page_title: Copa Libertadores Femenina
section_title: Format
hierarchical_section_title: Copa Libertadores Femenina / Format
caption_attribution_description: Español: Plantel de Colo-Colo, campeón de la Copa Libertadores de América 2012, durante una visita al presidente Sebastián Piñera.
context_page_description: The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, named as Copa Libertadores Femenina is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by the South American Football Federation. The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football. It is the only CONMEBOL club competition for women.
  The tournament is the women's version of the Copa Libertadores, which is organized since 1960. Beginning in 2019, clubs are denied entry to the men's Libertadores if they don't also have a women's team. The change was made to strengthen the women's Libertadores.
context_section_description: In 2009 and 2010 the tournament was played by ten teams, one from each CONMEBOL country, divided in two groups of five clubs each. The two best-placed teams of each group qualify to play the semifinal and the winners then play the final, while the losers play the third-place game.
  From 2011 to 2018 twelve teams played the tournament and were divided into three groups of four. The group winners and best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.
  The 2015 edition was the first to be held outside Brazil. Medellin in Colombia have made an official bid, with cities in Paraguay, Chile and again Brazil interested as well. Medellin was then announced host just before the 2014 edition.
  From 2019 the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.
caption: Chile's former president Sebastián Piñera with Colo-Colo (2012) - the first non-Brazilian club to win the trophy.
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