2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina
2017 Copa Libertadores de América Femenina
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
Dates 7–21 October 2017
Teams 12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s) TBA (in 1 host city)

The 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina will be the ninth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The tournament will be hosted by Paraguay and played from 7 to 21 October 2017.[1][2]

Teams

If the format stays the same, the competition will be contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations are 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 (September to December).

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Best result
Argentina Argentina River Plate 2017 Campeonato champions[3] 1st —
Bolivia Bolivia TBD Sep[4] 2017 Campeonato Boliviano champions
Brazil Brazil Audax 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champions[5][6] 1st —
Chile Chile Colo Colo 2016 Apertura and Clausura champions play-off winners[7] 7th 1Champions (2012)
Colombia Colombia Santa Fe 2017 Liga Femenina Profesional champions[8] 1st —
Ecuador Ecuador Unión Española 2016 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champions[9] 2nd Group stage (2016)
Paraguay Paraguay Sportivo Limpeño Title holders, also 2016 Campeonato Paraguayo champions[10][11] 2nd 1Champions (2016)
Cerro Porteño 2016 Campeonato Paraguayo runners-up[12] 4th 3Third place (2014)
Host nation spot[13]
Peru Peru Universitario 2016 Campeonato Peruano champions[14] 3rd Group stage (2015, 2016)
Uruguay Uruguay Colón 2016 Copa de Oro winners[15] 4th 4Fourth place (2016)
Venezuela Venezuela TBD Aug 2016 Clausura and 2017 Apertura champions play-off winners[16]

Venues

Matches will be played in Asunción. The stadiums are not yet announced.

References

  1. ↑ "Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador y Argentina realizarán torneos sudamericanos femeninos". conmebol.com. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "CONMEBOL oficializa fechas de torneos juveniles". CONMEBOL.com. 24 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "River Plate, representante de Argentina en la Copa Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. ↑ http://ellasjueganfutbol.blogspot.de/2017/08/liga-femenina-tarija-sera-sede-del.html
  5. ↑ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino 2016" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation.
  6. ↑ "Corinthians/Audax conquista título de campeão na Copa do Brasil Feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo. 27 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Colo Colo femenino le ganó la Supercopa a la U" (in Spanish). latercera.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Santa Fe también es el primer campeón en la Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). elespectador.com. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA BICAMPEÓN DEL FÚTBOL FEMENINO" (in Spanish). ecuafutbol.org. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Fútbol femenino: ¡Sportivo Limpeño bicampeón!" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.py. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sporting Limpeno make history for Paraguay". FIFA. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Femenino: Sportivo Limpeño dio el Paso Ñandejara y recibió homenaje de la APF" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 23 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Paraguay será sede de la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2017". feminafutbol.com. 26 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "UNIVESITARIO CAMPEÓN NACIONAL" (in Spanish). fpf.org.pe. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Colón se proclamó tetracampeón en el fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). ecos.la. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "La Superliga Femenina arrancará el 6 de mayo con 14 equipos". FVF. 5 April 2017.
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