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2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
City	Bogotá and Cali
Dates	5–21 October 2023
Teams	16 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Corinthians (4th title)
Runners-up	Palmeiras
Third place	Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas
Fourth place	Internacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	132 (4.13 per match)
Attendance	25,300 (791 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Priscila (8 goals)
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The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 15th 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 Colombia from 5 to 21 October 2023.^[1]

Corinthians (Brazil) defeated the defending champions Palmeiras (Brazil) 1–0 in the final to win their fourth title.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 2022 edition).^[3]
1. Brazil: 260 points
2. Chile: 148 points
3. Colombia: 145 points
4. Paraguay: 115 points
5. Argentina: 105 points
6. Venezuela: 79 points
7. Ecuador: 66 points
8. Uruguay: 53 points
9. Bolivia: 40 points
10. Peru: 38 points

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Participation	Previous best result
Argentina	Boca Juniors	2022 Campeonato Femenino YPF champions^[4]	8th	Runners-up (2022)
Bolivia	Always Ready	2023 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions^[5]	2nd	Group stage (2022)
Brazil	Palmeiras (Brazil 1)	2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions^[6]	2nd	Champions (2022)
	Corinthians (Brazil 2)	2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions^[7]	6th^{[note 1]}	Champions (2017, 2019, 2021)^{[note 1]}
	Internacional (Brazil 3)	2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up^[7]	1st	—
Chile	Colo-Colo (Chile 1)	2022 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions^[8]	10th	Champions (2012)
Chile	Universidad de Chile (Chile 2)	2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners^[9]^{[note 2]}	4th	Fourth place (2020)
Colombia (hosts)	Santa Fe (Colombia 1)	2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions^[10]	4th	Runners-up (2021)
	América (Colombia 2)	2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up^[10]	4th	Runners-up (2020)
	Atlético Nacional/ Formas Íntimas (Colombia 3)	2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR aggregate table best team not yet qualified (Host association additional entry)^[11]	9th^{[note 3]}	Runners-up (2013)^{[note 3]}
Ecuador	Barcelona	2023 Superliga Femenina DoradoBet champions	1st	—
Paraguay	Olimpia (Paraguay 1)	2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions^[13]	2nd	Group stage (2022)
Paraguay	Libertad/Limpeño (Paraguay 2)	2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up^[13]	6th^{[note 4]}	Champions (2016)^{[note 4]}
Peru	Universitario	2023 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions^[14]	5th	Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020)
Uruguay	Nacional	2022 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions^[15]	6th	Fourth place (2021)
Venezuela	Caracas	2023 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions^[16]	6th	Runners-up (2014)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
^ The qualifying play-off was played on 30 July 2023 at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida between Universidad de Chile (2022 Campeonato runners-up and 2023 Campeonato first stage winners) and Santiago Morning (2023 Campeonato first stage third place).
^ ^a ^b Formas Íntimas were runners-up in 2013. In 2023 they started a partnership with Atlético Nacional (1st participation).^[12]
^ ^a ^b Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (4th participation).

Venues

On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Bogotá and Cali had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá and Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, each hosting two groups.^[17]

Bogotá	Bogotá Cali	Cali
Estadio Metropolitano de Techo		Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 8,000		Capacity: 35,405

The tournament registered a total attendance of 25,300 spectators, or the average of 790 per game, which was below expectations.^[18]

Match officials

On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.^[19]^[20]

Association	Referees	Assistant referees
Argentina	Laura Fortunato	Mariana de Almeida Gisela Trucco
Bolivia	Adriana Farfán	Inés Choque Elizabeth Blanco
Brazil	Edina Alves Batista	Neuza Back Fabrini Bevilaqua
Chile	María Belén Carvajal	Marcia Castillo Leslie Vásquez
Colombia	Jenny Arias	Mary Blanco Mayra Sánchez
Ecuador	Susana Corella	Mónica Amboya Viviana Segura
Paraguay	Zulma Quiñónez	Nancy Fernández Nadia Weiler
Peru	Milagros Arruela	Vera Yupanqui Gabriela Moreno
Uruguay	Anahí Fernández	Daiana Fernández Belén Clavijo
Venezuela	Emikar Calderas	Migdalia Rodríguez Thaity Dugarte

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.^[21] 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 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Palmeiras (Brazil 1)
To Group B: the champions of the host association, Santa Fe (Colombia 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, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Argentina) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Colombia 2, Chile 1, Ecuador and Paraguay 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 3 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
Boca Juniors Corinthians	América Colo-Colo Barcelona Olimpia	Universitario Caracas Nacional Always Ready	Internacional Universidad de Chile Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas Libertad/Limpeño

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Palmeiras
A2	Barcelona
A3	Caracas
A4	Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Santa Fe
B2	Olimpia
B3	Universitario
B4	Universidad de Chile

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Corinthians
C2	Colo-Colo
C3	Always Ready
C4	Libertad/Limpeño

Group D
Pos	Team
D1	Boca Juniors
D2	América
D3	Nacional
D4	Internacional

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 24).^[3]

Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
1. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
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, COT (UTC−5).^[22]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	3	3	0	15	3	+12	9	Quarter-finals
2	Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas	3	2	1	9	6	+3	6	Quarter-finals
3	Barcelona	3	1	2	5	10	−5	3
4	Caracas	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: CONMEBOL

5 October 2023