2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina
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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.
| Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Argentina 2020 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Argentina |
| Dates | 5–21 March 2021 |
| Teams | 16 (from 10 associations) |
| Venues | 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) |
← 2019 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]
- 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.[6]
- 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]
- 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]
- Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (2nd participation).
Venues
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 |
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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 de Cali |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Universitario |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | |
| 4 |  El Nacional |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 |
| Corinthians | 16–0 | El Nacional |
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Victória  4', 51', 85'Giovanna Crivelari 10', 19'Pardal 14'Tamires 59'Poliana 61'Gabi Zanotti 63'Gabi Nunes 70', 74', 79'Adriana 80'Grazi 83', 84', 90' |
Report |
| Universitario | 0–5 | América de Cali |
|---|---|---|
| Report | González 8', 33', 51' Arias 15'Guarecuco 75' |
| Corinthians | 8–0 | Universitario |
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| Grazi 2', 38', 90+1' Gabi Nunes 12', 57'Giovanna Crivelari 42'Andressinha 54'Diany 87' |
Report |
| El Nacional | 1–5 | América de Cali |
|---|---|---|
González  4' (o.g.) |
Report | Iglesias 20' Ospina 27'Rodríguez 74', 90+1'Usme 84' (pen.) |
| América de Cali | 0–3 | Corinthians |
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| Report | Giovanna Crivelari 51' Adriana 71' (pen.)Giovanna Campiolo 82' |
| El Nacional | 1–1 | Universitario |
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| Villa 73' |
Report | Canales 90' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boca Juniors (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Santiago Morning |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 5 | |
| 3 | Kindermann/Avaí |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Deportivo Trópico |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 |
| Deportivo Trópico | 0–8 | Kindermann/Avaí |
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| Report | Lelê 7', 28', 39', 90+3' Camila 31'Laryh 34', 76'Vilma 86' |
| Boca Juniors | 1–1 | Santiago Morning |
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| Quiñones 57' |
Report | Galaz 82' |
| Boca Juniors | 10–1 | Deportivo Trópico |
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| Troncoso 11' Y. Rodríguez 20', 41', 57'Huber 25'Vallejos 28', 29', 80'Palomar 62'Ojeda 67' |
Report | Mejía 56' |
| Kindermann/Avaí | 0–1 | Boca Juniors |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Y. Rodríguez 84' |
| Santiago Morning | 9–0 | Deportivo Trópico |
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| Hix 12' Villamizar 14', 28'Araya 31'Pardo 35'Fajre 37', 45'Soruco 47', 72' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Santa Fe |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Sol de América |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Atlético SC |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Atlético SC | 1–2 | Sol de América |
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| Bandrés 72' |
Report | Lema 5', 90+2' |
| Santa Fe | 0–1 | River Plate |
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| Report | Birizamberri 72' |
| Sol de América | 0–1 | Santa Fe |
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| Report | Celis 87' |
| Atlético SC | 0–3 | River Plate |
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| Report | Costa 1' Del Trecco 43'Martelli 82' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad de Chile |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Ferroviária |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Libertad/Limpeño |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Peñarol |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Ferroviária | 0–4 | Libertad/Limpeño |
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| Report | Peña 8', 40' C. Benítez 19'Sandoval 68' |
| Peñarol | 0–1 | Universidad de Chile |
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| Report | Oviedo 89' |
| Ferroviária | 1–1 | Peñarol |
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| Monalisa 74' |
Report | Aquino 58' |
| Universidad de Chile | 1–4 | Ferroviária |
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| Oviedo 42' |
Report | Ana Alice 41', 56' Nicoly 62'Rafa Mineira 88' |
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).[5]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 14 March – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| Corinthians | 7 | |||||||||
| 17 March – Morón | ||||||||||
| Santiago Morning | 0 | |||||||||
| Corinthians | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 14 March – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| América (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 March – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| América | 2 | |||||||||
| América | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 March – Morón | ||||||||||
| Ferroviária | 2 | |||||||||
| River Plate | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 March – Morón | ||||||||||
| Ferroviária | 1 | |||||||||
| Ferroviária (p) | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| 15 March – Morón | ||||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | 0 (6) | Third place | ||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | 3 | |||||||||
| 21 March – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 1 | |||||||||
| Corinthians | 4 | |||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Corinthians | 7–0 | Santiago Morning |
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| Gabi Nunes 16', 22' Grazi 21'Giovanna Crivelari 24'Victória 51', 64'Adriana 78' (pen.) |
Report |
| Boca Juniors | 1–2 | América |
|---|---|---|
| Palomar 78' |
Report | Robledo 75', 89' |
| River Plate | 0–1 | Ferroviária |
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| Report | Ana Alice 45' |
Semi-finals
| Ferroviária | 0–0 | Universidad de Chile |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Luana Sartório  Daiane Yasmin Cosmann Géssica  Lurdinha Duda Batista Ana Alice Amanda Brunner Patrícia Sochor |
7–6 | Zamora Oviedo Gutiérrez Pinilla Guerrero López Fernández Sánchez Ramírez |
Third place match
| Corinthians | 4–0 | Universidad de Chile |
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| Adriana 35' (pen.) Victória 66', 89'Juliete 75' |
Report |
Final
| América | 1–2 | Ferroviária |
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| Usme 40' (pen.) |
Report | Patrícia Sochor 7' Aline Milene 43' (pen.) |
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Top goalscorers
2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team
The 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
