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Copa Libertadores Femenina Betting Guide

What is the Copa Libertadores Femenina?

The Copa Libertadores Femenina is an annual football competition that is played by the best women's football teams in South America. The competition is currently the only international club competition organised by the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) for women's football. The competition was created in 2009, after approval from the CONMEBOL, and has gone on to spark huge interest in women's football in the continent. Since 2019, clubs are not allowed to play in the men's Copa Libertadores if they do not also have a women's team, this law was put in place to strengthen the women's competition.

In the current format, a total of 16 clubs can qualify for the event, from 10 football associations in South America. The 16 teams are split into four groups of 4, and then all teams play three matches against the other 3 teams in their group. At the end of the group stage, the winners and runners up of each group proceed to the knockout round. These start from the quarter finals, then proceed to the semi-finals and final.

Teams that play in the competition, or can play in the qualification rounds leading up to the competition, come from the top leagues in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The top goalscorers in the competition include the Brazilian Cristiane, who scored a record 15 goals in the inaugural season, 10 of which came from two games; Santos vs EnForma Santa Cruz that ended 12-0 and Santos vs Caracas, that ended 11-0. She went on to become top goalscorer again in 2012 with 7 goals. Venezuelan football player Ysaura Viso won the competition twice and so has Victoria, who plays for the Brazilian team Corinthians.

How to Bet on the Copa Libertadores Femenina

Football matches offer numerous betting opportunities and the Copa Libertadores Femenina is no different. Here you can learn about the most popular types of bets available.

Outrights

For football fans who cannot wait to get in on the action, the outright betting markets are a good choice. The most popular market is on which team will win the enter competition. This bet will be available long before the competition starts and often there are very long odds available.

Match Result

When the competition starts, each match will have a huge variety of bets. The most straightforward bet is the match result; a bet can be placed on either team to win or for the match to finish in a draw.

Double Chance

Double chance bets are safer options when it comes to a game between two evenly matched teams. The double chance bet gives punters three options, home team to win or a draw, away team to win or a draw, or home team or away team to win. This bet is safer to place than a match result bet, but it comes with shorter odds.

Halves

Matches can be divided into halves, and fans can bet on a team to win one of the halves, or for it to end in a draw. These bets are popular because they may be easier to predict than a full match result, and pay out in half the time.

Handicap Bets

Goal handicaps can be set on either team, these can be either positive or negative. Handicaps such as -1.5, -2.5, -3.5 and more can be set on a team, meaning that the team will have to win the game by scoring 2, 3, 4 or more goals than their opponent for the bet to win. Negative handicaps increase the difficulty of winning the bet, but offer significantly longer odds. Positive handicaps can also be set in the same way as the negative ones, these will shorten the odds but are far easier to win.

Over/Under Bets

There is an extensive selection of bets use the over/under system. These bets are not directly affected by the match result, they depend on specifics such as how many goals will be scored, number of fouls, corners, shots on target and more.

Each bet presents a value. For example, in the case of total goals scored, this will be a value for the total number of goals scored by both teams. Punters can then bet on the total number of goals to be over or under that value. There are usually several values to choose from, for instance over/under 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 goals.

Many More Markets

There are many more football bets that can be placed on each game in the competition. These can include very specific bets such as correct score, will there be a penalty, will there be a headed goal, and more. They can also include combinations of other bet types, such as a team to win the first half and score over 3.5 in the game, a team to lose the first half but win the game, the game to end in a draw at full time with under 1.5 goals and many more.

It is worth looking through all the different bets offered, as there are plenty of options and each represents the chance to place a winning bet.