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(and the second one under the currently format), the highest level of

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vian women's football. The season began on 2 April and ended on 30 November. Unlike the previous season, the tournament was played in a decentralized way with each team playing matches at their respective home stadium.

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were the defending champions and successfully retained their title after defeating

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Competition format

The season was divided into two stages: Regular stage and Play-offs. The regular stage was played under a single round-robin format with the 13 teams playing each other once for a total of 12 matches per team (6 matches at home and 6 away matches). For the play-offs stage, the 13 teams were split into two groups of 6 and 7 (championship play-offs and relegation play-offs respectively) according to their final placement in the regular stage. The championship play-offs were contested by teams ranked 1st to 6th in the regular stage, the 6 teams played in a ''hexagonal'' where they faced other teams once for a total of 5 matches per team. The top four teams from the ''hexagonal'' advanced to the single-leg semi-finals with teams ranked 1st and 2nd hosting the matches. Winners of semi-finals played the finals on a home-and-away

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basis to decide the national champion, while losers played the single-leg third place play-off. Originally, the final was scheduled to be played in

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on a single-leg format. The relegation play-offs were contested by teams ranked 7th to 13th in the regular stage, the 7 teams played in a ''heptagonal'' where they faced other teams once for a total of 6 matches per team. After the last matchday, the team placed 7th was relegated to the 2023 Liga de Ascenso Femenina while the team placed 6th played a promotion play-off against the runners-up of the 2022 Copa Perú Femenina, winners of this play-off played the 2023 Liga Femenina while the losers played in the 2023 Liga de Ascenso Femenina.

Teams

A total of 13 teams played in the 2022 Liga Femenina season, the same ones that played in the previous 2021 season.

Stadia and locations

Regular stage

Standings

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which was held on 8 March 2022.

Play-offs

The match schedule of Play-offs stage was announced on 16 August 2022.

Championship play-offs

In the championship play-offs, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the regular stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the regular stage did not carry over during the ''hexagonal''.

Hexagonal table

Bracket

The semi-final matchups were: *SF1: Hexagonal 1st place vs. Hexagonal 4th place *SF2: Hexagonal 2nd place vs. Hexagonal 3rd place

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, if a match was level at the end of normal 90 minutes playing time, extra time was not played and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.

Third place playoff

Finals

The format of the final was changed from a single-leg match to a home-and-away two-legged series.

Relegation play-offs

In the relegation play-offs, teams ranked 13th and 12th in the regular stage started with 2 and 1 points less respectively. Points earned during the regular stage did not carry over during the ''heptagonal''.

Heptagonal table

Relegation play-off

Top scorers

References

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