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2018 Copa Libertadores

The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

River Plate defeated Boca Juniors in the finals by an aggregate score of 5–3 to win their fourth tournament title.[1] As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana.[2] They also automatically qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage. Grêmio were the defending champions, but were defeated by River Plate in the semifinals.

The first leg of the final was played at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 November 2018, while the second leg took place outside South America at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain (a neutral venue) on 9 December 2018.[3][4] The New York Times reported that the second leg was referred to as the "Final to End All Finals" and the biggest game in Argentine sport history but it was postponed and moved due to violence against the Boca Juniors team.[5]

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:[6]

Teams from Mexico, as they did in 2017, withdrew from the 2018 Copa Libertadores, citing schedule conflicts.[7]

The entry stage was determined as follows:[6]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[19] The first stage matches were played on Monday and Friday, instead of the usual midweek of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The finals were initially scheduled for 7 and 28 November, but were moved to 10 and 24 November after the finalists were confirmed.[3]

Draws

2018 Copa Libertadores is located in South America
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Atlético Tucumán
Estudiantes
La Paz
La Paz
Oriente Petrolero
J. Wilstermann
São Paulo
São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Chapecoense
Cruzeiro
Grêmio
Santos
Santiago
Santiago
S. Wanderers
U. de Concepción
Bogotá
Bogotá
Atlético Nacional
Junior
Macará
Indep. del Valle
Emelec
Delfín
Asunción
Asunción
Lima
Lima
Melgar
Real Garcilaso
Montevideo
Montevideo
Dep. Táchira
Carabobo
Dep. Lara
Monagas
Bogotá teams Millonarios Santa Fe Lima teams Alianza Lima Universitario La Paz teams Bolivar The Strongest Santiago teams Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile
Rio de Janeiro teams Flamengo Vasco da Gama São Paulo teams Corinthians Palmeiras
Rio de Janeiro teams
Flamengo
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Asunción teams Cerro Porteño Guaraní Libertad Olimpia Montevideo teams Defensor Sporting Montevideo Wanderers Nacional Peñarol Greater Buenos Aires teams Banfield Boca Juniors Independiente Racing River Plate
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Location of teams of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: Play-off rounds.

The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[21][22]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:[23]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2008–2017
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2007
  3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years

For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.[24]

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.[24]

Notes
  1. † The identity of the team Chile 4 was not known at the time of the draw, and was unseeded in the second stage draw.

For the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.[25] As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.[24]

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H, also denoted as Groups 1–8) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.[24]

Notes
  1. † Defending Copa Libertadores champion, automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to Group A in the group stage draw.
  2. ‡ Defending Copa Sudamericana champion, automatically seeded into Pot 2 in the group stage draw.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[26][27] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie.[28]

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).[2]

The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

First stage

Second stage

Third stage

Copa Sudamericana qualification

The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 21).[2]

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).[2]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

Group A

Source: CONMEBOL

Group B

Source: CONMEBOL

Group C

Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

Source: CONMEBOL

Final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[2]

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9–16.[29]

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 22.i).[2]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.

Round of 16

Notes
  1. ^
    CONMEBOL awarded Independiente a 3–0 win as a result of Santos fielding the ineligible player Carlos Sánchez. The match originally ended 0–0.[30]
  2. ^
    Match abandoned after 81 minutes due to crowd trouble, with the score 0–0 at the time.[31]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid[note 3]
Attendance: 62,282
Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

River Plate won 5–3 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Source: CONMEBOL.com[35]

Top assists

Source: CONMEBOL.com[36]

Notes

  1. ^ The Boca Juniors v River Plate match, originally scheduled on 10 November 2018, 17:00 UTC−3, was postponed to the following day due to a waterlogged pitch.[32]
  2. ^ The River Plate v Boca Juniors match, originally scheduled on 24 November 2018, 17:00 UTC−3, was postponed to 9 December 2018 due to an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus when several players were injured.[33]
  3. ^ The River Plate v Boca Juniors match, originally scheduled to be hosted by River Plate at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, took place in Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid due to safety concerns.[34]

References

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  3. ^ a b "Las finales de la CONMEBOL Libertadores se disputarán el 10 y 24 de noviembre". CONMEBOL.com. 1 November 2018.
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  5. ^ In a Transplanted Final, Even the Copa Libertadores Is Sanitized, New York Times, December 9, 2018
  6. ^ a b "Copa Bridgestone Libertadores 2017 tendrá 47 clubes". CONMEBOL.com. 6 December 2016.
  7. ^ "México seguirá sin Copa Libertadores". El Universal (in Spanish). 4 December 2017.
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  22. ^ "Los Grupos y emparejamientos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018". CONMEBOL.com. 20 December 2017.
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  25. ^ "En la Fase 3 los clubes de mejor ranking definirán de local el partido de vuelta". CONMEBOL.com. 8 February 2018.
  26. ^ "El 4 de junio se sortean los Octavos de la Libertadores y Segunda Fase de la Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 19 April 2018.
  27. ^ "Cruces estelares tras el sorteo de los Octavos de Final". CONMEBOL.com. 4 June 2018.
  28. ^ "CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018, SISTEMA DE SORTEO – Octavos de Final" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
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  34. ^ "Final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018 se jugará el domingo 9 de diciembre en el Santiago Bernabéu de Madrid" [Final of the 2018 CONMEBOL Libertadores will be played on Sunday, 9 December at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid]. CONMEBOL (in Spanish). Luque. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  35. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2018 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  36. ^ "RESUMEN COMPLETO DE JUGADORES – Asistencias" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.

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