# 2024 Copa Libertadores de Futsal

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.
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| Argentina (hosts) | San Lorenzo (Argentina 1) | 2023 Torneo de Primera División de Futsal champions. |
| Argentina (hosts) | Barracas Central (Argentina 2) | 2023 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. |
| Bolivia | Fantasmas | 2023 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. |
| Brazil | Cascavel (holders) | 2023 Copa Libertadores de Futsal champions. |
| Brazil | Magnus Futsal | 2024 Supercopa de Futsal champions. |
| Chile | Santiago Wanderers | 2023 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Sala Torneos Apertura and Clausura champions. |
| Colombia | Independiente Barranquilla | 2023 Superliga Futsal FCF winners. |
| Ecuador | Bocca | 2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal Serie A champions. |
| Paraguay | Cerro Porteño | 2023 Liga Premium de Futsal champions. |
| Peru | Panta Walon | 2023 Primera División Futsal Pro champions. |
| Uruguay | Peñarol | 2023 Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol Sala champions. |
| Venezuela | Centauros | 2023 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions. |

### Notes

* Chile (CHI): Santiago Wanderers qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores by winning both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the 2023 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Sala. The Chile berth was planned to be awarded to the winners of a single match called Copa de Campeones between the Apertura and Clausura winners, unless one team wins both tournaments.

### 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 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| San Lorenzo Magnus Futsal | Centauros Bocca Panta Walon | Peñarol Cerro Porteño Fantasmas | Independiente Barranquilla Santiago Wanderers Barracas Central |
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 A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Cascavel A2 Centauros A3 Cerro Porteño A4 Barracas Central | Group B PosTeam B1 San Lorenzo B2 Panta Walon B3 Fantasmas B4 Independiente Barranquilla | Group C PosTeam C1 Magnus Futsal C2 Bocca C3 Peñarol C4 Santiago Wanderers |

## Match officials

On 30 April 2024, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament by its Referees Commission.
| Association | Referees |
| Argentina | Andrés Pena García, Lautaro Romero and Estefania Pinto |
| Bolivia | Henry Gutiérrez and Alfredo Gutiérrez |
| Brazil | Ricardo Messa, Anelize Schulz and Alfredo Wagner |
| Chile | Christian Espíndola and Valeria Palma |
| Colombia | Yuri García and Daniel Manrique |
| Ecuador | Jonathan Herbas and Jaime Jativa |
| Paraguay | Bill Villalba and Feliciano Fariña |
| Peru | Rolly Rojas and Ulises Ureta |
| Uruguay | Daniel Rodríguez and Federico Piccardo |
| Venezuela | Oriana 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barracas Central (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Cascavel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Centauros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panta Walon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | San Lorenzo (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Independiente Barranquilla | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Fantasmas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Magnus Futsal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Peñarol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Santiago Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | Ninth place play-off |
| 4 | Bocca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | Ninth place play-off |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Independiente Barranquilla | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | A | Centauros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | C | Santiago Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | Ninth place play-off |

### Ranking of fourth-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Bocca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | Ninth place play-off |
| 2 | A | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |
| 3 | B | Fantasmas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |

## 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
| 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | | | 23 May | 23 May | | | |
| | | | | Barracas Central | 2 | | | |
| | | 24 May | 24 May | Centauros | 1 | 25 May | 25 May | | |
| | | Centauros | 4 | | | Barracas Central | 5 | |
| | | San Lorenzo | 2 | 23 May | 23 May | Peñarol | 2 | |
| | | | | San Lorenzo | 0 | | | | |
| 25 May | 25 May | | | Peñarol | 3 | | | 26 May | 26 May |
| Centauros | 1 | | | | | | | Barracas Central | 2 |
| Cascavel | 2 | | | 23 May | 23 May | | | Magnus Futsal | 4 |
| | | | | Panta Walon | 2 | | | | |
| | | 24 May | 24 May | Independiente Barranquilla (a.e.t.) | 3 | 25 May | 25 May | | |
| 7th place match | 7th place match | Panta Walon | 0 | | | Independiente Barranquilla | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| 25 May | 25 May | Cascavel | 2 | 23 May | 23 May | Magnus Futsal | 5 | 26 May | 26 May |
| San Lorenzo | 1 | | | Magnus Futsal | 3 | | | Peñarol | 3 |
| Panta Walon | 5 | | | Cascavel | 2 | | | Independiente Barranquilla | 1 |
| 11th place match | 11th place match |
| 24 May | 24 May |
| Cerro Porteño | 8 |
| Fantasmas | 2 |
| 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 24 May | 24 May |
| Santiago Wanderers | 4 |
| Bocca | 1 |

### Finals
#### 11th 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 | Fantasmas |

### Top scorers

As of May 21.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Pedro Pascottini | Cerro Porteño | 5 |
| 2 | Charles Ferreira | Magnus Futsal | 4 |
| 3 | Angel Claudino | Barracas Central | 3 |
| 3 | Fabián Vasquez | Santiago Wanderers | 3 |
| 3 | Alfredo Vidal | Panta Walon | 3 |