The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de Futsal was the 23rd edition of the Copa Libertadores de Futsal, South America's premier club futsal tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina between 19 and 26 May 2024.
Cascavel were the two-time defending champions but failed to retain the title after being eliminated in the quarter-finals. Magnus Futsal won its second title (the first was in 2015 under the name Brasil Kirin) after beating Barracas Central 4–2 in the final.
Teams
The competition will contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.
- Notes
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).
Venue
The tournament will be entirely played at the Arena Tortuguitas, also known as DirecTV Arena, located in the city of Tortuguitas in Malvinas Argentinas Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The Arena Tortuguitas has a capacity of 13,500 people seated and up to a total of 15,000 spectators.
Draw
The draw for the groups composition was held on 2 May 2024, 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 2023 Copa Libertadores champions, Cascavel (Brazil)
- To Group B: as the first representative of the host association, San Lorenzo (Argentina)
- To Group C: as the representative of the champion national association of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Magnus Futsal (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, Ecuador and Peru) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Colombia and Chile) in pot 4, alongside the additional Argentine team.
From each pot (except pot 1), 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:
Match officials
On 30 April 2024, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament by its Referees Commission.
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 kick-off times are local times, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Ranking of fourth-placed teams
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).
For the final stage, CONMEBOL implemented the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time in the tournament. It was the second CONMEBOL futsal competition to make use of VAR after the 2024 Copa América de Futsal.
All kick-off times are local times, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
5th–8th place
1st–4th place
Finals
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final ranking
Top scorers
As of May 21.
References
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