2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina; Argentina 2020
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	5–21 March 2021
Teams	16 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ferroviária (2nd title)
Runners-up	América
Third place	Corinthians
Fourth place	Universidad de Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	124 (3.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabi Nunes; Grazi; Victória; (7 goals each)
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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.^[1] However, it was postponed by CONMEBOL on 19 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, provisionally to early 2021.^[2] CONMEBOL announced on 20 November 2020 that the 2020 edition would be held in Argentina from 5 to 21 March 2021.^[3] Corinthians, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Ferroviária (Brazil) defeated América (Colombia) 2–1 to win their second title.^[4]

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.^[5]

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).^[3]
1. Brazil: 200 points
2. Chile: 127 points
3. Colombia: 105 points
4. Paraguay: 101 points
5. Argentina: 82 points
6. Venezuela: 76 points
7. Ecuador: 59 points
8. Uruguay: 42 points
9. Bolivia: 37 points
10. 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.^[6]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Participation	Previous best result
Argentina (hosts)	Boca Juniors	2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino Primera División A first stage winners^[7]^{[note 1]}	6th	Third place (2010)
Argentina (hosts)	River Plate	2020 Torneo Transición runners-up (Host association additional entry)^[9]	2nd	Third place (2017)
Bolivia	Deportivo Trópico	2020–21 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions^[10]	1st	—
Brazil	Corinthians	2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions^[11]	3rd^{[note 2]}	Champions (2017, 2019)^{[note 2]}
	Ferroviária	2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 champions^[12]	4th	Champions (2015)
	Kindermann/Avaí	2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 third place^[13]	1st	—
Chile	Santiago Morning	2019 Campeonato Femenino Primera champions^[14]^{[note 3]}	2nd	Quarter-finals (2019)
Chile	Universidad de Chile	2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners^[16]^{[note 4]}	1st	—
Colombia	Santa Fe	2020 Liga Femenina champions^[18]	2nd	Group stage (2017)
Colombia	América	2020 Liga Femenina runners-up^[18]	2nd	Third place (2019)
Ecuador	El Nacional	2020 SúperLiga Femenina champions^[19]	1st	—
Paraguay	Libertad/Limpeño	2019 Torneo Femenino champions^[20]	4th^{[note 5]}	Champions (2016)^{[note 5]}
Paraguay	Sol de América	2019 Torneo Femenino runners-up^[21]	1st	—
Peru	Universitario	2019 Copa Perú Femenina champions^[22]	4th	Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017)
Uruguay	Peñarol	2019 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino Primera División champions^[23]	3rd	Group stage (2018, 2019)
Venezuela	Atlético SC	2021 Torneo Invitacional Femenino champions^[24]	1st	—

Notes

^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, the competition was initially suspended and later concluded by AFA on 28 April 2020. The berth was awarded to Boca Juniors, who won the Campeonato first stage.^[8]
^ ^a ^b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
^ Due to the Chilean protests in 2019, the competition was initially suspended and later concluded by ANFP on 29 November 2019. Santiago Morning, who were leading the competition at the time of the suspension qualified for the Chile 1 berth.^[15] On 7 December 2019, Santiago Morning were declared champions of the Campeonato Femenino by ANFP.
^ The qualifying play-off was played on 5 February 2021 at Estadio Santa Laura between Colo-Colo (2019 Campeonato Femenino Primera runners-up) and Universidad de Chile (2020 Campeonato Femenino de Transición runners-up).^[17]
^ ^a ^b Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (2nd participation).

Venues

Nuevo Francisco Urbano

José Amalfitani

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Stadia locations

The matches were played in the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires and the Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano in Morón.^[25]

Match officials

CONMEBOL released the list of match officials on 17 February 2021.^[26] Few days before the beginning of the tournament, the Uruguayan referee Claudia Umpiérrez was replaced by Anahí Fernández.^[27]

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.^[28]^[29] 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 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Corinthians (Position A1) Boca Juniors (Position B1) Ferroviária Santa Fe	Libertad/Limpeño El Nacional Santiago Morning Atlético SC	Peñarol Deportivo Trópico Universitario River Plate	Kindermann/Avaí Universidad de Chile América Sol de América

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).^[5]

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).^[30]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians	3	3	0	0	27	0	+27	9	Quarter-finals
2	América	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6	Quarter-finals
3	Universitario	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1
4	El Nacional	3	0	1	2	2	22	−20	1

Source: CONMEBOL

5 March 2021