The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the ninth 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 hosted in Paraguay from 7 to 21 October 2017.
Sportivo Limpeño, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage.
Teams The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-enter and the host association qualifies one more team. The qualifying competitions of each association usually end late in the year (September to December).
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result ArgentinaRiver Plate2016–17 Campeonato Argentino champions 1st — BoliviaDeportivo ITA2017 Campeonato Boliviano champions 1st — BrazilCorinthians/Audax2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champions 1st — ChileColo-Colo2016 Apertura and Clausura champions play-off winners 7th Champions (2012) ColombiaSanta Fe2017 Liga Femenina Profesional champions 1st — EcuadorUnión Española2016–17 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions 2nd Group stage (2016) Paraguay (hosts)Sportivo LimpeñoTitle holders, also 2016 Campeonato Paraguayo champions 2nd Champions (2016)Cerro Porteño2016 Campeonato Paraguayo runners-up 4th Third place (2014)Deportivo Capiatá2017 Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores winners 1st — PeruUniversitario2016 Campeonato Nacional champions 3rd Group stage (2015, 2016) UruguayColón2016 Copa de Oro winners 4th Fourth place (2016) VenezuelaEstudiantes de Guárico2016 Clausura and 2017 Apertura champions play-off winners 4th Runners-up (2016)
Each team submitted a squad of at most 20 players.
Venues Matches were played in Gran Asunción. The stadiums were: Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción (capacity: 7,000) Estadio La Arboleda, Asunción (capacity: 7,500) Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque (capacity: 3,500) Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa (capacity: 5,000)
Venues of matches originally scheduled for 8, 10 and 18 October were changed.
Draw The draw was held on 18 September 2017, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The three host teams were seeded into Pot 1, while the remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Notes
Group stage The group winners and top runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
On 9 October 2017, none of the scheduled Group C matches were played as players from several teams showed symptoms for food poisoning. CONMEBOL later announced the competition would be paused for three full days, to be resumed on 12 October 2017 with a modified schedule with four matches played on that day. The group stage was also extended from 15 to 17 October, while the semi-finals were rescheduled from 18 to 19 October. The Group B match between Colón and Universitario were further postponed from 13 to 15 October because some players had not yet recovered from food poisoning.
All times are local, PYST (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of group runners-up
Knockout stage The semi-final matchups were: Group A winner vs. Group B winner Group C winner vs. Best runner-up The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
GK 12 Carolina ArmijoDF 2 Rocío SotoDF 18 Camila SáezDF 3 Carla GuerreroDF 17 Geraldine LeytonMF 14 Ana Gutiérrez MF 6 Claudia Soto (c)MF 8 Karen ArayaFW 10 Gloria VillamayorFW 19 Yessenia HuenteoFW 7 Bárbara MuñozSubstitutes:GK 1 Romina ParraguirreDF 15 Catalina AlarcónDF 16 Fernanda HidalgoMF 4 Anabel GuzmánMF 5 Yastin JiménezFW 9 Nathalie Quezada FW 11 Jeannette AguirreFW 13 Fernanda ContrerasFW 20 Yanara LepínManager: Carlos Véliz GK 12 LelêDF 19 PaulinhaDF 3 PardalDF 4 MimiDF 6 YasmimMF 5 Monique Peçanha MF 17 Patrícia Llanos MF 20 DaianeMF 18 KerolinFW 7 Grazi (c) FW 11 Raquel Substitutes:GK 1 TaináDF 2 LeidiDF 15 Agustina BarrosoDF 16 AntôniaMF 8 Ana Vitória MF 10 RosanaMF 14 Amanda BrunnerFW 9 Byanca Brasil FW 13 Cacau Manager: Arthur Elias
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Oriana Altuve Santa Fe4 Amanda Brunner Corinthians/Audax Carolina Birizamberri River Plate Catalina Usme Santa Fe Gloria Villamayor Colo-Colo Maitté Zamorano Deportivo ITA7 Geraldine Leyton Colo-Colo3 Amada Peralta Cerro Porteño Madelin Riera Unión Española10 Karen Araya Colo-Colo2 Catherin Berni Colón Byanca Brasil Corinthians/Audax Kennya Cordner Sportivo Limpeño Rebeca Fernández Cerro Porteño Ana Fleitas Cerro Porteño Grazi Corinthians/Audax Liza Larrea Sportivo Limpeño Bárbara Muñoz Colo-Colo Pierina Núñez Universitario Raquel Corinthians/Audax Leicy Santos Santa Fe
References
External links CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Paraguay 2017, CONMEBOL.com