The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 22nd edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Caracas, Venezuela between 21 and 28 May 2023, with Brazilian team Cascavel taking the title for the second time in a row.Cascavel repite corona en la CONMEBOL Libertadores Futsal
Cascavel are the defending champions.
Teams The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.
AssociationTeamQualification method ArgentinaBarracas Central2023 Copa Libertadores qualification play-off winners. BoliviaFantasmas2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. BrazilCascavel (holders)2022 Copa Libertadores de Futsal champions.Joinville2023 Supercopa de Futsal champions. ChileDeportes Recoleta2022 Supercopa de Futsal Primera winners. ColombiaReal Antioquia2022 Superliga Futsal FCF winners. EcuadorBocca2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. ParaguayCerro Porteño2022 Liga Premium de Futsal champions. PeruPanta Walon2022 Primera División Futsal Pro champions. UruguayPeñarol2022 Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol Sala champions. Venezuela (hosts)Centauros2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions.Tigres2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 Torneo Clausura runners-up. Notes
Venue The tournament will be entirely played at the Poliedro de Caracas located in La Rinconada zone in Caracas, Venezuela. The Poliedro de Caracas has a capacity for 13,000 spectators.
Draw The draw of the tournament will be held on 28 April 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:
Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Cascavel automatically to Group A, the others two via a draw from pot 1): To Group A: as 2022 Copa Libertadores champions, Cascavel (Brazil) To Group B: as the representative of the champion national association of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Joinville (Brazil) To Group C: as the first representative of the host association, Centauros (Venezuela)
The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Bolivia and Chile) in pot 4, alongside the additional Venezuelan team.
Pot 1 (seeds)Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group ATeamA1 CascavelA2 Cerro PorteñoA3 Panta WalonA4 Tigres+ Group B TeamB1 JoinvilleB2 Barracas CentralB3 Real AntioquiaB4 Fantasmas+ Group C TeamC1 CentaurosC2 PeñarolC3 BoccaC4 Deportes Recoleta
Squads Each team had to enter a squad of a maximum of 14 and a minimum of 9 players, including at least two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 48).
Group stage The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points earned (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 21): Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored); Goal difference in all matches; Goals scored in all matches; Fewest number of red cards received; Fewest number of yellow cards received; Drawing of lots.
All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
Final stage In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to twelfth place) (Regulations Article 22).
All match times are in VET (UTC−4).
Bracket The quarter-final matchups are: QF1: Winner Group A vs. 2nd Best Third Place QF2: Winner Group B vs. 1st Best Third Place QF3: Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A QF4: Runner-up Group B vs. Runner-up Group C
The semi-final matchups are: SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 SF2: Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
5th–8th place
1st–4th place
Finals
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking Rank Team Cascavel Joinville Centauros 4 Bocca 5 Barracas Central 6 Panta Walon 7 Peñarol 8 Cerro Porteño 9 Fantasmas 10 Real Antioquia 11 Tigres 12 Deportes Recoleta
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