The Paraguayan women's football championship is the top level league competition for women's football in Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

. The winner qualifies for the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino

Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino

The Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino is the international women's association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL nations. The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football...

, the South American Champions League. The competition is organised by the Paraguayan Football Association.

Format

The teams play a double round robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

. After that the four best teams advance to the semi-finals. After participation in the late 2000s has declined to around 6 clubs, there were some seminares as how to increase participation. Finally 12 teams did enter the 2011 championship.

List of champions

The 1997 championship was an experimental tournament. Then, from 1999, the competition was held annually, except for 2001. Universidad Autonoma won 8 times out of 12.

• 1997 Nacional
  Club Nacional
  Club Nacional is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, founded in 1904.-History:The club was founded on June 5, 1904 by a group of alumni of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, one of the oldest public schools in Asunción...
  
  
• 1998 not held
• 1999 Universidad Autonoma
  Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (football)
  Universidad Autónoma de Asunción is a Paraguayan women's football club based in Asunción.After winning the 2009 and 2010 Paraguayan championship, the club is represented Paraguay in the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, where it reached the final in 2009 and only third place in the group stage...
  
  
• 2000 Nacional
• 2001 not held
• 2002 Real Sajonia
• 2003 Universidad Autonoma

Since at least 2004 an Apertura and Clausura

Apertura and Clausura

The Apertura and Clausura tournaments are a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional European football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for...

 format was adopted. The winners of those are not considered champions but play a playoff for
the championship.

Year	Overall champion	Result	Runners-up	Apertura winners	Clausura winners
2004	Universidad Autonoma	4–4 H, 3–1 A	Cerro Porteño
2005	Universidad Autonoma	2–0 H, 3–1 A	Libertad	Libertad	Universidad Autonoma
2006	Universidad Autonoma	2–0 H, 1–2 A	Cerro Porteño	Universidad Autonoma	Cerro Porteño
2007	Cerro Porteño Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...			Cerro Porteño
2008	Universidad Autonoma	no final played		Universidad Autonoma	Universidad Autonoma
2009	Universidad Autonoma	3–3 A, 3–1 H	Cerro Porteño	Cerro Porteño	Universidad Autonoma
2010	Universidad Autonoma
2011				Universidad Autonoma

In 2011 Apertura and Clausura were played. Both winners play a championship playoff for the overall championship. Apertura champion 2011 were Universidad Autonoma after a 2:0 win over Cerro Porteño.

External links

• Paraguayan Football Association; Portal on women's football