The 2022 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2022 for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth season of

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. The season started on 18 February and ended on 5 June 2022.

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won their second title in the competition, defeating the defending champions

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in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.

Format

On 13 January 2022, the

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(DIMAYOR) confirmed the format for the 2022 Liga Femenina season, following a meeting of its Board of Competition. For this season the league had 17 teams competing as well as a change of format for the first stage, which was played as a single

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with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, instead of the group stage used in previous editions of the tournament. The top eight teams at the end of the first stage advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final advanced to the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up qualified for the

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. On 5 June 2022, prior to the second leg of the Liga Femenina finals between

and

, DIMAYOR and the Ministry of Sports of Colombia announced that a second tournament would be held in the second semester of 2022 after the latter announced an additional investment of 1.2 billion COP to the tournament. The Torneo II was expected to begin in August and end in October, prior to the start of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, however, on 7 July 2022 DIMAYOR announced that the second tournament had been cancelled given that only seven teams had confirmed their participation.

Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams. No teams from the previous season withdrew, whilst Junior,

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, Orsomarso and former champions

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returned to the competition for this season.

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, who withdrew from the previous season due to financial reasons, also fielded a team for this season.

Stadia and locations

First stage

The first stage started on 20 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It ended on 9 May with the top eight teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings

Results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

---- ''América de Cali won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Top scorers

Source
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References

External links

Liga Femenina on Dimayor's official website
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Format

Teams

Stadia and locations

First stage

Standings

Results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Top scorers

See also

References

External links