2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina


The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the ninth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was hosted in Paraguay from 7 to 21 October 2017.
Sportivo Limpeño were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-enter and the host association qualifies one more team. The qualifying competitions of each association usually end late in the year.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best result
ArgentinaRiver Plate2016–17 Campeonato Argentino champions1st—
BoliviaDeportivo ITA2017 Campeonato Boliviano champions1st—
BrazilCorinthians/Audax2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champions1st—
ChileColo-Colo2016 Apertura and Clausura champions play-off winners7thChampions
ColombiaSanta Fe2017 Liga Femenina Profesional champions1st—
EcuadorUnión Española2016–17 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions2ndGroup stage
Paraguay Sportivo LimpeñoTitle holders, also 2016 Campeonato Paraguayo champions2ndChampions
Paraguay Cerro Porteño2016 Campeonato Paraguayo runners-up4thThird place
Paraguay Deportivo Capiatá2017 Cuadrangular Pre-Libertadores winners1st—
PeruUniversitario2016–17 Campeonato Peruano champions3rdGroup stage
UruguayColón2016 Copa de Oro winners4thFourth place
VenezuelaEstudiantes de Guárico2016 Clausura and 2017 Apertura champions play-off winners4thRunners-up

Each team submitted a squad of at most 20 players.

Venues

Matches were played in Gran Asunción. The stadiums were:
Venues of matches originally scheduled for 8, 10 and 18 October were changed.

Draw

The draw was held on 18 September 2017, 12:00 PYT, at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The three host teams were seeded into Pot 1, while the remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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Group stage

The group winners and top runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.
On 9 October 2017, none of the scheduled Group C matches were played as players from several teams showed symptoms for food poisoning. CONMEBOL later announced the competition would be paused for three full days, to be resumed on 12 October 2017 with a modified schedule with four matches played on that day. The group stage was also extended from 15 to 17 October, while the semi-finals were rescheduled from 18 to 19 October. The Group B match between Colón and Universitario were further postponed from 13 to 15 October because some players had not yet recovered from food poisoning.
All times are local, PYST.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of group runners-up

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:
The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers