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. 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 that country to have played in all previous editions.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationBest result
ArgentinaUAI Urquiza2016 Campeonato Argentino champions2nd3rd place
BoliviaSan Martín de Porres2016 Campeonato Boliviano champions2ndGroup stage
BrazilFerroviáriaTitle holder 2ndChampions
BrazilFoz Cataratas2015 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino third place3rdRunners-up
ChileColo-Colo2015 Apertura and Clausura champions play-off winners6thChampions
ColombiaGeneraciones Palmiranas2016 Campeonato Nacional Interclubes winners1st—
EcuadorUnión Española2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions1st—
ParaguaySportivo Limpeño2015 Campeonato Paraguayo champions1st—
PeruUniversitario2016 Campeonato Peruano champions2ndGroup stage
UruguayColón2015 Copa de Oro winners3rdGroup stage
UruguayNacional2015 Copa de Oro runners-up4thGroup stage
VenezuelaEstudiantes de Guárico2016 Apertura winners3rdGroup stage

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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:
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, 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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Group stage

The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order :
  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out if two teams tied having playing last game against each other;
  5. Drawing of lots.
All times UYT.

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.
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Group B

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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.
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Ranking of second-placed teams

Colón already secured best runner-up spot.

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.

Bracket

For the first time no team from Brazil reached the final.

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers

Prize money

Each participating team received US$10,000, with prize money given to the top four teams.
RankUS$
1st30,000
2nd20,000
3rd15,000
4th10,000