- Stein Cascavel beat Peñarol 3-0 and La Unión overcame Ferro Carril Oeste 3-2 after extra time: they will meet in the Final on Saturday.
- The day also settled final placings: Universidad de Chile beat Mecatrónica 3-0 to finish ninth, and Llaneros defeated Caracas FC 5-1 to take seventh place.
The CONMEBOL Libertadores Futsal Femenina 2026 had its penultimate day on Friday at the Estadio Multideportivo Ferro Carril Oeste in Buenos Aires, with four matches and two places in the Final at stake. Stein Cascavel, champions in 2023 and 2024, beat Peñarol 3-0, and La Unión overcame Ferro Carril Oeste 3-2 after extra time, following a 2-2 draw in normal time, to reach the first Final in their history. The Brazilian and Ecuadorian sides will decide the title on Saturday.
The four semi-finalists had reached this stage after a Group Stage that ended on Wednesday and a rest day on Thursday. Stein Cascavel and Ferro Carril Oeste won their groups with a perfect record, twelve points from four matches each, while Peñarol advanced as Group A runners-up with nine points and La Unión did the same in Group B with seven. The ties paired the winners of each group with the runners-up of the other: Stein Cascavel – Peñarol and Ferro Carril Oeste – La Unión.
Before the Semi-finals, the day settled the final placings among the teams that had not advanced. Universidad de Chile took ninth place by beating Mecatrónica 3-0, and Llaneros finished seventh after defeating Caracas FC 5-1. Fifth place, between Víctor Muriel and Exa Ysaty, will be decided on Saturday, on a day that will also feature the third-place match and the Final.
Mecatrónica (PER) 0-3 Universidad de Chile (CHI) – Ninth place
The day opened at midday with the meeting between the fifth-placed teams from each group, and Universidad de Chile ended their campaign with a win. The Chilean side beat Mecatrónica 3-0, claimed their first victory of the tournament and took ninth place in the final standings.
Antonella Pacheco opened the scoring in the first half, and the Chileans went into the break with a one-goal lead. In the second half, Francisca Puma extended the advantage and Thiare Vourio sealed the 3-0 result.
Universidad de Chile had earned one point in Group B, from the 1-1 draw with Exa Ysaty on the third matchday, and came into the game after a 3-1 defeat to Llaneros at the end of the Group Stage. Mecatrónica, the Peruvian champions, had faced Víctor Muriel, Caracas FC, Ferro Carril Oeste and Peñarol in Group A.
With this result, the team coached by Gustavo Soto leave Buenos Aires with their best performance of the competition and their first clean sheet of the week. Mecatrónica, meanwhile, completed their five matches in the tournament and finished in tenth place.
Caracas FC (VEN) 1-5 Llaneros (COL) – Seventh place
The second slot belonged to the fourth-placed teams from each group, and Llaneros were the clear winners. The Colombian champions beat Caracas FC 5-1 and took seventh place, in what was their second win in a row after the 3-1 victory over Universidad de Chile on Wednesday.
The first half was evenly balanced. Sharit Reyes put Llaneros ahead, Gilary Díaz equalised for Caracas FC and Nancy Madrid restored the Colombians’ lead before the break. In the second half, Llaneros pulled away with goals from Angie Ortiz and Angie Herrera, and Nancy Madrid rounded off the scoring with her second of the match.
Both teams had finished the Group Stage on four points. Llaneros reached that total with the 1-1 draw against La Unión on the opening day and the win over the Chileans, with two goals from Angie Ortiz and one from Valentina Salazar. Caracas FC, for their part, had beaten Mecatrónica 3-0 and closed Group A with a 1-1 draw against Víctor Muriel.
For the side from Villavicencio, coached by Berley Villa, it was the end of their second appearance in the competition, after the 2024 edition in Cochabamba. Caracas FC, champions of the Liga FUTVE Futsal Femenina, finished in eighth place.
Stein Cascavel (BRA) 3-0 Peñarol (URU) – Semi-final
The first finalists were the two-time champions. Stein Cascavel beat Peñarol 3-0 in the first Semi-final and on Saturday will play their third Final of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Futsal Femenina, after the ones they won in 2023 and 2024. The side from Paraná made it five wins from five matches in Buenos Aires and reached 26 goals scored with just one conceded.
The match was all but settled before the break. Flávia opened the scoring, Jaque Nunes added the second and Flávia herself completed her double to send Stein Cascavel into half-time with a 3-0 lead. There were no further goals in the second half, but the Brazilians stayed in control and gave Peñarol no chance to get back into the game. The clearest chances of the second half also fell to Stein Cascavel, who hit the woodwork twice and were denied by an outstanding display from Sofía Olivera, the Uruguayan side’s goalkeeper.
Stein Cascavel had reached the Semi-final as Group B winners with four victories in four matches, 23 goals scored and one conceded: 4-0 against Universidad de Chile, 9-0 against La Unión, 5-1 against Llaneros and 5-0 against Exa Ysaty. The 2023 and 2024 champions, coached by Márcio Coelho, are aiming to become the first club with three titles in the history of the competition. Peñarol, also semi-finalists in 2025, had advanced as Group A runners-up with wins over Víctor Muriel (3-0), Caracas FC (3-2) and Mecatrónica (9-1), and a single defeat, 2-0 to Ferro Carril Oeste on the final matchday.
Stein Cascavel will play the Final on Saturday against La Unión, with the chance to become the competition’s first three-time champions. Peñarol, semi-finalists for the second edition in a row, will end their campaign the same day in the third-place match against Ferro Carril Oeste.
Ferro Carril Oeste (ARG) 2-3 La Unión (ECU) – Semi-final
The second Semi-final was the most eventful match of the day and was decided in extra time. La Unión beat Ferro Carril Oeste 3-2, after a 2-2 draw in the 40 minutes of normal time, and will play the Final for the first time, in their second appearance in the competition. The hosts, who had won all four of their Group Stage matches, will contest the third-place match.
The first half was tight and remained goalless until the end of the period. The drama all came at the close: Macarena Espinoza opened the scoring for the hosts in the last minute of the first half and, with 20 seconds left before the break, Laura Pallares equalised for La Unión to make it 1-1 at half-time. The second half stayed level until the closing stages, when Daniela Fernández put La Unión ahead with just over three minutes remaining. The home side’s response came late on: Julia Ponce made it 2-2 with a minute to go. The 2-2 scoreline sent the tie to extra time, in which Ferro Carril Oeste were reduced to one player fewer when Rocío Díaz was sent off with less than two minutes left in the first period of extra time. La Unión made the numerical advantage count immediately: 17 seconds later, Mayerly Ramírez scored to make it 3-2 for the Ecuadorians. In the second period of extra time, the ‘Verdolaga’ created two clear chances to equalise, but the finalists held on to their lead until the end.
Ferro had won Group A with a perfect record in their first appearance in the tournament: 5-1 against Caracas FC, 6-0 against Mecatrónica, 2-1 against Víctor Muriel and 2-0 against Peñarol, with goals from Sofía Chávez and Rocío Díaz in the match that decided first place. Nicolás Basualdo’s team, champions of the AFA Primera División in 2025, represent a country with four runners-up finishes in the competition. La Unión, meanwhile, had reached the Semi-finals for the first time, in their second appearance, after drawing 1-1 with Llaneros, beating Universidad de Chile 1-0 and Exa Ysaty 3-1, the result that secured their qualification on the fourth matchday.
La Unión will play the Final on Saturday against Stein Cascavel, in a rematch between two teams who already met on the third matchday of Group B, when the Brazilians won 9-0. Ferro Carril Oeste will end their first appearance in the tournament at 14:30, in the third-place match against Peñarol, whom they beat 2-0 at the end of Group A.
What’s next
The CONMEBOL Libertadores Futsal Femenina 2026 will conclude this Saturday, 14 November, at the same venue. The day will begin at 12:00 with the fifth-place match between Víctor Muriel and Exa Ysaty, third in Groups A and B. At 14:30, Peñarol will play for the last place on the podium against Ferro Carril Oeste, and at 17:00 Stein Cascavel will contest the Final against La Unión.
