The2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of theCONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as theCopa Libertadores Femenina),South America's premier women's clubfootball tournament organized byCONMEBOL. The tournament was held inManaus,Brazil from 18 November to 2 December 2018.[1]
The competition was contested by 12 teams: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations were given one entry, additionally the title holders re-entered and the host association qualified one more team.[6]
The draw for the tournament was held on 7 November 2018 (originally scheduled on 3 November), 19:00AMT (UTC−4), at theArena da Amazônia inManaus.[21][22][23] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Audax were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage. For the remaining two teams from hosts Brazil, the first representative was seeded into Pot 2 and the second representative was seeded into Pot 4. The remaining teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
In the group stage, the teams were ranked according topoints (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 20):[6]
The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time,extra time would not be played, and thepenalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).[6]
Atlético Huila (1st title)
Santos
Colo-Colo
Argentina
Bolivia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
