The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 16th 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. Although the competition was originally scheduled to be held in Uruguay from 3 to 19 October 2024, on 29 August 2024, CONMEBOL announced that the competition would be moved to Paraguay.
The defending champions Corinthians defeated Santa Fe (Colombia) 2–0 in the final to win their fifth title.
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 16 teams were: 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 2023 edition). Brazil: 280 points Chile: 156 points Colombia: 155 points Paraguay: 120 points Argentina: 108 points Venezuela: 80 points Ecuador: 68 points Uruguay: 54 points Bolivia: 41 points Peru: 39 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best resultBoca Juniors2023 Torneo YPF and Copa YPF champions9th Runners-up (2022)Always Ready2024 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions3rd Group stage (2022, 2023)Corinthians 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions7th Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)Ferroviária 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up7th Champions (2015, 2020)Santos 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place5th Champions (2009, 2010)Colo-Colo 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM champions 11th Champions (2012)Santiago Morning 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up5th Quarter-finals (2019, 2020, 2022)2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions3rd Fourth place (2022)Santa Fe 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up5th Runners-up (2021)Dragonas IDV2024 Superliga Femenina Ecuabet champions2nd Group stage (2022) (hosts)Olimpia 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino champions3rd Quarter-finals (2023)Guaraní 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up1st —Libertad 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino third place5th Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)Alianza Lima2024 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions3rd Quarter-finals (2021)Peñarol2023 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions4th Group stage (2018, 2019, 2020)ADIFFEM2024 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions1st — Notes
Venues Asunción, Luque and Ypané were selected by CONMEBOL as host cities. The group stage matches were played at the Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción and the CARFEM Stadium at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino in Ypané, each of which hosted two groups. The quarter-finals will be played at the Estadio Arsenio Erico and the CARFEM Stadium, the semi-finals and the third-place match at the CONMEBOL Stadium in Luque and the final at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción.
AsunciónAsunciónEstadio Arsenio EricoCapacity: 7,500Capacity: 42,354YpanéLuqueCARFEM StadiumCONMEBOL StadiumCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 4,000
Match officials On 18 September 2024, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
AssociationRefereesAssistant refereesRoberta EcheverríaGisela TruccoCarla LópezAdriana FarfánAlejandra QuisbertElizabeth BlancoMaría CabezasCharly Wendy Straub DerettiAnne Kesy Gomes de SáBrígida Cirilo FerreiraDione RissiosMarcia CastilloYomara SalazarJenny AriasMayra SánchezJenny TorresMarcelly ZambranoViviana SeguraStefanía PaguayMarianela RamírezZulma QuiñónezLaura MirandaNadia WeilerElizabeth TintayaMariana AquinoDiana RuizNadia FuquesAdela SánchezSofía SarzayStefani EscobarElibith HigueraThaity DugarteFrancis García
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 12 September 2024, 14:00 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 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Corinthians (Brazil 1) To Group B: the champions of the host association, Olimpia (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, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Colombia 1) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Chile 1, Paraguay 2, Argentina and Ecuador) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay) 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 were 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 were 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 CorinthiansA2 Boca JuniorsA3 ADIFFEMA4 Libertad+ Group B TeamB1 OlimpiaB2 Colo-ColoB3 Always ReadyB4 Santos+ Group C TeamC1 FerroviáriaC2 Dragonas IDVC3 PeñarolC4 Santa Fe+ Group D TeamD1 Deportivo CaliD2 GuaraníD3 Alianza LimaD4 Santiago Morning
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). Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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, PYT (UTC−4) before 6 October 2024 and PYST (UTC−3) after 6 October 2024.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Notes
a. The matches, originally scheduled for 17:30 local time, were delayed an hour due to rain.
Group D
Notes
b. The matches, originally scheduled for 20:00 local time, were delayed an hour due to rain.
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 26).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Notes
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final Wendy Bonilla (Santa Fe) received a straight red card in the quarter-final and was ruled out of the semi-final and final.
GK 1 NicoleDF 6 BelinhaDF 99 Érika DF 20 MarizaDF 71 YasmimMF 8 Vitória YayaMF 27 Duda Sampaio MF 17 VictóriaMF 77 Carol Nogueira FW 10 Gabi Zanotti (c) FW 14 Millene Substitutes:GK 12 LelêDF 16 Daniela Arias DF 21 PaulinhaMF 18 Gabi PortilhoMF 28 Ju Ferreira FW 7 Gisela Robledo FW 9 Jheniffer FW 11 Eudimilla FW 30 JaquelineManager: Lucas Piccinato GK 12 Yessica VelásquezDF 38 Leury BasantaDF 3 Natalia Gaitán (c)DF 4 Andrea PérezDF 6 Viviana AcostaMF 10 María Camila Reyes MF 5 Micheel Baldallo MF 19 Gabriela Huertas FW 7 Mariana ZamoranoFW 25 María Paula Córdoba FW 9 Karla TorresSubstitutes:GK 1 Wendy MartínezDF 14 Laura TovarDF 17 Cristina MottaMF 16 Karen Hernández MF 21 Katherine Valbuena MF 26 Nicol PosadaFW 8 Nelly Córdoba FW 11 Heidy Mosquera Manager: Omar Ramírez Final MVP Award: Érika (Corinthians)
Assistant referees: Adela Sánchez (Uruguay) Sofía Sarzay (Uruguay) Fourth official: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina) Fifth official: Carla López (Argentina) Video assistant referee: Antonio García (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Gisela Trucco (Argentina)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Gabi Zanotti Corinthians52 Nayely Bolaños Dragonas IDV4 Ketlen Santos4 Eudimilla Corinthians3 Adriana Lúcar Alianza Lima Amada Peralta Olimpia7 Yenny Acuña Colo-Colo2 Agustina Arias Boca Juniors Javiera Grez Colo-Colo Ingrid Guerra Deportivo Cali Ju Ferreira Corinthians Kishi Núñez Boca Juniors María Camila Reyes Santa Fe Mary Valencia Santiago Morning
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.
See also
2024 CAF Women's Champions League 2024 OFC Women's Champions League 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League 2024 Copa Libertadores
References