2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina


The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 15th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia from 5 to 21 October 2023.
Corinthians defeated the defending champions Palmeiras 1–0 in the final to win their fourth 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: 260 points
  • #Chile: 148 points
  • #Colombia: 145 points
  • #Paraguay: 115 points
  • #Argentina: 105 points
  • #Venezuela: 79 points
  • #Ecuador: 66 points
  • #Uruguay: 53 points
  • #Bolivia: 40 points
  • #Peru: 38 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result
Boca Juniors2022 Campeonato Femenino YPF champions8thRunners-up
Always Ready2023 [Bolivian women's association football|football championship|Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina] champions2ndGroup stage
Palmeiras 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions2ndChampions
Corinthians 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions6thChampions
2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up1st—
Colo-Colo 2022 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions10thChampions
Universidad de Chile 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners4thFourth place
Santa Fe 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions4thRunners-up
América 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up4thRunners-up
Atlético Nacional/
Formas Íntimas 		2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR aggregate table best team not yet qualified 9thRunners-up
Barcelona2023 Superliga Femenina DoradoBet champions1st—
Olimpia 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions2ndGroup stage
2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up6thChampions
Universitario2023 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions5thGroup stage
Nacional2022 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions6thFourth place
Caracas2023 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions6thRunners-up

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Venues

On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Bogotá and Cali had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá and Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, each hosting two groups.
BogotáCali
Estadio Metropolitano de TechoEstadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 35,405
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The tournament registered a total attendance of 25,300 spectators, or the average of 790 per game, which was below expectations.

Match officials

On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
AssociationRefereesAssistant referees
Laura FortunatoMariana de Almeida
Gisela Trucco
Adriana FarfánInés Choque
Elizabeth Blanco
Edina Alves BatistaNeuza Back
Fabrini Bevilaqua
María Belén CarvajalMarcia Castillo
Leslie Vásquez
Jenny AriasMary Blanco
Mayra Sánchez
Susana CorellaMónica Amboya
Viviana Segura
Zulma QuiñónezNancy Fernández
Nadia Weiler
Milagros ArruelaVera Yupanqui
Gabriela Moreno
Anahí FernándezDaiana Fernández
Belén Clavijo
Emikar CalderasMigdalia Rodríguez
Thaity Dugarte

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 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, 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
Boca Juniors

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. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  2. #Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. #Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. #Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Number of red cards;
  8. Number of yellow cards;
  9. Drawing of lots.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, COT.

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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Final

Andressinha was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.

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.

2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina team

The 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos.PlayerTeam
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