# 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was played in Uruguay from 6 to 20 December 2016.
In the first final without a team from Brazil, Paraguayan team Sportivo Limpeño won their first title against Estudiantes de Guárico from Venezuela.

## 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. The qualifying competitions of each association usually end late in the year (September to December). The Colombian tournament finished last, in fact only a week after the final draw was made. With Generaciones Palmiranas qualifying from Colombia it was the first time the Copa Libertadores was held without Formas Íntimas, who were the only team from Colombia to have played in all previous editions.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Best result |
| Argentina | UAI Urquiza | 2016 Campeonato Argentino champions | 2nd | 3rd place (2015) |
| Bolivia | San Martín de Porres | 2016 Campeonato Boliviano champions | 2nd | Group stage (2015) |
| Brazil | Ferroviária | Title holder (2015 champions) | 2nd | Champions (2015) |
| Brazil | Foz Cataratas | 2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino third place | 3rd | Runners-up (2012) |
| Chile | Colo-Colo | 2015 Apertura and Clausura champions play-off winners | 6th | Champions (2012) |
| Colombia | Generaciones Palmiranas | 2016 Campeonato Nacional Interclubes winners | 1st | — |
| Ecuador | Unión Española | 2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions | 1st | — |
| Paraguay | Sportivo Limpeño | 2015 Campeonato Paraguayo champions | 1st | — |
| Peru | Universitario | 2015 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino champions | 2nd | Group stage (2015) |
| Uruguay | Colón | 2015 Copa de Oro winners | 3rd | Group stage (2014, 2015) |
| Uruguay | Nacional | 2015 Copa de Oro runners-up | 4th | Group stage (2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Venezuela | Estudiantes de Guárico | 2016 Apertura winners | 3rd | Group stage (2013, 2015) |

### Notes

* ↑ The 2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champions should have qualified for the Copa Libertadores. However, the champions Kindermann folded, and the runners-up Ferroviária already qualified as title holders. The Brazilian Football Confederation offered the Copa Libertadores berth to the third place Foz Cataratas, instead of the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino champions, Rio Preto.

## Venues

Matches were played in the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo and the Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici in Colonia del Sacramento.

## Match officials

One referee plus two assistant referees were announced from every association to officiate the matches.

## Format

There were no format changes to the previous seasons. The teams were drawn into three groups of four, where each group was played on a round-robin basis. The winners of each group and the best runners-up advanced to the semifinals, which were played on a single-elimination basis, with the following matchups:
* Group A winners vs. Group B winners
* Group C winners vs. Best runners-up
The semifinal winners and losers play in the final and third place match respectively.

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 November 2016, 19:30 UTC−3, at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The host teams Colon and Nacional and the title holder Ferroviaria were seeded to Group A, B and C respectively. The other teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Colón Nacional Ferroviária | Foz Cataratas Colo-Colo UAI Urquiza | Colombia 1 Estudiantes de Guárico Sportivo Limpeño | San Martín de Porres Unión Española Universitario |

### Notes

* ↑ The draw was held before the identity of the team from Colombia (Generaciones Palmiranas) was known.

## Group stage

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 would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 17.1):
* Goal difference in all games;
* Goals scored in all games;
* Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
* Penalty shoot-out if two teams tied having playing last game against each other;
* Drawing of lots.
All times UYT (UTC−3).

### Group A

Colón advanced to the knock-out stage as best runners-up. It was the first time in the competition history that a team from Uruguay advanced from the group stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sportivo Limpeño | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Colón (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | UAI Urquiza | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Foz Cataratas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Generaciones Palmiranas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | San Martín de Porres | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nacional (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group C

Both last year's finalists Ferroviária and Colo-Colo met in Group C. Both failed to advance as Estudiantes de Guárico won the group with just 2 goals scored.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Estudiantes de Guárico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Ferroviária | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Unión Española | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

Colón already secured best runner-up spot.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Colón | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Colo-Colo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | B | Generaciones Palmiranas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |

## Knockout stage

If tied after regulation time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 17.4).

### Bracket

For the first time no team from Brazil reached the final.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 December | 17 December |
| Sportivo Limpeño | 2 |
| Sportivo Limpeño | 2 | 20 December | 20 December |
| Foz Cataratas | 0 | 20 December | 20 December |
| Foz Cataratas | 0 | Sportivo Limpeño | 2 |
| 17 December | 17 December | | Sportivo Limpeño | 2 |
| 17 December | 17 December | Estudiantes de Guárico | 1 |
| Estudiantes de Guárico | 2 | Estudiantes de Guárico | 1 |
| Colón | 0 | | |
| Colón | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 20 December | 20 December |
| | | Foz Cataratas (p) | 0 (3) |
| | | Colón | 0 (1) |

### Final

| Sportivo Limpeño | Estudiantes de Guárico |
| GK | 1 | Kimika Forbes |
| DF | 2 | Laurie Cristaldo | 85' |
| DF | 3 | Stephanie Lacoste (c) |
| DF | 5 | Carmen Benítez |
| DF | 6 | Damia Cortaza |
| MF | 7 | Joana Galeano |
| MF | 10 | Rosa Aquino |
| MF | 18 | Griselda Garay López | 80' | 80' |
| MF | 19 | Marta Agüero |
| FW | 13 | Jessica Martínez |
| FW | 11 | Liz Peña | | 90+1' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Alicia Bobadilla |
| GK | 20 | Natasha Martínez |
| DF | 4 | Natalia Genes |
| DF | 15 | Belén Benítez |
| DF | 16 | Sady Salinas |
| MF | 8 | Silvia Getto |
| MF | 14 | Dulce Quintana | | 90+1' |
| FW | 9 | Liza Larrea | | 80' |
| FW | 17 | María Claudia Romero |
| Manager: ||
| Rubén Subeldía ||
| GK | 13 | Lisbeth Castro |
| DF | 8 | Nairelis Gutiérrez |
| DF | 4 | Sandra Luzardo |
| DF | 3 | Yaribeth Ulacio (c) |
| DF | 7 | Milagros Mendoza |
| MF | 20 | Vanesa Santana | | 54' |
| MF | 17 | Maikerlin Astudillo | 20' 64' |
| MF | 11 | Joemar Guarecuco |
| MF | 9 | Cinthia Zarabia | 81' |
| FW | 18 | Ysaura Viso |
| FW | 10 | Paola Villamizar |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Mariana Rojas |
| GK | 12 | Yolgrelis Rengifo |
| DF | 6 | Anaurys Gómez |
| DF | 15 | Lisol Castillo |
| DF | 16 | Elianny Salina |
| DF | 19 | Pamela Villamizar |
| MF | 5 | Dayana Rodríguez | 57' | 54' |
| MF | 14 | Domiesgli Peña |
| FW | 2 | Yuliana Cortez |
| Manager: ||
| Omar Ramírez ||

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Oriana Altuve | Colón | 4 |
| 1 | Manuela González | Generaciones Palmiranas | 4 |
| 3 | Yamila Badell | Colón | 3 |
| 3 | Dany Helena | Foz Cataratas | 3 |
| 3 | Liz Peña | Sportivo Limpeño | 3 |
| 3 | Verónica Riveros | Foz Cataratas | 3 |
| 3 | Leicy Santos | Generaciones Palmiranas | 3 |
| 8 | Marta Agüero | Sportivo Limpeño | 2 |
| 8 | Rosa Aquino | Sportivo Limpeño | 2 |
| 8 | Karen Araya | Colo-Colo | 2 |
| 8 | Carol Pretona | Ferroviária | 2 |
| 8 | Yanina López | San Martín de Porres | 2 |
| 8 | Ysaura Viso | Estudiantes de Guárico | 2 |
Source:

## Prize money

Each participating team received US$10,000, with prize money given to the top four teams.
| Rank | US$ |
| 1st | 30,000 |
| 2nd | 20,000 |
| 3rd | 15,000 |
| 4th | 10,000 |