2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal; Paraguay 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
City	Luque
Dates	15–22 July 2017
Teams	10 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Unochapecó (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sport Colonial
Third place	Trujillanos
Fourth place	Palestino
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	161 (5.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paola Brítez
Best player(s)	Paola Brítez

The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina de Futsal was the 4th edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal, South America's premier women's club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The tournament was hosted by Paraguay and played from 15 to 22 July 2017.[1]

Teams

The competition was contested by 10 teams: one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations.[2][3]

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Argentina	San Lorenzo	2016 Argentine champions[4]
Bolivia	Atlantes	2016 Bolivian champions[5]
Brazil	Unochapecó	2016 Taça Brasil de Futsal Feminino champions[6]
Chile	Palestino	2017 Chilean champions[7]
Colombia	Real Antioquia	2017 Colombian champions[8]
Ecuador	Cumanda Agua Lluvia	2017 Ecuadorian champions[9]
Paraguay (hosts)	Sport Colonial	2016 Paraguayan champions[10]
Peru	Municipalidad San Borja	2017 Peruvian champions[11]
Uruguay	Río Negro City	2016 Uruguayan champions[12]
Venezuela	Trujillanos	2017 Venezuelan champions[13]

Venues

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del Comité Olímpico Paraguayo in Luque.[3]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 28 June 2017, 11:30 PYT (UTC−4), at the conference room of Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción.[3][14] The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The following two teams were seeded:

Group A: champions of the host association, Sport Colonial (Paraguay)
Group B: representatives of the association of the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal champions, Unochapecó (Brazil)

The other teams were seeded based on the results of their association in the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal.

Seeds	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sport Colonial Unochapecó	Trujillanos San Lorenzo	Río Negro City Real Antioquia[note 1]	Palestino Municipalidad San Borja	Cumanda Agua Lluvia Atlantes

Notes

The representative of Colombia was not known at the time of the draw.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[2]

Match officials

A total of 16 referees were appointed for the tournament.[15]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advanced to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 6.2):[2]

Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
Goal difference in all matches;
Goals scored in all matches;
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, PYT (UTC−4).[16]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sport Colonial (H)	4	3	1	0	14	5	+9	10	Knockout stage
2	Trujillanos	4	3	1	0	14	7	+7	10	Knockout stage
3	Río Negro City	4	2	0	2	10	9	+1	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Cumanda Agua Lluvia	4	1	0	3	11	16	−5	3	Seventh place play-off
5	Municipalidad San Borja	4	0	0	4	4	16	−12	0	Ninth place play-off

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.

15 July 2017