The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 23rd edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina between 19 and 26 May 2024.
Cascavel were the two-time defending champions but failed to retain the title after being eliminated in the quarter-finals. Magnus Futsal won its second title (the first was in 2015 under the name Brasil Kirin) after beating Barracas Central 4–2 in the final.
Teams The competition will contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.
AssociationTeamQualification method Argentina (hosts)San Lorenzo 2023 Torneo de Primera División de Futsal champions.Barracas Central 2023 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. BoliviaMorales Moralitos2023 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. BrazilCascavel (holders)2023 Copa Libertadores de Futsal champions.Magnus Futsal2024 Supercopa de Futsal champions. ChileSantiago Wanderers2023 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Sala Torneos Apertura and Clausura champions. ColombiaIndependiente Barranquilla2024 Superliga Futsal FCF champions. EcuadorBocca2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal Serie A champions. ParaguayCerro Porteño2023 Liga Premium de Futsal champions. PeruPanta Walon2023 Primera División Futsal Pro champions. UruguayPeñarol2023 Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol Sala champions. VenezuelaCentauros2023 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions. Notes
Squads Each team had to enter a squad of a maximum of 14 and a minimum of 9 players, including at least two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 48).
Venue The tournament will be entirely played at the Arena Tortuguitas, also known as DirecTV Arena, located in the city of Tortuguitas in Malvinas Argentinas Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The Arena Tortuguitas has a capacity of 13,500 people seated and up to a total of 15,000 spectators.
Draw The draw for the groups composition was held on 2 May 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:
Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Cascavel automatically to Group A, the others two via a draw from pot 1): To Group A: as 2023 Copa Libertadores champions, Cascavel (Brazil) To Group B: as the first representative of the host association, San Lorenzo (Argentina) To Group C: as the representative of the champion national association of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Magnus Futsal (Brazil)
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 (Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Colombia and Chile) in pot 4, alongside the additional Argentine team.
Pot 1 (seeds)Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 From each pot (except pot 1), 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. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group ATeamA1 CascavelA2 CentaurosA3 Cerro PorteñoA4 Barracas Central+ Group B TeamB1 San LorenzoB2 Panta WalonB3 Morales MoralitosB4 Independiente Barranquilla+ Group C TeamC1 Magnus FutsalC2 BoccaC3 PeñarolC4 Santiago Wanderers
Match officials On 30 April 2024, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament by its Referees Commission.
AssociationRefereesAndrés Pena García, Lautaro Romero and Estefania PintoHenry Gutiérrez and Alfredo GutiérrezRicardo Messa, Anelize Schulz and Alfredo WagnerChristian Espíndola and Valeria PalmaYuri García and Daniel ManriqueJonathan Herbas and Jaime JativaBill Villalba and Feliciano FariñaRolly Rojas and Ulises UretaDaniel Rodríguez and Federico PiccardoOriana Zambrano and Félix Rumbos
Group stage The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points earned (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): Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored); Goal difference in all matches; Goals scored in all matches; Fewest number of red cards received; Fewest number of yellow cards received; Drawing of lots.
All kick-off times are local times, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
Final stage In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to twelfth place) (Regulations Article 22).
For the final stage, CONMEBOL implemented the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time in the tournament. It was the second CONMEBOL futsal competition to make use of VAR after the 2024 Copa América de Futsal.
All kick-off times are local times, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
Bracket The quarter-final matchups are: QF1: Winner Group A vs. 2nd Best Third Place QF2: Winner Group B vs. 1st Best Third Place QF3: Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A QF4: Runner-up Group B vs. Runner-up Group C
The semi-final matchups are: SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 SF2: Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
5th–8th place
1st–4th place
Finals
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking Rank Team Magnus Futsal Barracas Central Peñarol 4 Independiente Barranquilla 5 Cascavel 6 Centauros 7 Panta Walon 8 San Lorenzo 9 Santiago Wanderers 10 Bocca 11 Cerro Porteño 12 Morales Moralitos
Top scorers As of May 21. RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Pedro Pascottini Cerro Porteño 52 Charles Ferreira Magnus Futsal43 Angel Claudino Barracas Central33 Fabián Vasquez Santiago Wanderers33 Alfredo Vidal Panta Walon3
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