2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth 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 Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.[1]

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina
Brasil 2018
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
CityManaus
Dates18 November – 2 December 2018
Teams12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsColombia Atlético Huila (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Santos
Third placeBrazil Iranduba
Fourth placeChile Colo-Colo
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored69 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Brena (4 goals)

Originally planned from 4 to 18 November the tournament was pushed back two weeks because of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off which fell in the time frame.[1]

Atlético Huila defeated Santos in the final on penalties to win their first tournament title.[2] Iranduba defeated Colo-Colo to finish third.

Audax were the defending champions, having won the title the previous year as a joint team with Corinthians. They were eliminated in the group stage.

Host selection

There were eventually three bids for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina: Manaus, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and São Paulo proposed by Iranduba, Deportivo ITA and Corinthians, respectively.[3] On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.[4][5]

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.[6]

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
Argentina Argentina UAI Urquiza 2017–18 Campeonato Argentino champions[7] 3rdThird place (2015)
Bolivia Bolivia Deportivo ITA 2018 Campeonato Boliviano champions[8] 2ndGroup stage (2017)
Brazil Brazil (hosts) Audax 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[note 1] 2ndChampions (2017)
Santos 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro champions[10][11] 4thChampions (2009, 2010)
Iranduba Host association additional entry[5] 1st—
Chile Chile Colo-Colo 2017 Apertura and Clausura champions[12] 8thChampions (2012)
Colombia Colombia Atlético Huila 2018 Liga Femenina Profesional champions[13] 1st—
Ecuador Ecuador Unión Española 2017–18 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions[14] 3rdGroup stage (2016, 2017)
Paraguay Paraguay Cerro Porteño 2017 Campeonato Paraguayo champions[15] 5thThird place (2014)
Peru Peru JC Sport Girls 2017 Campeonato Peruano champions[16] 4thGroup stage (2011, 2012, 2013)
Uruguay Uruguay Peñarol 2017 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[17] 1st—
Venezuela Venezuela Flor de Patria 2018 Torneo Apertura champions[18] 1st—
Notes
  1. The partnership between Audax and Corinthians ended on 31 December 2017. Corinthians created their own team for the 2018 season.[9]

Venues

Initially two stadiums (Estádio Ismael Benigno and Arena da Amazônia) would host the tournament. On 14 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Ismael Benigno would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Arena da Amazônia.[19] During the tournament, CONMEBOL decided to move the matches scheduled on 25 and 26 November at Estádio Roberto Simonsen to protect the football field of Arena da Amazônia.[20]

Matches were played in Manaus. The stadiums were:

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00 AMT (UTC−4), at the Arena da Amazônia in Manaus.[21][22][23] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

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 20):[6]

  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 of each group and the best runners-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, AMT (UTC−4).[24]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colombia Atlético Huila 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Semi-finals
2 Brazil Audax (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 Ecuador Unión Española 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Uruguay Peñarol 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: CBF
(H) Hosts
Audax Brazil0–1Ecuador Unión Española
Report
  • Charcopa 76'
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)
Atlético Huila Colombia3–0Uruguay Peñarol
 Report
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)
Audax Brazil1–0Colombia Atlético Huila
  • Camila 2'
 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Unión Española Ecuador0–2Uruguay Peñarol
Report
Referee: Regildênia de Holanda Moura (Brazil)
Peñarol Uruguay0–4Brazil Audax
Report
Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)
Unión Española Ecuador1–3Colombia Atlético Huila
 Report
Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Santos (H) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Semi-finals
2 Chile Colo-Colo 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3 Peru JC Sport Girls 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3
4 Bolivia Deportivo ITA 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: CBF
(H) Hosts
Colo-Colo Chile1–4Brazil Santos
 Report
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)
JC Sport Girls Peru3–2Bolivia Deportivo ITA
 Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Colo-Colo Chile5–0Peru JC Sport Girls
 Report
Referee: Yeimy Martínez (Colombia)
Santos Brazil6–0Bolivia Deportivo ITA
 Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Deportivo ITA Bolivia2–4Chile Colo-Colo
  • Parra 17', 79'
 Report
Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)
Santos Brazil3–0Peru JC Sport Girls
 Report
Estádio Roberto Simonsen, Manaus
Referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Iranduba (H) 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 Semi-finals
2 Argentina UAI Urquiza 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Venezuela Flor de Patria 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Source: CBF
(H) Hosts
UAI Urquiza Argentina1–1Paraguay Cerro Porteño
 Report
  • Vega 89'
Flor de Patria Venezuela1–2Brazil Iranduba
 Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
UAI Urquiza Argentina1–0Venezuela Flor de Patria
 Report
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Cerro Porteño Paraguay2–2Brazil Iranduba
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Iranduba Brazil1–1Argentina UAI Urquiza
 Report
Referee: Silvia Ríos (Uruguay)
Cerro Porteño Paraguay0–3Venezuela Flor de Patria
Report
Referee: Dione Rissios (Chile)

Ranking of group runners-up
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B Chile Colo-Colo 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6 Semi-finals
2 A Brazil Audax (H) 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6
3 C Argentina UAI Urquiza 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[6]
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:

  • Group A winner vs. Group C winner
  • Group B winner vs. Best runner-up

The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).[6]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 November – Arena da Amazônia
 
 
Brazil Santos3
 
2 December – Arena da Amazônia
 
Chile Colo-Colo0
 
Brazil Santos1 (3)
 
29 November – Arena da Amazônia
 
Colombia Atlético Huila (p)1 (5)
 
Brazil Iranduba1 (1)
 
 
Colombia Atlético Huila (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
2 December – Arena da Amazônia
 
 
Brazil Iranduba (p)1 (2)
 
 
Chile Colo-Colo1 (0)

Semi-finals
Iranduba Brazil1–1Colombia Atlético Huila
  • Mayara 26'
 Report
  • Martelli 82'
Penalties
 1–3
Referee: Estela Álvarez (Argentina)
Santos Brazil3–0Chile Colo-Colo
  • Chú 65', 67'
  • Sandrinha 85'
 Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Third place match
Iranduba Brazil1–1Chile Colo-Colo
  • Djeni 44'
 Report
Penalties
 2–0
Referee: Yercinia Correa (Venezuela)

Final
Santos Brazil1–1Colombia Atlético Huila
 Report
  • Santos 47'
Penalties
 3–5
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Santos
Atlético Huila
GK12Brazil Nicole
DF4Brazil Maurine
DF2Brazil Carol Arruda (c)
DF6Brazil Camila
DF3Brazil Juliete
MF5Brazil Brenadownward-facing red arrow 68'
MF8Brazil Sandrinha
MF17Brazil Angelina
FW10Brazil Alanna
FW11Brazil Ketlendownward-facing red arrow 58'
FW20Brazil Maria Alves
Substitutes:
GK1Brazil Michelle
DF14Brazil Tayla
DF15Brazil Dani Silva
MF13Brazil Giovana
MF16Brazil Monique Peçanha
MF18Brazil Erikinha
MF19Brazil Patrícia Sochor
FW7Brazil Chúupward-facing green arrow 68'
FW9Brazil RosanaYellow card 90+2'upward-facing green arrow 58'
Manager:
Portugal Emily Lima
GK18Costa Rica Daniela Solera
DF5Colombia Carmen Rodallega
DF13Colombia Gavy Santos (c)
DF20Argentina Aldana ComettiYellow card 43'
DF15Colombia Daniela Caracas
MF16Colombia Jennifer Peñalozadownward-facing red arrow 46'
MF19Argentina Fabiana Vallejos
MF8Colombia Liana SalazarYellow card 88'
MF14Colombia Darnelly Quinterodownward-facing red arrow 46'
FW10Colombia Yoreli Rincón
FW9Venezuela Ysaura Viso
Substitutes:
GK1Colombia Maritza López
DF3Argentina Eliana Stábileupward-facing green arrow 46'
DF4Venezuela Alexandra Canaguacán
DF6Colombia Levis Ramos
MF2Colombia Nancy Madrid
FW11Colombia Nelly Córdobaupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW12Argentina Lucía Martelli
 
 
Manager:
Colombia Albeiro Erazo

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Brena Brazil Santos 4
2 Brazil Alanna Brazil Santos 3
Venezuela Karla Torres Chile Colo-Colo
4 Brazil Andressinha Brazil Iranduba 2
Brazil Chú Brazil Santos
Venezuela Joemar Guarecuco Venezuela Flor de Patria
Chile Yessenia Huenteo Chile Colo-Colo
Argentina Mariana Larroquette Argentina UAI Urquiza
Brazil Maria Alves Brazil Santos
Venezuela Jyoeldry Parra Bolivia Deportivo ITA
Brazil Raquel Brazil Iranduba
Venezuela Nubiluz Rangel Chile Colo-Colo
Brazil Sandrinha Brazil Santos
Argentina Eliana Stábile Colombia Atlético Huila
Bolivia Maitté Zamorano Bolivia Deportivo ITA

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