2021 Copa Libertadores de Futsal

2021 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal; Uruguay 2021
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
City	Florida
Dates	16–22 May 2021
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	San Lorenzo (1st title)
Runners-up	Carlos Barbosa
Third place	Delta Te Quiero
Fourth place	Corinthians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	151 (4.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Enmanuel Ayala (9 goals)

The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 20th edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Florida, Uruguay between 16–22 May 2021.[1][2][3]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played from 1 to 8 May 2021, but was re-scheduled from 15 to 22 May at request of the Local Organizing Committee.[2] However, the start date was delayed to 16 May due to problems with the teams' flights and permits to enter the host country.[3]

Carlos Barbosa were the defending champions.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.[4]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Argentina	San Lorenzo	2021 Copa Libertadores qualification play-off winners.[5][6]
Bolivia	Proyecto Latín	2019 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.[7]
Brazil	Carlos Barbosa (holders)	2019 Copa Libertadores champions.
Brazil	Corinthians	2021 Supercopa – Edição Especial winners.^{[Note BRA]}[8]
Chile^{[Note CHI]}	Universidad de Chile	2019 Campeonato Nacional Primera División Clausura champions.[9][10]
Colombia	Alianza Platanera	2019 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.[11]
Ecuador	Sportivo Bocca	2019 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.
Paraguay	Cerro Porteño	2019 Campeonato de Futsal champions.[12]
Peru	Universitario	2019 Liga Futsal Pro Primera División champions.[13]
Uruguay (hosts)	Peñarol	2019 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Sala champions.[14][15]
Uruguay (hosts)	Nacional	2019 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Sala runners-up.[14][15]
Venezuela	Delta Te Quiero	2020 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.[16]

Notes

Brazil (BRA): Given that the 2020 Copa Libertadores de Futsal was cancelled, the Brazilian Futsal Confederation decided that the 2021 Brazil berth would be awarded to the winners of a play-off between the 2020 and 2021 Supercopa de futsal champions (Corinthians and Magnus Futsal respectively).[17]
Chile (CHI): On 4 February 2021, the ANFP decided that the Chile berth, originally awarded to the 2019 Supercopa de Futsal champions, would be awarded to the 2019 Campeonato Clausura champions given that the 2019 Supercopa to be played between 2019 Campeonato Apertura champions (Santiago Wanderers) and 2019 Campeonato Clausura champions (Universidad de Chile) would not be held due to the Santiago Wanderers' futsal team closure.[18]

Venues

The tournament was played at the Polideportivo 10 de Julio in Florida, Uruguay.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 April 2021, 12:00 UYT (UTC−3).[19] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:[4]

Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Carlos Barbosa automatically to Group A, the others two via a draw from pot 1):

To Group A: as 2019 Copa Libertadores champions, Carlos Barbosa (Brazil)
To Group B: as champions of the host association, Peñarol (Uruguay)
To Group C: as the representative of the runner-up national association of the 2019 Copa Libertadores, Cerro Porteño (Paraguay)

The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Colombia, Peru and Brazil) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Vanezuela, Argentina and Chile) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Bolivia and Ecuador) in pot 4, alongside the additional Uruguayan club. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 (seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Peñarol Cerro Porteño	Alianza Platanera Universitario Corinthians	Delta Te Quiero San Lorenzo Universidad de Chile	Proyecto Latín Sportivo Bocca Nacional

The draw resulted in the following groups:[20]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Carlos Barbosa
A2	Universitario
A3	San Lorenzo
A4	Sportivo Bocca

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Peñarol
B2	Corinthians
B3	Delta Te Quiero
B4	Proyecto Latín

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Cerro Porteño
C2	Alianza Platanera
C3	Universidad de Chile
C4	Nacional

Squads

Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[4]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):[4]

Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
Goal difference in all matches;
Goals scored in all matches;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, UYT (UTC−3).[21][22]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carlos Barbosa	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	San Lorenzo	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Universitario	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Sportivo Bocca	3	0	0	3	4	18	−14	0	Eleventh place play-off

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 May 2021