2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
CityQuito
Dates13–28 October 2022
Teams16 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Palmeiras (1st title)
Runners-up Boca Juniors
Third place América
Fourth place Deportivo Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored121 (3.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rebeca Fernández (5 goals)
2021
2023

The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 14th 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. The tournament was held in Ecuador from 13 to 28 October 2022.[1] Corinthians, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Palmeiras (Brazil) defeated Boca Juniors (Argentina) 4–1 in the final to win their first title.[2]

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.[3]

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 2021 edition).[3]
    1. Brazil: 240 points
    2. Chile: 140 points
    3. Colombia: 135 points
    4. Paraguay: 112 points
    5. Argentina: 90 points
    6. Venezuela: 78 points
    7. Ecuador: 62 points
    8. Uruguay: 52 points
    9. Bolivia: 39 points
    10. Peru: 37 points
Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
 Argentina Boca Juniors 2021 Campeonato Femenino YPF Clausura champions[4] 7th Third place (2010)
 Bolivia Always Ready 2022 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions[5] 1st
 Brazil Corinthians (Brazil 1) 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[6] 5th[note 1] Champions (2017, 2019, 2021)[note 1]
Palmeiras (Brazil 2) 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up[7][note 2] 1st
Ferroviária (Brazil 3) 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place[8][note 2] 6th Champions (2015, 2020)
 Chile Universidad de Chile (Chile 1) 2021 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions[9] 3rd Fourth place (2020)
Santiago Morning (Chile 2) 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners[10][note 3] 4th Quarter-finals (2019, 2020)
 Colombia América (Colombia 1) 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions[12] 3rd Runners-up (2020)
Deportivo Cali (Colombia 2) 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up[12] 2nd Quarter-finals (2021)
 Ecuador (hosts) Ñañas (Ecuador 1) 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV champions[13] 2nd Group stage (2019)
Dragonas IDV (Ecuador 2) 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV runners-up (Host association additional entry)[13] 1st
 Paraguay Olimpia (Paraguay 1) 2022 Torneo Femenino champions[14] 1st
Libertad/Limpeño (Paraguay 2) 2022 Torneo Femenino runners-up[15] 5th[note 4] Champions (2016)[note 4]
 Peru Alianza Lima 2022 Liga Femenina Pluspetrol champions[16] 2nd Quarter-finals (2021)
 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2021 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[17] 1st
 Venezuela Deportivo Lara 2022 Liga FUTVE Fem champions[18] 1st
Notes
  1. ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
  2. ^ a b As the title holders, Corinthians, were also the 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions, runners-up Palmeiras and third place Ferroviária qualified as Brazil 2 and Brazil 3 berths, respectively.
  3. ^ The qualifying play-off was played on 13 September 2022 at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar, La Calera between Santiago Morning (2021 Campeonato runners-up and 2022 Campeonato first stage winners) and Colo-Colo (2022 Campeonato first stage runners-up).[11]
  4. ^ a b Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (3rd participation).

Venues

The matches were played in Quito. Initially two stadiums (Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda and Estadio Banco Guayaquil) 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.[19]

The stadiums were:

Match officials

On 21 September 2022, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[20]

Association Referees Assistant referees
 Argentina Laura Fortunato Mariana de Almeida
Daiana Milone
 Bolivia Adriana Farfán Liliana Bejarano
Inés Choque
 Brazil Edina Alves Batista Neuza Back
Leila Moreira
 Chile María Belén Carvajal Marcia Castillo
Cindy Nahuelcoy
 Colombia Jenny Arias Mary Blanco
Eliana Ortiz
 Ecuador Marcelly Zambrano Mónica Amboya
Marianela Ramírez
 Italy Maria Marotta Tiziana Trasciatti
 Paraguay Helena Cantero Nancy Fernández
Rossana Salinas
 Peru Milagros Arruela Vera Yupanqui
Gabriela Moreno
 Spain Silvia Fernández Pérez
 Uruguay Nadia Fuques Daiana Fernández
Belén Clavijo
 Venezuela Emikar Calderas Migdalia Rodríguez
Thaity Dugarte

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 September 2022, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[21] 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 (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, excluding the champions, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Colombia 1) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay 1 and Chile 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Ecuador 2, Argentina, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 2) 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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
1 The draw was held before the identities of Ecuador 1 (Ñañas), Ecuador 2 (Dragonas IDV), Peru (Alianza Lima) and Venezuela (Deportivo Lara) were known.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1 Corinthians
A2 Olimpia
A3 Always Ready
A4 Deportivo Cali
Group B
Pos Team
B1 Ñañas
B2 Defensor Sporting
B3 Boca Juniors
B4 Ferroviária
Group C
Pos Team
C1 Palmeiras
C2 Universidad de Chile
C3 Dragonas IDV
C4 Libertad/Limpeño
Group D
Pos Team
D1 América
D2 Alianza Lima
D3 Deportivo Lara
D4 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).[3]

  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 (UTC−5).[22]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Quarter-finals
2 Corinthians 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6
3 Olimpia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 Always Ready 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Olimpia 2–0 Always Ready
Clenilda 25' (o.g.)
Castellano 44'
Report
Corinthians 1–2 Deportivo Cali
Victória 24' Report Guerra 42'
Ariza 45+1'
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Olimpia 1–2 Deportivo Cali
Garay López 27' (pen.) Report Barbosa 51' (o.g.)
Ariza 82'
Always Ready 0–5 Corinthians
Report Gabi Portilho 13', 19'
Adriana 27'
Victória 31' (pen.)
Juliete 57'
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)

Deportivo Cali 10–1 Always Ready
Ariza 2'
F. Caicedo 4', 29'
Ballón 23' (o.g.)
Acosta 24', 51', 55'
González 32'
Guerra 80'
Paví 83'
Report Clenilda 35'
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boca Juniors 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Quarter-finals
2 Ferroviária 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3 Ñañas (H) 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
4 Defensor Sporting 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Defensor Sporting 0–2 Boca Juniors
Report Gómez Ares 21'
Ojeda 38'
Referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia)
Ñañas 0–1 Ferroviária
Report Laryh 12'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Boca Juniors 4–2 Ñañas
Gómez Ares 26', 43'
Córdoba 47' (o.g.)
Rodríguez 65'
Report Pérez 34', 81' (pen.)
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Defensor Sporting 0–1 Ferroviária
Report Rafa Mineira 53'
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

Ñañas 4–3 Defensor Sporting
Pérez 45' (pen.), 68'
Higuera 84', 90+1'
Report Jara 10'
Oxandabarat 43' (pen.), 63'
Referee: Helena Cantero (Paraguay)
Ferroviária 2–2 Boca Juniors
Carol Tavares 8'
Laryh 90+4'
Report Rodríguez 72' (pen.), 76'
Notes
  1. ^ Match suspended in the 16th minute due to rain. It was resumed at 17:10.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Palmeiras 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Quarter-finals
2 Universidad de Chile 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3 Dragonas IDV (H) 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
4 Libertad/Limpeño 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Universidad de Chile 3–1 Dragonas IDV
Huenteo 15'
Fernández 58'
Zamora 71'
Report Roldán 18'
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)

Universidad de Chile 6–2 Libertad/Limpeño
Fernández 45', 56', 59', 69'
Keefe 49'
Zamora 71'
Report Fleitas 77'
Peña 85'
Dragonas IDV 0–7 Palmeiras
Report Ary Borges 14'
Andressinha 16', 39'
Byanca Brasil 36'
Bia Zaneratto 41'
Bruna Calderan 67', 86'

Palmeiras 2–1 Universidad de Chile
Carol Baiana 42'
Poliana 71'
Report Huertas 49' (pen.)
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)
Libertad/Limpeño 0–1 Dragonas IDV
Report Caicedo 88'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Notes
  1. ^ Match suspended in the 18th minute due to blackout and rain. It was resumed at 18:35.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Quarter-finals
2 Santiago Morning 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 6
3 Alianza Lima 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4 Deportivo Lara 3 0 1 2 1 16 −15 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Alianza Lima 1–1 Deportivo Lara
Porras 90+2' Report Flórez 26'
Referee: Helena Cantero (Paraguay)
América 1–0 Santiago Morning
Bonilla 65' Report

Deportivo Lara 0–8 América
Report Muñoz 1', 45+1'
Zamorano 27'
Usme 29'
Basanta 44'
Mosquera 59'
Castellanos 72'
Vidal 73'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Alianza Lima 0–1 Santiago Morning
Report Navarrete 36'

América 2–1 Alianza Lima
Mosquera 17'
Usme 35'
Report Padilla 32'
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
Santiago Morning 7–0 Deportivo Lara
Navarrete 14', 42'
Fajre 39'
Celis 44'
Valencia 53', 63', 80'
Report

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 25).[3]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
 
Deportivo Cali2
 
25 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Ferroviária1
 
Deportivo Cali1 (0)
 
22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Boca Juniors (p)1 (3)
 
Boca Juniors2
 
28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Corinthians1
 
Boca Juniors1
 
23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Palmeiras4
 
Palmeiras2
 
26 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Santiago Morning1
 
Palmeiras1
 
23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
América0 Third place
 
América (p)1 (4)
 
28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
 
Universidad de Chile1 (2)
 
Deportivo Cali0
 
 
América5
 

Quarter-finals

Deportivo Cali 2–1 Ferroviária
Guerra 46'
Bahr 89'
Report Rafa Mineira 8'

Boca Juniors 2–1 Corinthians
Núñez 23'
Palomar 75'
Report Adriana 34'
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Palmeiras 2–1 Santiago Morning
Katrine 83'
Day Silva 90+6'
Report Acuña 72'
Referee: Helena Cantero (Paraguay)

América 1–1 Universidad de Chile
Fuentes 73' (o.g.) Report López 45+2'
Penalties
Usme
Zamorano
Castellanos
Vidal
Pineda
4–2 Gutiérrez
Sánchez
Keefe
Pinilla

Semi-finals

Deportivo Cali 1–1 Boca Juniors
Carabalí 42' Report Palomar 60'
Penalties
Arias
Carabalí
Guerra
0–3 Espíndola
Sachs
Palomar
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

Palmeiras 1–0 América
Ary Borges 55' Report

Third place match

Deportivo Cali 0–5 América
Report Martínez 7'
Ospina 55'
Zamorano 58'
Agudelo 62'
Castellanos 90+1'

Final

Boca Juniors 1–4 Palmeiras
Priori 13' Report Ary Borges 5'
Byanca Brasil 49'
Poliana 58'
Bia Zaneratto 89'
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Boca Juniors
Palmeiras
GK 1 Laurina Oliveros
DF 4 Julieta Cruz  69'
DF 15 Adriana Sachs
DF 19 Miriam Mayorga
DF 20 Celeste dos Santos
MF 18 Clarisa Huber  87'
MF 5 Vanina Preininger
MF 8 Camila Gómez Ares
FW 14 Brisa Priori  69'
FW 9 Andrea Ojeda  46'
FW 11 Yamila Rodríguez (c)  62'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Dulce Tórtolo
DF 2 Noelia Espíndola  69'
DF 3 Gabriela Barrios
DF 6 Cecilia Ghigo
MF 10 Melanie Morán  87'
MF 17 Eugenia Flores
FW 7 Amancay Urbani  69'
FW 13 Estefanía Palomar  46'
FW 16 Kishi Núñez
Manager:
Jorge Martínez  64'
GK 17 Jully
DF 3 Poliana
DF 5 Julia Bianchi
DF 6 Katrine  88'
MF 2 Bruna Calderan
MF 20 Andressinha
MF 7 Duda Santos  31'  71'
MF 9 Camilinha  63'  70'
FW 10 Bia Zaneratto (c)  76'
FW 8 Ary Borges  72'
FW 12 Byanca Brasil  78'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Amanda
GK 14 Awanny
DF 4 Day Silva  70'
DF 13 Carolzinha
MF 15 Juliana Passari  88'
MF 18 Sâmia Pryscila
FW 11 Patrícia Sochor  78'
FW 16 Giovana
FW 19 Carol Baiana  71'
Manager:
Ricardo Belli

Final MVP Award:
Poliana (Palmeiras)[23]

Assistant referees:
Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela)
Thaity Dugarte (Venezuela)
Fourth official:
Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
Video assistant referee:
María Belén Carvajal (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Mónica Amboya (Ecuador)
Tiziana Trasciatti (Italy)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Rebeca Fernández Universidad de Chile 5
2 Maireth Pérez Ñañas 4
3 Viviana Acosta Deportivo Cali 3
Tatiana Ariza Deportivo Cali
Ary Borges Palmeiras
Bia Zaneratto Palmeiras
Byanca Brasil Palmeiras
Gabi Portilho Corinthians
Camila Gómez Ares Boca Juniors
Ingrid Guerra Deportivo Cali
Valentina Navarrete Santiago Morning
Yamila Rodríguez Boca Juniors
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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
Palmeiras 6 6 0 0 19 3 +16 18 Champions
Boca Juniors 6 3 2 1 12 10 +2 11 Runners-up
América 6 4 1 1 17 3 +14 13 Third place
4 Deportivo Cali 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13 Fourth place
5 Universidad de Chile 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 Corinthians 4 2 0 2 11 4 +7 6[a]
7 Santiago Morning 4 2 0 2 9 3 +6 6[a]
8 Ferroviária 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7[a]
9 Ñañas 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 Olimpia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
11 Dragonas IDV 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
12 Alianza Lima 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
13 Deportivo Lara 3 0 1 2 1 16 −15 1
14 Defensor Sporting 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
15 Libertad/Limpeño 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
16 Always Ready 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: For 5th to 8th place. 1) Points in Quarter-finals; 2) Goal difference in Quarter-finals; 3) Goals scored in Quarter-finals; 4) Fewest red cards received in Quarter-finals; 5) Fewest yellow cards received in Quarter-finals; 6) Fewest red cards received in all matches; 7) Fewest yellow cards received in all matches.
For 9th to 16th place. 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received (Regulations Article 24).[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Red cards in quarter-finals: Corinthians 0, Santiago Morning 1, Ferroviária 1; Yellow cards in all matches: Santiago Morning 9, Ferroviária 10

See also

References

  1. ^ "Se anuncian las sedes y fechas de los torneos 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Palmeiras conquista su primer trofeo en la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina - Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  4. ^ "Campeonato YPF: Boca le ganó 5-2 a UAI Urquiza y se consagró campeón" (in Spanish). AFA. 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Always Ready es campeón de la Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina" (in Spanish). La Razón. 10 September 2022.
  6. ^ "¡La Gloria es de Corinthians!" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Corinthians volta a vencer o Palmeiras e conquista o Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia" (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Ferroviária participará da Libertadores 2022 com o título do Corinthians!" (in Portuguese). Araraquara News. 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Universidad de Chile son las campeonas tras derrotar en la final a Santiago Morning" (in Spanish). ANFP – Campeonato Chileno. 8 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Santiago Morning ganó a Colo Colo y es el Chile 2 a la próxima Conmebol Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). ANFP – Campeonato Chileno. 13 September 2022.
  11. ^ "La Calera recibirá el partido por el Chile 2 entre Colo-Colo y Santiago Morning" (in Spanish). Contragolpe. 29 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b "América de Cali campeón de la Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2022" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 5 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b "¡Ñañas, campeonas de la Superliga Femenina!" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 25 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Olimpia, bicampeón invicto del fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). APF. 28 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Libertad/Limpeño estará en la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). APF. 1 September 2022.
  16. ^ "¡ÍNTIMAS SON CAMPEONAS OTRA VEZ!" (in Spanish). Alianza Lima. 7 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Defensor Sporting campeón del Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino 2021" (in Spanish). AUF. 14 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Deportivo Lara es campeón de la Liga FUTVE Femenina 2022" (in Spanish). FVF. 25 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Cambio de estadio en la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Árbitras convocadas para la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Sorteio dos grupos da CONMEBOL Libertadores Feminina 2022" (in Portuguese). CONMEBOL. 20 September 2022.
  22. ^ "CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina - Programa de partidos" (PDF). CONMEBOL.
  23. ^ "Palmeiras no tuvo piedad con Boca Juniors y se consagró campeón de la Copa Libertadores femenina" (in Spanish). Bio Bio Chile. 28 October 2022.