2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina


The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 12th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition was played between 5 and 21 March 2021.
The tournament was originally to be held in Chile between 25 September and 11 October 2020. However, it was postponed by CONMEBOL on 19 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, provisionally to early 2021. CONMEBOL announced on 20 November 2020 that the 2020 edition would be held in Argentina from 5 to 21 March 2021. [Sport Club Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women)|Corinthians Paulista (women)|Corinthians], the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Ferroviária defeated América 2–1 to win their second 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 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.
  • #Brazil: 200 points
  • #Chile: 127 points
  • #Colombia: 105 points
  • #Paraguay: 101 points
  • #Argentina: 82 points
  • #Venezuela: 76 points
  • #Ecuador: 59 points
  • #Uruguay: 42 points
  • #Bolivia: 37 points
  • #Peru: 28 points
Originally teams had to apply for a licence to compete in the tournament, but this requirement had been suspended due to the exceptional nature of the situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result
Boca Juniors2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino Primera División A first stage winners6thThird place
[Club Atlético Club Atlético River Plate (women)|River Plate (women)|River Plate]2020 Torneo Transición runners-up 2ndThird place
Deportivo Trópico2020–21 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions1st
Corinthians2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions3rdChampions
Ferroviária2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 champions4thChampions
Kindermann/Avaí2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 third place1st
Santiago Morning2019 Campeonato Femenino Primera champions2ndQuarter-finals
Universidad de Chile2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners1st
Santa Fe2020 Liga Femenina champions2ndGroup stage
América de Cali2020 Liga Femenina runners-up2ndThird place
El Nacional2020 SúperLiga Femenina champions1st
Libertad/Limpeño2019 Torneo Femenino champions4thChampions
Sol de América2019 Torneo Femenino runners-up1st
Universitario2019 Copa Perú Femenina champions4thGroup stage
Peñarol2019 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino Primera División champions3rdGroup stage
Atlético SC2021 Torneo Invitacional Femenino champions1st

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Venues

The matches were played in the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires and the Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano in Morón.

Match officials

CONMEBOL released the list of match officials on 17 February 2021. Few days before the beginning of the tournament, the Uruguayan referee Claudia Umpiérrez was replaced by Anahí Fernández.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 23 February 2021, 12:00 PYST, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Corinthians and the host country champions Boca Juniors were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to positions A1 and B1, respectively, in the group stage. The host country additional team River Plate were automatically seeded into Pot 3, while the four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance were automatically seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Corinthians

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order.
  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 and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, ART.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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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.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Top goalscorers

2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team

The 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos.PlayerTeam
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