2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina


The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 14th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Ecuador from 13 to 28 October 2022. Corinthians, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Palmeiras defeated Boca Juniors 4–1 in the final to win their first title.
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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.
  • #Brazil: 240 points
  • #Chile: 140 points
  • #Colombia: 135 points
  • #Paraguay: 112 points
  • #Argentina: 90 points
  • #Venezuela: 78 points
  • #Ecuador: 62 points
  • #Uruguay: 52 points
  • #Bolivia: 39 points
  • #Peru: 37 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result
Boca Juniors2021 Campeonato Femenino YPF Clausura champions7thThird place
Always Ready2022 [Bolivian women's association football|football championship|Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina] champions1st—
Corinthians 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions5thChampions
Palmeiras 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up1st—
Ferroviária 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place6thChampions
Universidad de Chile 2021 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions3rdFourth place
Santiago Morning 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners4thQuarter-finals
América 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions3rdRunners-up
Deportivo Cali 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up2ndQuarter-finals
Ñañas 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV champions2ndGroup stage
Dragonas IDV 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV runners-up 1st—
Olimpia 2022 Torneo Femenino champions1st—
2022 Torneo Femenino runners-up5thChampions
Alianza Lima2022 Liga Femenina Pluspetrol champions2ndQuarter-finals
Defensor Sporting2021 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions1st—
Deportivo Lara2022 Liga FUTVE Fem champions1st—

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Venues

The matches were played in Quito. Initially two stadiums would host the group stage. On 15 October 2022, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Banco Guayaquil would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado.
The stadiums were:

Match officials

On 21 September 2022, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
AssociationRefereesAssistant referees
Laura FortunatoMariana de Almeida
Daiana Milone
Adriana FarfánLiliana Bejarano
Inés Choque
Edina Alves BatistaNeuza Back
Leila Moreira
María Belén CarvajalMarcia Castillo
Cindy Nahuelcoy
Jenny AriasMary Blanco
Eliana Ortiz
Marcelly ZambranoMónica Amboya
Marianela Ramírez
Maria MarottaTiziana Trasciatti
Helena CanteroNancy Fernández
Rossana Salinas
Milagros ArruelaVera Yupanqui
Gabriela Moreno
Silvia Fernández Pérez
Nadia FuquesDaiana Fernández
Belén Clavijo
Emikar CalderasMigdalia Rodríguez
Thaity Dugarte

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 September 2022, 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.
The remaining teams 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 placed in Pot 1, the next four placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance 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
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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, ECT.

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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Statistics

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.

2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina team

The 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos.PlayerTeam
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