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2023 Copa Libertadores de Futsal

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal Venezuela 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
City	Caracas
Dates	21–28 May 2023
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cascavel (2nd title)
Runners-up	Joinville
Third place	Centauros
Fourth place	Bocca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	129 (4.03 per match)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.

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.
	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 Primera División Futsal Pro champions.
Uruguay	Peñarol	2022 Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol Sala champions.
Venezuela (hosts)	Centauros	2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 champions.
	Tigres	2022 Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 Torneo Clausura runners-up.

Notes

1. 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).
2. 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.

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 Pos Team A1 Cascavel A2 Cerro Porteño A3 Panta Walon A4 Tigres

Group B Pos Team B1 Joinville B2 Barracas Central B3 Real Antioquia B4 Fantasmas

Group C Pos Team 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):

1. Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
2. Goal difference in all matches;
3. Goals scored in all matches;
4. Fewest number of red cards received;
5. Fewest number of yellow cards received;
6. 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
3	Panta Walon	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Tigres (H)	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0	Eleventh place play-off

Cascavel	3–1	Tigres
Rafael Ernandes Gessé Micuim	Report	Maikel Hernández

Cerro Porteño	3–0	Panta Walon
Jorge Espinoza Arnaldo Báez Carlos Arana	Report

Panta Walon	2–2	Cascavel
Leanderson Cameiro Jordi Rivera	Report	Thales Feitosa Rafael Ernandes

Cerro Porteño	3–2	Tigres
Jorge Espinoza Rodrigo Ayala Gonzalo Abdala	Report	Greudy Salas Gregory Veramendi

Cascavel	5–1	Cerro Porteño
Jorginho Rafael Ernandes Gessé Jhony Matheus De Lima	Report	(o.g.) Gustavinho

Tigres	2–3	Panta Walon
Michael Gelvez Wilmer Cabarcas	Report	Xavier Tavera Leanderson Carneiro

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
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

Joinville	1–0	Fantasmas
João Silveira	Report

Barracas Central	0–0	Real Antioquia
	Report

Real Antioquia	0–1	Joinville
	Report	Rafinha

Barracas Central	4–1	Fantasmas
Biagio Russo Facundo Fontanella Franco Garrido	Report	José Sánchez

Joinville	2–2	Barracas Central
Éder Lima	Report	Biagio Russo Gabriel Ramirez

Fantasmas	3–3	Real Antioquia
Roberto Guerrero Nicolás Vásquez Cristian Jiménez	Report	Cristian Arganfo Yovan Cardenas Juan Uribe

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
3	Peñarol	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	Deportes Recoleta	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1	Eleventh place play-off

Centauros	3–0	Deportes Recoleta
Kevin Briceño Greydelvid Junior Teran José Ascanio	Report

Peñarol	0–0	Bocca
	Report

Bocca	0–1	Centauros
	Report	Eneiker Morales

Peñarol	1–1	Deportes Recoleta
Alfredo Vidal	Report	Moisés Pulgar

Centauros	0–0	Peñarol
	Report

Deportes Recoleta	2–4	Bocca
Francisco Feliu Moisés Pulgar	Report	Pedro Pascottini Diego Bermudez Sergio Arcibar

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
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

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–8th place semi-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

25 May

Cascavel

4

26 May

Peñarol

0

27 May

Peñarol

4

Cascavel

3

Barracas Central

5

25 May

Bocca

2

Barracas Central

1 (4)

27 May

Bocca (p)

1 (5)

28 May

Barracas Central

3

Cascavel

3

Panta Walon

2

25 May

Joinville

1

Joinville (p)

3 (3)

26 May

Panta Walon

3 (1)

27 May

7th place match

Panta Walon

5

Joinville

2

3rd place match

27 May

Cerro Porteño

3

25 May

Centauros

0

28 May

Peñarol

3

Centauros

5

Bocca

0

Cerro Porteño

1

Cerro Porteño

3

Centauros

2

11th place match         26 May     Deportes Recoleta 1     Tigres 6

9th place match         26 May     Real Antioquia 2     Fantasmas 5

Quarter-finals

Cascavel	4–0	Peñarol
Zequinha 3' Rafael Ernandes 30', 35' Thales Feitosa 37'	Report

Joinville	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Panta Walon
João Silveira 3' Renatinho 14' Henrique Gonçalves 27'	Report	Xavier Tavera 1', 38' Ángel Angulo 32'
Penalties
João Silveira Kevin Rafinha	3–1	Xavier Tavera Ángel Angulo Robert Pereira Renzo Ramírez

Barracas Central	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bocca
Marcos González 43'	Report	Josué Mercado 48'
Penalties
Matías Usinger Alan De Candia Augusto Van de Casteele Nicolás Kravetsky Facundo Fontanella	4–5	César Baldrich Sergio Alcíbar Alejandro Nazareno Josué Mercado Jerson Nazareno

Centauros	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Cerro Porteño
Kevin Briceño 12', 13' Edward Marcano 41' Greydavid Terán 48' Luis Abello 49'	Report	Carlos Arana 17' Arnaldo Báez 26' Gonzalo Abdala 42'

Semi-finals

5th–8th place

Peñarol	4–5	Barracas Central
Brandon Díaz 11' Xapa 12', 36' André Martins 13'		Matías Usinger 9' Augusto Van de Casteele 13' Alan De Candia 17' Brian Burgos 34' Franco Garrido 39'

Panta Walon	5–3	Cerro Porteño
Renzo Ramírez 24' Xavier Tavera 33' Leonel Valencia 34', 39' Junior Ulloa 36'		Arnaldo Báez 24', 38' Alan Rojas 37'

1st–4th place

Cascavel	3–2	Bocca
Jorginho Zequinha Claudinho		Alejandro Nazareno

Joinville	2–0	Centauros
Rafinha Kevin Farias

Finals

11th place match

Deportes Recoleta	1–6	Tigres
Sebastián Olave 11'		Ángel Muñoz 10' Jorge Preciado 19' Gonzalo Pires 25', 34' Gregory Veramendi 36' Enso Valbuena 39'

9th place match

Real Antioquia	2–5	Fantasmas
Yovan Cárdenas 18' Kevin Terrazas 39' (o.g.)		Yulian Díaz 24', 31', 33', 34' Freddy Grajeda 36'

7th place match

Peñarol	3–1	Cerro Porteño

5th place match

Barracas Central	3–2	Panta Walon

3rd place match

Bocca	0-2	Centauros
	Report	Eneiker Morales Kevin Briceño

Final

Cascavel	3-1	Joinville
Zequinha 3' Gessé 13' Rafael Ernandes 38'	Report	39' Roni

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

References

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External links

• Copa Libertadores de Futsal
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• International futsal competitions hosted by Venezuela