# 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth 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 was held in Manaus, Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.
Originally planned from 4 to 18 November the tournament was pushed back two weeks because of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off which clashed with the timeframe.
Atlético Huila defeated Santos in the final on penalties to win their first tournament title. Iranduba defeated Colo-Colo to finish third.
Audax were the defending champions, having won the title the previous year as a joint team with Corinthians. They were eliminated in the group stage.

## Host selection

There were eventually three bids for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina: Manaus, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and São Paulo proposed by Iranduba, Deportivo ITA and Corinthians, respectively. On 11 June 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be held in Manaus and Iranduba gained the host association additional berth.

## Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Previous best result |
| Argentina | UAI Urquiza | 2017–18 Campeonato Argentino champions | 3rd | Third place (2015) |
| Bolivia | Deportivo ITA | 2018 Campeonato Boliviano champions | 2nd | Group stage (2017) |
| Brazil (hosts) | Audax | 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions | 2nd | Champions (2017) |
| Brazil (hosts) | Santos | 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro champions | 4th | Champions (2009, 2010) |
| Brazil (hosts) | Iranduba | Host association additional entry | 1st | — |
| Chile | Colo-Colo | 2017 Apertura and Clausura champions | 8th | Champions (2012) |
| Colombia | Atlético Huila | 2018 Liga Femenina Profesional champions | 1st | — |
| Ecuador | Unión Española | 2017–18 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions | 3rd | Group stage (2016, 2017) |
| Paraguay | Cerro Porteño | 2017 Campeonato Paraguayo champions | 5th | Third place (2014) |
| Peru | JC Sport Girls | 2017 Campeonato Peruano champions | 4th | Group stage (2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Uruguay | Peñarol | 2017 Campeonato Uruguayo champions | 1st | — |
| Venezuela | Flor de Patria | 2018 Torneo Apertura champions | 1st | — |

### Notes

* ↑ The partnership between Audax and Corinthians ended on 31 December 2017. Corinthians created their own team for the 2018 season.

## Venues

Initially two stadiums (Estádio Ismael Benigno and Arena da Amazônia) would host the tournament. On 14 November 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Ismael Benigno would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Arena da Amazônia. During the tournament, CONMEBOL decided to move the matches scheduled on 25 and 26 November at Estádio Roberto Simonsen to protect the football field of Arena da Amazônia.
Matches were played in Manaus. The stadiums were:
* Arena da Amazônia (capacity: 44,300)
* Estádio Roberto Simonsen (capacity: 4,000)

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00 AMT (UTC−4), at the Arena da Amazônia in Manaus. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Audax (Position A1) Colo-Colo UAI Urquiza | Cerro Porteño Unión Española Santos | Atlético Huila Flor de Patria JC Sport Girls | Peñarol Deportivo ITA Iranduba |

## 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 20):
* 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 of each group and the best runners-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, AMT (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Huila | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Audax (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Unión Española | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Peñarol | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santos (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | JC Sport Girls | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Deportivo ITA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iranduba (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | UAI Urquiza | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Flor de Patria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |

### Ranking of group runners-up

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Colo-Colo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | A | Audax (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | C | UAI Urquiza | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |

## Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:
* Group A winner vs. Group C winner
* Group B winner vs. Best runner-up
The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 November – Arena da Amazônia | 29 November – Arena da Amazônia |
| Santos | 3 |
| Santos | 3 | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia |
| Colo-Colo | 0 | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia |
| Colo-Colo | 0 | Santos | 1 (3) |
| 29 November – Arena da Amazônia | 29 November – Arena da Amazônia | | Santos | 1 (3) |
| 29 November – Arena da Amazônia | 29 November – Arena da Amazônia | Atlético Huila (p) | 1 (5) |
| Iranduba | 1 (1) | Atlético Huila (p) | 1 (5) |
| Atlético Huila (p) | 1 (3) | | |
| Atlético Huila (p) | 1 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia | 2 December – Arena da Amazônia |
| | | Iranduba (p) | 1 (2) |
| | | Colo-Colo | 1 (0) |

### Final

| Santos | Atlético Huila |
| GK | 12 | Nicole |
| DF | 4 | Maurine |
| DF | 2 | Carol Arruda (c) |
| DF | 6 | Camila |
| DF | 3 | Juliete |
| MF | 5 | Brena | | 68' |
| MF | 8 | Sandrinha |
| MF | 17 | Angelina |
| FW | 10 | Alanna |
| FW | 11 | Ketlen | | 58' |
| FW | 20 | Maria Alves |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Michelle |
| DF | 14 | Tayla |
| DF | 15 | Dani Silva |
| MF | 13 | Giovana |
| MF | 16 | Monique Peçanha |
| MF | 18 | Erikinha |
| MF | 19 | Patrícia Sochor |
| FW | 7 | Chú | | 68' |
| FW | 9 | Rosana | 90+2' | 58' |
| Manager: ||
| Emily Lima ||
| GK | 18 | Daniela Solera |
| DF | 5 | Carmen Rodallega |
| DF | 13 | Gavy Santos (c) |
| DF | 20 | Aldana Cometti | 43' |
| DF | 15 | Daniela Caracas |
| MF | 16 | Jennifer Peñaloza | | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Fabiana Vallejos |
| MF | 8 | Liana Salazar | 88' |
| MF | 14 | Darnelly Quintero | | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Yoreli Rincón |
| FW | 9 | Ysaura Viso |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Maritza López |
| DF | 3 | Eliana Stábile | | 46' |
| DF | 4 | Alexandra Canaguacán |
| DF | 6 | Levis Ramos |
| MF | 2 | Nancy Madrid |
| FW | 11 | Nelly Córdoba | | 46' |
| FW | 12 | Lucía Martelli |
| Manager: ||
| Albeiro Erazo ||

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Brena | Santos | 4 |
| 2 | Alanna | Santos | 3 |
| 2 | Karla Torres | Colo-Colo | 3 |
| 4 | Andressinha | Iranduba | 2 |
| 4 | Chú | Santos | 2 |
| 4 | Joemar Guarecuco | Flor de Patria | 2 |
| 4 | Yessenia Huenteo | Colo-Colo | 2 |
| 4 | Mariana Larroquette | UAI Urquiza | 2 |
| 4 | Maria Alves | Santos | 2 |
| 4 | Jyoeldry Parra | Deportivo ITA | 2 |
| 4 | Raquel | Iranduba | 2 |
| 4 | Nubiluz Rangel | Colo-Colo | 2 |
| 4 | Sandrinha | Santos | 2 |
| 4 | Eliana Stábile | Atlético Huila | 2 |
| 4 | Maitté Zamorano | Deportivo ITA | 2 |