2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal; Paraguay 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
City	Luque
Dates	7–14 October 2018
Teams	10 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Leões Da Serra (1st title)
Runners-up	Sport Colonial
Third place	San Lorenzo
Fourth place	Lyon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	170 (7.08 per match)
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The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal was the 5th edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, South America's premier women's club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The tournament was held at Luque, Paraguay between 7–14 October 2018.^[1]

Leões Da Serra defeated Sport Colonial in the final to win their first title. San Lorenzo defeated Lyon to finish third. Unochapecó were the defending champions, but did not qualify for this edition.

Teams edit

The competition is contested by 10 teams: one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations.^[1]^[2]

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Argentina	San Lorenzo	2017 Argentine champions
Bolivia	Atlantes	2017 Bolivian champions
Brazil	Leões Da Serra	2017 Taça Brasil de Futsal Feminino champions
Chile	Palestino	2018 Chilean champions
Colombia	Lyon	2018 Colombian champions
Ecuador	Santo Domingo IK9	2018 Ecuadorian champions
Paraguay (hosts)	Sport Colonial	2017 Paraguayan champions
Peru	UNMSM	2018 Peruvian champions
Uruguay	Nacional	2017 Uruguayan champions
Venezuela	Aquiles Nazoa	2018 Venezuelan champions

Venues edit

The tournament was played at the Polideportivo del Comité Olímpico Paraguayo in Luque.^[3]

Draw edit

The draw of the tournament was held on 13 September 2018, 11:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Asunción.^[1]^[4] The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five. The following two teams were seeded:

Group A: representatives of the host association, Sport Colonial (Paraguay)
Group B: representatives of the association of the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal champions, Leões Da Serra (Brazil)

The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal.^[5]

Seeds	Pot 1	Pot 2
Sport Colonial (Position A1) Leões Da Serra (Position B1)	Aquiles Nazoa Palestino San Lorenzo Nacional	Lyon Santo Domingo IK9 Atlantes UNMSM

Squads edit

Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).^[2]

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams are ranked according to points (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):^[2]

Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
Goal difference in all matches;
Goals scored in all matches;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, PYST (UTC−3).^[6]

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport Colonial (H)	4	4	0	0	21	4	+17	12	Semi-finals
2	San Lorenzo	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7	Semi-finals
3	Santo Domingo IK9	4	1	2	1	15	15	0	5
4	Nacional	4	1	0	3	8	17	−9	3
5	UNMSM	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

7 October 2018