The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 12th 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 competition was played between 5 and 21 March 2021.
The tournament was originally to be held in Chile between 25 September and 11 October 2020. However, it was postponed by CONMEBOL on 19 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, provisionally to early 2021. CONMEBOL announced on 20 November 2020 that the 2020 edition would be held in Argentina from 5 to 21 March 2021. Corinthians, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Ferroviária (Brazil) defeated América (Colombia) 2–1 to win their second title.
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 competition was contested by 16 teams: 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 2019 edition). Brazil: 200 points Chile: 127 points Colombia: 105 points Paraguay: 101 points Argentina: 82 points Venezuela: 76 points Ecuador: 59 points Uruguay: 42 points Bolivia: 37 points Peru: 28 points
Originally teams had to apply for a licence to compete in the tournament, but this requirement had been suspended due to the exceptional nature of the situation generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result (hosts)Boca Juniors2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino Primera División A first stage winners6th Third place (2010)River Plate2020 Torneo Transición runners-up (Host association additional entry)2nd Third place (2017)Deportivo Trópico2020–21 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions1st —Corinthians2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions3rd Champions (2017, 2019)Ferroviária2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 champions4th Champions (2015)Kindermann/Avaí2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 third place1st —Santiago Morning2019 Campeonato Femenino Primera champions2nd Quarter-finals (2019)Universidad de Chile2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners1st —Santa Fe2020 Liga Femenina champions2nd Group stage (2017)América de Cali2020 Liga Femenina runners-up2nd Third place (2019)El Nacional2020 SúperLiga Femenina champions1st —Libertad/Limpeño2019 Torneo Femenino champions4th Champions (2016)Sol de América2019 Torneo Femenino runners-up1st —Universitario2019 Copa Perú Femenina champions4th Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017)Peñarol2019 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino Primera División champions3rd Group stage (2018, 2019)Atlético SC2021 Torneo Invitacional Femenino champions1st — Notes
Venues
The matches were played in the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires and the Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano in Morón.
Match officials CONMEBOL released the list of match officials on 17 February 2021. Few days before the beginning of the tournament, the Uruguayan referee Claudia Umpiérrez was replaced by Anahí Fernández.
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 23 February 2021, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Corinthians and the host country champions Boca Juniors were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to positions A1 and B1, respectively, in the group stage. The host country additional team River Plate were automatically seeded into Pot 3, while the four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance were automatically seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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 21). Goal difference; Goals scored; Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; Number of red cards; Number of yellow cards; Drawing of lots.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, ART (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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 23).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
GK 12 Katherine TapiaDF 14 Lizeth Ocampo DF 2 Daniela Arias DF 17 Tatiana CastañedaDF 16 Leury BasantaMF 8 Carolina Pineda MF 4 Diana OspinaMF 10 Catalina Usme (c)FW 11 Manuela González FW 7 Gisela Robledo FW 18 Wendy Bonilla Substitutes:GK 1 Natalia GiraldoGK 20 Luiza MontañoDF 3 Anlly Iglesias DF 5 Fabiana YanténMF 6 Jessica Caro MF 15 Sara Sofía Martínez MF 19 Mariana ZamoranoFW 9 Joemar Guarecuco FW 13 Gabriela Rodríguez Manager: Andrés Usme GK 1 LucianaDF 2 Monalisa DF 3 Ana AliceDF 16 Yasmin Cosmann DF 6 BarrinhaMF 4 Luana SartórioMF 13 Carol TavaresMF 5 NicolyFW 7 Patrícia Sochor FW 11 Lurdinha FW 10 Aline Milene (c) Substitutes:GK 12 LucileneGK 18 YanneDF 19 Géssica DF 20 Daiane MF 8 Duda Batista MF 14 LeidianeMF 15 Amanda BrunnerMF 17 Rafa Mineira Manager: Lindsay Camila
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Gabi Nunes Corinthians7 Grazi Corinthians Victória Corinthians4 Giovanna Crivelari Corinthians55 Adriana Corinthians4 Lelê Kindermann/Avaí Yamila Rodríguez Boca Juniors8 Ana Alice Ferroviária3 Manuela González América Yael Oviedo Universidad de Chile Fabiana Vallejos Boca Juniors Daniela Zamora Universidad de Chile
2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team The 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos. Player Team GK Natalia Campos Universidad de Chile DF Katiuscia Corinthians DF Carla Guerrero Universidad de Chile DF Daniela Arias América de Cali DF Tamires Corinthians MF Luana Sartório Ferroviaria MF Andressinha Corinthians MF Catalina Usme América de Cali FW Gisela Robledo América de Cali FW Aline Milene Ferroviária FW Gabi Nunes Corinthians
References
External links CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Argentina 2020, CONMEBOL.com