The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the ninth edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores Femenina''),

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's premier women's club

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tournament organized by

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. The tournament was hosted in

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from 7 to 21 October 2017.

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were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-enter and the host association qualifies one more team. The qualifying competitions of each association usually end late in the year (September to December). Each team submitted a squad of at most 20 players.

Venues

Matches were played in

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. The stadiums were: *

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(capacity: 7,000) *

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(capacity: 7,500) *

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(capacity: 3,500) *

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, Villa Elisa (capacity: 5,000) Venues of matches originally scheduled for 8, 10 and 18 October were changed.

Draw

The draw was held on 18 September 2017, 12:00 PYT ( UTC−4), at the headquarters of the

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. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The three host teams were seeded into Pot 1, while the remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina. ;Notes

Group stage

The group winners and top runners-up advanced to the semi-finals. On 9 October 2017, none of the scheduled Group C matches were played as players from several teams showed symptoms for

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. CONMEBOL later announced the competition would be paused for three full days, to be resumed on 12 October 2017 with a modified schedule with four matches played on that day. The group stage was also extended from 15 to 17 October, while the semi-finals were rescheduled from 18 to 19 October. The Group B match between Colón and Universitario were further postponed from 13 to 15 October because some players had not yet recovered from food poisoning. All times are local,

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( UTC−3).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of group runners-up

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were: *Group A winner vs. Group B winner *Group C winner vs. Best runner-up The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina Paraguay 2017
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Libertadores Femenina 2017

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