2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina
The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 13th edition of the CONMEBOL 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 defeated Santa Fe 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.
- #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
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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.| Association | Referees | Assistant referees | Support referees |
| Laura Fortunato | Mariana de Almeida Daiana Milone | Salomé di Iorio | |
| Adriana Farfán | Inés Choque Maricela Urapuca | - | |
| Edina Alves Batista | Neuza Back Leila Moreira | Daiane Muniz | |
| María Belén Carvajal | Loreto Toloza Cindy Nahuelcoy | - | |
| María Victoria Daza | Mary Blanco Nataly Arteaga | - | |
| Susana Corella | Mónica Amboya Viviana Segura | - | |
| Zulma Quiñónez | Nancy Fernández Laura Miranda | - | |
| Elizabeth Tintaya | Gabriela Moreno Mariana Aquino | - | |
| Anahí Fernández | Adela Sánchez Daiana Fernández | - | |
| Emikar Calderas | Migdalia Rodríguez Laura Cárdenas | - |
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 24 September 2021, 12:00 PYT, 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
- To Group B: as champions of the host association, Cerro Porteño
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | ||
Deportivo CaliGroup stageIn the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order.
All times are local, PYST. Group A-------- Group B-------- Group C-------- Group D-------- Final stagesStarting 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-------- ---- Semi-finals----FinalDaniela Arias was inscribed on the tournament but she did not play due to injury. Érika was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.StatisticsFinal rankingAs 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 teamThe 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
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