2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina
2016 Copa Libertadores de América Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates6–20 December 2016
Teams12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsParaguay Sportivo Limpeño (1st title)
Runners-upVenezuela Estudiantes de Guárico
Third placeBrazil Foz Cataratas
Fourth placeUruguay Colón
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored63 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Oriana Altuve
Colombia Manuela González
(4 goals each)
2015
2017

The 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was played in Uruguay from 6 to 20 December 2016.[1]

In the first final without a team from Brazil, Paraguayan team Sportivo Limpeño won their first title against Estudiantes de Guárico from Venezuela.[2]

  1. ^ "La Copa Libertadores Femenina se desarrollará del 6 al 20 de diciembre en Uruguay" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Sporting Limpeno make history for Paraguay". FIFA. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016.