The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the tenth edition of the
CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina),
South America's premier women's club
football tournament organized by
CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in
Manaus,
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), 19:00
AMT (
UTC−4), at the
Arena da Amazônia in
Manaus.[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 the
2017 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 to
points (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 the
penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).[6]