# 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 14th 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 Ecuador from 13 to 28 October 2022. Corinthians, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Palmeiras (Brazil) defeated Boca Juniors (Argentina) 4–1 in the final to win their first title.

## Format

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

## Teams

The 16 teams were:
* 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 2021 edition).
** Brazil: 240 points
** Chile: 140 points
** Colombia: 135 points
** Paraguay: 112 points
** Argentina: 90 points
** Venezuela: 78 points
** Ecuador: 62 points
** Uruguay: 52 points
** Bolivia: 39 points
** Peru: 37 points
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Previous best result |
| Argentina | Boca Juniors | 2021 Campeonato Femenino YPF Clausura champions | 7th | Third place (2010) |
| Bolivia | Always Ready | 2022 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions | 1st | — |
| Brazil | Corinthians (Brazil 1) | 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions | 5th | Champions (2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Brazil | Palmeiras (Brazil 2) | 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up | 1st | — |
| Brazil | Ferroviária (Brazil 3) | 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place | 6th | Champions (2015, 2020) |
| Chile | Universidad de Chile (Chile 1) | 2021 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions | 3rd | Fourth place (2020) |
| Chile | Santiago Morning (Chile 2) | 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners | 4th | Quarter-finals (2019, 2020) |
| Colombia | América (Colombia 1) | 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions | 3rd | Runners-up (2020) |
| Colombia | Deportivo Cali (Colombia 2) | 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2021) |
| Ecuador (hosts) | Ñañas (Ecuador 1) | 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV champions | 2nd | Group stage (2019) |
| Ecuador (hosts) | Dragonas IDV (Ecuador 2) | 2022 Superliga Femenina DirecTV runners-up (Host association additional entry) | 1st | — |
| Paraguay | Olimpia (Paraguay 1) | 2022 Torneo Femenino champions | 1st | — |
| Paraguay | Libertad/Limpeño (Paraguay 2) | 2022 Torneo Femenino runners-up | 5th | Champions (2016) |
| Peru | Alianza Lima | 2022 Liga Femenina Pluspetrol champions | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2021) |
| Uruguay | Defensor Sporting | 2021 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions | 1st | — |
| Venezuela | Deportivo Lara | 2022 Liga FUTVE Fem champions | 1st | — |

### Notes

* 1 2 Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
* 1 2 As the title holders, Corinthians, were also the 2021 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions, runners-up Palmeiras and third place Ferroviária qualified as Brazil 2 and Brazil 3 berths, respectively.
* ↑ The qualifying play-off was played on 13 September 2022 at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar, La Calera between Santiago Morning (2021 Campeonato runners-up and 2022 Campeonato first stage winners) and Colo-Colo (2022 Campeonato first stage runners-up).
* 1 2 Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (3rd participation).

## Venues

The matches were played in Quito. Initially two stadiums (Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda and Estadio Banco Guayaquil) would host the group stage. On 15 October 2022, CONMEBOL announced that the Estádio Banco Guayaquil would no longer host matches, and matches originally to be played there would be moved to Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado.
The stadiums were:
* Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda (capacity: 21,489)
* Estadio Banco Guayaquil (capacity: 12,000)
* Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado (capacity: 41,575)

## Match officials

On 21 September 2022, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
| Association | Referees | Assistant referees |
| Argentina | Laura Fortunato | Mariana de Almeida Daiana Milone |
| Bolivia | Adriana Farfán | Liliana Bejarano Inés Choque |
| Brazil | Edina Alves Batista | Neuza Back Leila Moreira |
| Chile | María Belén Carvajal | Marcia Castillo Cindy Nahuelcoy |
| Colombia | Jenny Arias | Mary Blanco Eliana Ortiz |
| Ecuador | Marcelly Zambrano | Mónica Amboya Marianela Ramírez |
| Italy | Maria Marotta | Tiziana Trasciatti |
| Paraguay | Helena Cantero | Nancy Fernández Rossana Salinas |
| Peru | Milagros Arruela | Vera Yupanqui Gabriela Moreno |
| Spain | | Silvia Fernández Pérez |
| Uruguay | Nadia Fuques | Daiana Fernández Belén Clavijo |
| Venezuela | Emikar Calderas | Migdalia Rodríguez Thaity Dugarte |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 20 September 2022, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned to the head of groups A and B.
* To Group A: as 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Corinthians (Brazil 1)
* To Group B: the champions of the host association, Ñañas (Ecuador 1)
The remaining teams (excluding the four teams from national associations with an extra berth) were seeded into three pots based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, excluding the champions, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Colombia 1) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay 1 and Chile 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Ecuador 2, Argentina, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn was placed into group C and the second team drawn placed into group D, both teams assigned to position 1 in their group. From each remaining pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B, the third team drawn placed into Group C and the final team drawn placed into Group D, with teams from Pot 2, 3 and 4 assigned to positions 2, 3 and 4 in their group. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Palmeiras América | Defensor Sporting Alianza Lima Olimpia Universidad de Chile | Dragonas IDV Boca Juniors Deportivo Lara Always Ready | Ferroviária Santiago Morning Deportivo Cali Libertad/Limpeño |
    $^1$ The draw was held before the identities of Ecuador 1 (Ñañas), Ecuador 2 (Dragonas IDV), Peru (Alianza Lima) and Venezuela (Deportivo Lara) were known.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Corinthians A2 Olimpia A3 Always Ready A4 Deportivo Cali | Group B PosTeam B1 Ñañas B2 Defensor Sporting B3 Boca Juniors B4 Ferroviária | Group C PosTeam C1 Palmeiras C2 Universidad de Chile C3 Dragonas IDV C4 Libertad/Limpeño | Group D PosTeam D1 América D2 Alianza Lima D3 Deportivo Lara D4 Santiago Morning |

## 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 23).
* 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 and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, ECT (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Cali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Ferroviária | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ñañas (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Defensor Sporting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Notes

* ↑ Match suspended in the 16th minute due to rain. It was resumed at 17:10.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Dragonas IDV (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Libertad/Limpeño | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

#### Notes

* ↑ Match suspended in the 18th minute due to blackout and rain. It was resumed at 18:35.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Santiago Morning | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Lara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | |

## Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 25).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | | |
| Deportivo Cali | 2 | | | |
| Deportivo Cali | 2 | 25 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 25 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | |
| Ferroviária | 1 | 25 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 25 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | |
| Ferroviária | 1 | Deportivo Cali | 1 (0) | |
| 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | Deportivo Cali | 1 (0) | |
| 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 22 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | Boca Juniors (p) | 1 (3) | |
| Boca Juniors | 2 | Boca Juniors (p) | 1 (3) | |
| Boca Juniors | 2 | | | | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado |
| Corinthians | 1 | | | | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado |
| Corinthians | 1 | | | | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | | | | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | | | Palmeiras | 4 |
| Palmeiras | 2 | | | | Palmeiras | 4 |
| Palmeiras | 2 | 26 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 26 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | | |
| Santiago Morning | 1 | 26 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 26 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | | |
| Santiago Morning | 1 | Palmeiras | 1 | | | |
| 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | | Palmeiras | 1 | | | |
| 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 23 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | América | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| América (p) | 1 (4) | América | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| América (p) | 1 (4) | | | | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado |
| Universidad de Chile | 1 (2) | | | | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | 28 October – Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado |
| Universidad de Chile | 1 (2) | | | | Deportivo Cali | 0 |
| | | | | | América | 5 |

### Final

| Boca Juniors | Palmeiras |
| GK | 1 | Laurina Oliveros |
| DF | 4 | Julieta Cruz | | 69' |
| DF | 15 | Adriana Sachs |
| DF | 19 | Miriam Mayorga |
| DF | 20 | Celeste dos Santos |
| MF | 18 | Clarisa Huber | | 87' |
| MF | 5 | Vanina Preininger |
| MF | 8 | Camila Gómez Ares |
| FW | 14 | Brisa Priori | | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Andrea Ojeda | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Yamila Rodríguez (c) | 62' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Dulce Tórtolo |
| DF | 2 | Noelia Espíndola | | 69' |
| DF | 3 | Gabriela Barrios |
| DF | 6 | Cecilia Ghigo |
| MF | 10 | Melanie Morán | | 87' |
| MF | 17 | Eugenia Flores |
| FW | 7 | Amancay Urbani | | 69' |
| FW | 13 | Estefanía Palomar | | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Kishi Núñez |
| Manager: ||
| Jorge Martínez 64' ||
| GK | 17 | Jully |
| DF | 3 | Poliana |
| DF | 5 | Julia Bianchi |
| DF | 6 | Katrine | | 88' |
| MF | 2 | Bruna Calderan |
| MF | 20 | Andressinha |
| MF | 7 | Duda Santos | 31' | 71' |
| MF | 9 | Camilinha | 63' | 70' |
| FW | 10 | Bia Zaneratto (c) | 76' |
| FW | 8 | Ary Borges | 72' |
| FW | 12 | Byanca Brasil | | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Amanda |
| GK | 14 | Awanny |
| DF | 4 | Day Silva | | 70' |
| DF | 13 | Carolzinha |
| MF | 15 | Juliana Passari | | 88' |
| MF | 18 | Sâmia Pryscila |
| FW | 11 | Patrícia Sochor | | 78' |
| FW | 16 | Giovana |
| FW | 19 | Carol Baiana | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo Belli ||
| Final MVP Award: Poliana (Palmeiras) Assistant referees: Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela) Thaity Dugarte (Venezuela) Fourth official: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador) Video assistant referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees: Mónica Amboya (Ecuador) Tiziana Trasciatti (Italy) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Rebeca Fernández | Universidad de Chile | 5 |
| 2 | Maireth Pérez | Ñañas | 4 |
| 3 | Viviana Acosta | Deportivo Cali | 3 |
| 3 | Tatiana Ariza | Deportivo Cali | 3 |
| 3 | Ary Borges | Palmeiras | 3 |
| 3 | Bia Zaneratto | Palmeiras | 3 |
| 3 | Byanca Brasil | Palmeiras | 3 |
| 3 | Gabi Portilho | Corinthians | 3 |
| 3 | Camila Gómez Ares | Boca Juniors | 3 |
| 3 | Ingrid Guerra | Deportivo Cali | 3 |
| 3 | Valentina Navarrete | Santiago Morning | 3 |
| 3 | Yamila Rodríguez | Boca Juniors | 3 |
| 3 | Mary Valencia | Santiago Morning | 3 |

### Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Palmeiras | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 18 | Champions |
| | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 | Runners-up |
| | América | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Universidad de Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Corinthians | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Santiago Morning | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Ferroviária | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Ñañas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Dragonas IDV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Deportivo Lara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Defensor Sporting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Libertad/Limpeño | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
* 1 2 3 Red cards in quarter-finals: Corinthians 0, Santiago Morning 1, Ferroviária 1; Yellow cards in all matches: Santiago Morning 9, Ferroviária 10