The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal was the 5th edition of the
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal,
South America
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's premier women's club
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
tournament organized by
CONMEBOL
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.
The tournament was held at
Luque,
Paraguay
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between 7–14 October 2018.
defeated
Sport Colonial in the final to win their first title.
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
defeated
Lyon
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to finish third.
Unochapecó were the defending champions, but did not qualify for this edition.
Teams
The competition is contested by 10 teams: one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations.
Venues
The tournament was played at the Polideportivo del Comité Olímpico Paraguayo in
Luque.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 13 September 2018, 11:00
PYT (
UTC−4) at the headquarters of the
Paraguayan Football Association in
Asunción
Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...
.
The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five. The following two teams were seeded:
*Group A: representatives of the host association,
Sport Colonial (Paraguay)
*Group B: representatives of the association of the
2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal champions,
Leões Da Serra (Brazil)
The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the
2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal.
Squads
Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The teams are ranked according to
points
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):
#Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
#
Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
in all matches;
#Goals scored in all matches;
#Drawing of lots.
All times are local,
PYST
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(
UTC−3).
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final,
extra time
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and
penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 22).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
References
External links
CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal Femenino Paraguay 2018 CONMEBOL.com
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2018
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2018 in South American futsal
2018 in Paraguayan football
October 2018 sports events in South America
International futsal competitions hosted by Paraguay