2023 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
# 2023 Copa Libertadores de Futsal

The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 22nd edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Caracas, Venezuela between 21–28 May 2023, with Brazilian team Cascavel taking the title for the second time in a row.

Cascavel are the defending champions.

## Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.

| Association | Team | Qualification method |
| - | - | - |
| Argentina | Barracas Central | 2023 Copa Libertadores qualification play-off winners. |
| Bolivia | Fantasmas | 2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. |
| Brazil | Cascavel (holders) | 2022 Copa Libertadores de Futsal champions. |
| Brazil | Joinville | 2023 Supercopa de Futsal champions. |
| Chile | Deportes Recoleta | 2022 Supercopa de Futsal Primera winners. |
| Colombia | Real Antioquia | 2022 Superliga Futsal FCF winners. |
| Ecuador | Bocca | 2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions. |
| Paraguay | Cerro Porteño | 2022 Liga Premium de Futsal champions. |
| Peru | Panta Walon | 2022 Liga Futsal Pro Primera División champions. |
| Uruguay | Peñarol | 2022 Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol Sala champions. |
| Venezuela (hosts) | Centauros | 2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions. |
| Venezuela (hosts) | Tigres | 2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 Torneo Clausura runners-up. |

### Notes

* Argentina (ARG): The Argentina berth was decided in a play-off played between the 2022 Campeonato Único de Primera División champions (San Lorenzo) and the 2022 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions (Barracas Central).
* Venezuela (VEN): Venezuelan's second berth was originally assigned to Bucaneros (2022 Torneo Apertura runners-up) for being the team with the best performance in the 2022 season behind the champions Centauros. However, Bucaneros decided not to participate in the 2023 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1, and consequently its place in the 2023 Copa Libertadores was taken by Tigres, runners-up in the 2022 Torneo Clausura.

## Venue

The tournament will be entirely played at the Poliedro de Caracas located in La Rinconada zone in Caracas, Venezuela. The Poliedro de Caracas has a capacity for 13,000 spectators.

## Draw

The draw of the tournament will be held on 28 April 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:

Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Cascavel automatically to Group A, the others two via a draw from pot 1):

* To Group A: as 2022 Copa Libertadores champions, Cascavel (Brazil)
* To Group B: as the representative of the champion national association of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Joinville (Brazil)
* To Group C: as the first representative of the host association, Centauros (Venezuela)

The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Bolivia and Chile) in pot 4, alongside the additional Venezuelan team.

| Pot 1 (seeds) | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Centauros Joinville | Peñarol Barracas Central Cerro Porteño | Panta Walon Bocca Real Antioquia | Fantasmas Deportes Recoleta Tigres |

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A :

| Group A PosTeam A1 Cascavel A2 Cerro Porteño A3 Panta Walon A4 Tigres | Group B PosTeam B1 Joinville B2 Barracas Central B3 Real Antioquia B4 Fantasmas | Group C PosTeam C1 Centauros C2 Peñarol C3 Bocca C4 Deportes Recoleta |
| - | - | - |

## Squads

Each team had to enter a squad of a maximum of 14 and a minimum of 9 players, including at least two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 48).

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

### Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 21):

* Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
* Goal difference in all matches;
* Goals scored in all matches;
* Fewest number of red cards received;
* Fewest number of yellow cards received;
* Drawing of lots.

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cascavel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Panta Walon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Tigres (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joinville | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Barracas Central | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Real Antioquia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Ninth place play-off |
| 4 | Fantasmas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | Ninth place play-off |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Centauros (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bocca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Peñarol | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Deportes Recoleta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Eleventh place play-off |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Panta Walon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | C | Peñarol | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | B | Real Antioquia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Ninth place play-off |

### Ranking of fourth-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | B | Fantasmas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | Ninth place play-off |
| 2 | C | Deportes Recoleta | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Eleventh place play-off |
| 3 | A | Tigres (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | Eleventh place play-off |

## Final stage

In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to twelfth place) (Regulations Article 22).

All match times are in VET (UTC−4).

### Bracket

The quarter-final matchups are:

* QF1: Winner Group A vs. 2nd Best Third Place
* QF2: Winner Group B vs. 1st Best Third Place
* QF3: Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A
* QF4: Runner-up Group B vs. Runner-up Group C

The semi-final matchups are:

* SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4
* SF2: Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3

| 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 25 May | 25 May | | | |
| | | | | Cascavel | 4 | | | |
| | | 26 May | 26 May | Peñarol | 0 | 27 May | 27 May | | |
| | | Peñarol | 4 | | | Cascavel | 3 | |
| | | Barracas Central | 5 | 25 May | 25 May | Bocca | 2 | |
| | | | | Barracas Central | 1 (4) | | | | |
| 27 May | 27 May | | | Bocca (p) | 1 (5) | | | 28 May | 28 May |
| Barracas Central | 3 | | | | | | | Cascavel | 3 |
| Panta Walon | 2 | | | 25 May | 25 May | | | Joinville | 1 |
| | | | | Joinville (p) | 3 (3) | | | | |
| | | 26 May | 26 May | Panta Walon | 3 (1) | 27 May | 27 May | | |
| 7th place match | 7th place match | Panta Walon | 5 | | | Joinville | 2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| 27 May | 27 May | Cerro Porteño | 3 | 25 May | 25 May | Centauros | 0 | 28 May | 28 May |
| Peñarol | 3 | | | Centauros | 5 | | | Bocca | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 1 | | | Cerro Porteño | 3 | | | Centauros | 2 |
| 11th place match | 11th place match |
| 26 May | 26 May |
| Deportes Recoleta | 1 |
| Tigres | 6 |
| 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 26 May | 26 May |
| Real Antioquia | 2 |
| Fantasmas | 5 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Cascavel |
| | Joinville |
| | Centauros |
| 4 | Bocca |
| 5 | Barracas Central |
| 6 | Panta Walon |
| 7 | Peñarol |
| 8 | Cerro Porteño |
| 9 | Fantasmas |
| 10 | Real Antioquia |
| 11 | Tigres |
| 12 | Deportes Recoleta |
