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's premier women's club

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tournament organized by

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. The tournament was held in

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from 5 to 21 October 2023.

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(Brazil) defeated the defending champions

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(Brazil) 1–0 to win their fourth title.

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

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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). *#Brazil: 260 points *#Chile: 148 points *#Colombia: 145 points *#Paraguay: 115 points *#Argentina: 105 points *#Venezuela: 79 points *#Ecuador: 66 points *#Uruguay: 53 points *#Bolivia: 40 points *#Peru: 38 points ;Notes

Venues

On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that

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and

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had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at

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in Bogotá and

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in Cali, each hosting two groups.

Match officials

On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 12:00 PYT ( UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque,

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. 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

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champions,

(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. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to

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(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). #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; ##Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; ##Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; ##Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; #

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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).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a

. If tied after full time,

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would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 27).

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

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(Palmeiras) was ruled out of the final due to

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of her right knee.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

References

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Format

Teams

Venues

Match officials

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final stages

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Final ranking

See also

References