2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina will be the 16th 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 tournament will be held in Uruguay from 3 to 19 October 2024.[1]

2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates3–19 October 2024
Teams16 (from 10 associations)
2023
2025

Corinthians (Brazil) are the defending champions.

Format edit

For the group stage, the 16 teams will be drawn into four groups. Teams in each group will play 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 will play a single-elimination tournament.

Teams edit

The 16 teams will be:

  • 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 2023 edition). Until 2022 the historical ranking were[2]
    1. Brazil: 260 points
    2. Chile: 148 points
    3. Colombia: 145 points
    4. Paraguay: 115 points
    5. Argentina: 105 points
    6. Venezuela: 79 points
    7. Ecuador: 66 points
    8. Uruguay: 53 points
    9. Bolivia: 40 points
    10. Peru: 38 points
Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
  Argentina Boca Juniors 2023 Torneo YPF and Copa YPF champions[3][4] 9th Runners-up (2022)
  Bolivia 2024 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions
  Brazil Corinthians (Brazil 1) 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[5] 7th[note 1] Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)[note 1]
Ferroviária (Brazil 2) 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up[6][note 2] 7th Champions (2015, 2020)
Santos (Brazil 3) 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place[7][note 2] 5th Champions (2009, 2010)
  Chile Colo-Colo (Chile 1) 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM champions[8] 11th Champions (2012)
Santiago Morning (Chile 2) 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up[8] 5th Quarter-finals (2019, 2020, 2022)
  Colombia (Colombia 1) 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions
(Colombia 2) 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up
  Ecuador 2024 Superliga Femenina champions
  Paraguay Olimpia (Paraguay 1) 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino champions[9] 3rd Quarter-finals (2023)
Guaraní (Paraguay 2) 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up[9] 1st
  Peru 2024 Liga Femenina champions
  Uruguay (hosts) Peñarol (Uruguay 1) 2023 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[10] 4th Group stage (2018, 2019, 2020)
Nacional (Uruguay 2) 2023 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino overall standings best team (Host association additional entry) 7th Fourth place (2021)
  Venezuela 2024 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions
Notes
  1. ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
  2. ^ a b As the title holders, Corinthians, were also the 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions, runners-up Ferroviária and third place Santos qualified as Brazil 2 and Brazil 3 berths, respectively.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Confirmación de sedes y fechas" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Boca se consagró campeón del Torneo YPF" (in Spanish). AFA. 16 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Copa YPF: Boca derrotó 2-0 a Belgrano y se consagró campeón" (in Spanish). AFA. 13 December 2023.
  5. ^ "El Timão se consagra en la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Corinthians é campeão do Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia com recorde de público" (in Portuguese). CBF. 10 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Sereias da Vila ganham vaga na Libertadores 2024 após título do Corinthians; Entenda" (in Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 23 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Colo Colo estira su palmarés obteniendo el Campeonato Femenino SQM" (in Spanish). ANFP – Campeonato Chileno. 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Olimpia, campeón del Torneo Clausura" (in Spanish). APF. 26 November 2023.
  10. ^ "¡Peñarol Campeón Uruguayo!" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Peñarol. 10 December 2023.