2022 Copa Libertadores de Futsal

The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 21st edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 24 September and 2 October 2022 (originally scheduled from 30 April to 7 May 2022).^[1]^[2]

2022 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal Argentina 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Buenos Aires
Dates	24 September – 2 October 2022
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cascavel (1st title)
Runners-up	Peñarol
Third place	San Lornzo
Fourth place	Cerro Porteño
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	149 (4.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Rodríguez (6 goals)
← 2021 2023 →

San Lorenzo were the defending champions.

Teams edit

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.^[3]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Argentina (hosts)	San Lorenzo (holders)	2021 Copa Libertadores champions.
	Barracas Central	2021 Campeonato Único de Primera División champions.^[4]^[5]
	Boca Juniors	2021 Campeonato Único de Primera División and 2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal runners-up.^{[Note ARG]}^[4]^[5]^[6]
Bolivia	San Martín de Porres	2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.^[7]
Brazil	Cascavel	2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.^{[Note BRA]}^[8]
Chile	Universidad de Chile	2021 Campeonato Futsal Primera champions.^[9]
Colombia	Deportivo Meta	2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.^[10]
Ecuador	Sportivo Bocca	2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions.^{[citation needed]}
Paraguay	Cerro Porteño	2021 Liga Premium de Futsal FIFA champions.^[11]
Peru	Panta Walon	2022 Pre-Libertadores tournament winners.^[12]
Uruguay	Peñarol	2021 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Sala champions.^[13]
Venezuela	Bucaneros	2021 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions.^[14]

Notes

Brazil (BRA): The Brazilian Football Confederation awarded to Cascavel the Brazil berth as winners of the 2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal. Previously, the Brazil berth was awarded to the champions of the Supercopa de Futsal, an event organized by Brazilian Futsal Confederation.^[15]
Argentina (ARG): The second Argentine berth was originally reserved for the 2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions, however, the second berth was awarded to Boca Juniors as Barracas Central were champions in both tournaments that awarded berths to the 2022 Copa Libertadores (2021 Campeonato Único de Primera División and 2021 Liga Nacional de Futsal), and Boca Junior were runners-up in both tournaments.

Venue edit

The tournament was entirely played at the Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas (also knows as Befol Arena), owned by Argentinos Juniors, located in La Paternal neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[16]^[17]

Draw edit

The draw of the tournament was held on 29 August 2022, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4).^[18] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:^[3]

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

To Group A: as 2021 Copa Libertadores champions, San Lorenzo (Argentina)
To Group B: as the first representative of the host association, Barracas Central (Argentina)
To Group C: as the representative of the runner-up national association of the 2021 Copa Libertadores, Cascavel (Brazil)

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 (Venezuela, Peru and Paraguay) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Colombia, Uruguay and Chile) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Ecuador and Bolivia) in pot 4, alongside the additional Argentine club. 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. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 (seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Barracas Central Cascavel	Bucaneros Panta Walon Cerro Porteño	Deportivo Meta Peñarol Universidad de Chile	Sportivo Bocca San Martín de Porres Boca Juniors

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[19]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	San Lorenzo
A2	Cerro Porteño
A3	Universidad de Chile
A4	Sportivo Bocca

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Cascavel
B2	Panta Walon
B3	Peñarol
B4	Boca Juniors

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Barracas Central
C2	Bucaneros
C3	Deportivo Meta
C4	San Martín de Porres

Squads edit

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 32).^[3]

Group stage edit

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 (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):^[3]

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 red cards received;
Fewest yellow cards received;
Drawing of lots.

All match times are in PYT (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.^[20]

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cerro Porteño	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	San Lorenzo (H)	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Sportivo Bocca	3	1	2	13	7	+6	3
4	Universidad de Chile	3	0	3	4	19	−15	0	Eleventh place play-off

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 September 2022