefereesAssistant refereesSupport refereesLaura FortunatoMariana de AlmeidaDaiana MiloneSalomé di IorioAdriana FarfánInés ChoqueMaricela UrapucaEdina Alves BatistaNeuza BackLeila MoreiraDaiane MunizMaría Belén CarvajalLoreto TolozaCindy NahuelcoyMaría Victoria DazaMary BlancoNataly ArteagaSusana CorellaMónica AmboyaViviana SeguraZulma QuiñónezNancy FernándezLaura MirandaElizabeth TintayaGabriela MorenoMariana AquinoAnahí FernándezAdela SánchezDaiana FernándezEmikar CalderasMigdalia RodríguezLaura Cárdenas
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 24 September 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned to the head of groups A and B.
To Group A: as 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Ferroviária (Brazil 1) To Group B: as champions of the host association, Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)
The remaining teams (excluding the four teams from national associations with an extra berth) were seeded into three pots based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, excluding the champions, with the highest two (Colombia 1 and Brazil 2) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Chile 1, Argentina, Paraguay 2 and Peru) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Uruguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 3) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn was placed into group C and the second team drawn placed into group D, both teams assigned to position 1 in their group. From each remaining pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B, the third team drawn placed into Group C and the final team drawn placed into Group D, with teams from Pot 2, 3 and 4 assigned to positions 2, 3 and 4 in their group. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups: + Group ATeamA1 FerroviáriaA2 Sol de AméricaA3 Deportivo CuencaA4 Santa Fe+ Group B TeamB1 Cerro PorteñoB2 Santiago MorningB3 YaracuyanosB4 Kindermann/Avaí+ Group C TeamC1 Deportivo CaliC2 Alianza LimaC3 Real TomayapoC4 Universidad de Chile+ Group D TeamD1 CorinthiansD2 San LorenzoD3 NacionalD4 Deportivo Capiatá
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 23). 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 and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, PYST (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 25).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final Daniela Arias (Santa Fe) was inscribed on the tournament but she did not play due to injury. Érika (Corinthians) was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.
GK 12 Katherine TapiaRB 20 Nairelis Gutiérrez RCB5 Nubiluz RangelLCB14 Mónica RamosLB 6 Viviana AcostaCDM11 Liana Salazar RAM15 Gisela RobledoLAM10 Fany Gauto (c)RW 18 Kena Romero LW 7 Diana Celis CF 9 Joemar Guarecuco Substitutes:GK 1 Yessica VelásquezDF 2 Johannys MuñozDF 3 Leivis Ramos MF 13 Jessica Peña FW 8 Nelly CórdobaFW 16 Ivonne Chacón FW 17 Yisela Cuesta FW 19 Heidy MosqueraManager: Albeiro Erazo GK 12 KemelliRB 2 Katiuscia RCB4 Giovanna CampioloLCB15 Yasmim LB 6 JulieteRCM8 Diany LCM10 Gabi ZanottiRW 18 Gabi Portilho LW 14 Tamires (c) RS 17 Victória LS 16 AdrianaSubstitutes:GK 1 NataschaDF 3 PardalDF 19 Poliana MF 5 Ingryd MF 7 Grazi MF 20 Andressinha FW 9 Jheniffer FW 13 CacauManager: Arthur Elias Final MVP Award: Gabi Zanotti (Corinthians)
Assistant referees: Mariana de Almeida (Argentina) Daiana Milone (Argentina) Fourth official: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referees: María Belén Carvajal (Chile) Loreto Toloza (Chile)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Tatiana Ariza Deportivo Cali4 Linda Caicedo Deportivo Cali Jheniffer Corinthians Esperanza Pizarro Nacional Victória Corinthians6 Yamila Badell Nacional3 Rebeca Fernández Universidad de Chile Rafa Mineira Ferroviária Madelin Riera Deportivo Cuenca Tamires Corinthians
Final ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina team The 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos. Player Team GK Katherine Tapia Santa Fe DF Poliana Corinthians DF Giovanna Campiolo Corinthians DF Kelly Caicedo Deportivo Cali DF Tamires Corinthians MF Fany Gauto Santa Fe MF Gabi Zanotti Corinthians MF Victória Corinthians FW Adriana Corinthians FW Gisela Robledo Santa Fe FW Linda Caicedo Deportivo Cali
See also 2021 AFC Women's Club Championship 2021 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship 2021 CAF Women's Champions League 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League 2021 Copa Libertadores
References
External links CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2021, CONMEBOL