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Colombia is ratified as a powerhouse in women’s football on the continent after reaching second place in the historic league table Women’s Libertadores Cup. The recent participations of Cali America and Deportivo Cali in the continental tournament, they allowed national football to supplant Chile in the standings of conmebol in its latest update. The leader is Brazil with 11 titles and three finalists.

154 dots addition Colombia to date, having added points from 2009, when the first edition of the tournament was held, one more than Chile. The team with the most entries was Intimate formssixth in the table by clubs, only surpassed by Corinthians, Colo-Colo, Santos FC, Sao Jose and Ferreviaria. The club founded by Liliana Zapata has played eight editions with a record of 50 points in 32 games played, thanks to 15 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses. Their best performance was in 2013 when they finished third.

They continue in the attendance table Independent Santa Fe and America de Caliwho were finalists in the 2021 and 2020 editions respectively. With two tournaments played appear Deportivo Caliwhich is one of the clubs with the biggest win in the Championship, 11-2 against Always Ready, and which recently reached its best figure in the fourth box.

In the meantime, Atletico Huila It has the plate of being the only Colombian champion club in the women’s Copa Libertadores. It was in the 2018 edition, with Yoreli Rincon as a great figure in the team. In the grand final, they beat Santos FC after drawing 1-1 in 90 minutes and then winning 5-3 on penalties. Palmiran, Real Pasión and Independiente Medellín generations are the other teams that participated in the tournament.

The fact that Colombia is the second country in this historic ranking gives it an additional place in the 2023 edition of the Women’s Libertadores Cupwhich is for the four best nations (Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay). Thus, Colombian football will have three clubs which will be distributed as follows: Champion of the BetPlay League women 2023, Women’s BetPlay League 2023 finalist and host team, which will be chosen by the Dimayor.

There Women’s Libertadores Cup 2023which will take place in Colombiain the absence of defining whether it is a single seat or shared between Cali and Bogotá, will have an increase of 68% In your kitty with $3,350,000 which will be divided between 16 attendees.

It will be the first time that South America’s most important women’s club competition will take place in the country. It will be between October 5 and 21 and each of the qualifiers will receive $50,000in regards to 240 million Colombian pesos.

The winning team will receive $1,700,000, $200,000 more than those delivered during the 2022 edition, the finalists $600,000 and third place $250,000.

“South America has already shown at national team level that we have the best football in the world. Now we will focus on promoting club competitions,” said Conmebol president Alejandro Domínguez. , commenting on the 23% increase in prize money for sponsored tournaments in 2023.

Given the good reception reserved for the Colombian under-20 team during the South American championship of the category in the capital of the Republic, the Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia Lopez, met with the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez and Ramón Jesurun, president of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), to ask the city to host the next edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina. At the end of March, the decision will be taken by Conmebol and the FCF of the city where the match will be played. Women’s Libertadores Cup

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