2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

The 2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 7 February to 16 March 2023.[1] A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[3]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022 (shown in parentheses),[4] taking into account the following three factors:[5]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2013–2022.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2012 and 2002–2012 respectively.
  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 teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.[6]

First stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 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.[6]

Second stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2

For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.[6]

  • Second stage winner C1 vs. Second stage winner C8
  • Second stage winner C2 vs. Second stage winner C7
  • Second stage winner C3 vs. Second stage winner C6
  • Second stage winner C4 vs. Second stage winner C5

Format

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams had been tied on aggregate, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[2]

Bracket

The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

  • First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 13 teams which were given byes to the second stage.
  • Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
  • Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The four teams eliminated in the third stage entered the 2023 Copa Sudamericana group stage.

The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 21 December 2022.

Winner G1

First stage Second stage Third stage
            
Ecuador Universidad Católica Bye
 
Ecuador Universidad Católica 0 1 1
Colombia Millonarios 0 2 2
Colombia Millonarios Bye
 
Colombia Millonarios 1 1 2
Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1 3 4
Venezuela Carabobo Bye
 
Venezuela Carabobo 0 1 1
Brazil Atlético Mineiro 0 3 3
Brazil Atlético Mineiro Bye
 

Winner G2

First stage Second stage Third stage
            
Uruguay Boston River 3 1 4
Venezuela Zamora 1 0 1
Uruguay Boston River 0 0 0
Argentina Huracán 0 1 1
Argentina Huracán Bye
 
Argentina Huracán 0 0 0
Peru Sporting Cristal 0 1 1
Peru Sport Huancayo 2 1 3
Paraguay Nacional 1 3 4
Paraguay Nacional 2 1 3
Peru Sporting Cristal 0 5 5
Peru Sporting Cristal Bye
 

Winner G3

First stage Second stage Third stage
            
Uruguay Deportivo Maldonado Bye
 
Uruguay Deportivo Maldonado 0 0 0
Brazil Fortaleza 0 4 4
Brazil Fortaleza Bye
 
Brazil Fortaleza 0 1 1
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 1 2 3
Chile Curicó Unido Bye
 
Chile Curicó Unido 0 0 0
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 1 1 2
Paraguay Cerro Porteño Bye
 

Winner G4

First stage Second stage Third stage
            
Chile Magallanes Bye
 
Chile Magallanes 3 3 6
Bolivia Always Ready 0 1 1
Bolivia Always Ready Bye
 
Chile Magallanes 1 0 1
Colombia Independiente Medellín 1 2 3
Bolivia Nacional Potosí 1 1 2
Ecuador El Nacional 6 3 9
Ecuador El Nacional 2 1 3
Colombia Independiente Medellín 2 2 4
Colombia Independiente Medellín Bye
 

First stage

Summary

The first legs were played on 7–9 February, and the second legs were played on 14–16 February 2023.[7][8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport Huancayo Peru 3–4 Paraguay Nacional 2–1 1–3
Nacional Potosí Bolivia 2–9 Ecuador El Nacional 1–6 1–3
Boston River Uruguay 4–1 Venezuela Zamora 3–1 1–0

Matches

Sport Huancayo Peru2–1Paraguay Nacional
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Nacional Paraguay3–1Peru Sport Huancayo
 Report

Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C2).

Nacional Potosí Bolivia1–6Ecuador El Nacional
 Report
El Nacional Ecuador3–1Bolivia Nacional Potosí
 Report

El Nacional won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C4).

Boston River Uruguay3–1Venezuela Zamora
 Report
Zamora Venezuela0–1Uruguay Boston River
Report

Boston River won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).

Second stage

Summary

The first legs were played on 21–23 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February – 2 March 2023.[7][8][12]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Carabobo Venezuela 1–3 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 0–0 1–3
Nacional Paraguay 3–5 Peru Sporting Cristal 2–0 1–5
Deportivo Maldonado Uruguay 0–4 Brazil Fortaleza 0–0 0–4
El Nacional Ecuador 3–4 Colombia Independiente Medellín 2–2 1–2
Magallanes Chile 6–1 Bolivia Always Ready 3–0 3–1
Curicó Unido Chile 0–2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0–1 0–1
Boston River Uruguay 0–1 Argentina Huracán 0–0 0–1
Universidad Católica Ecuador 1–2 Colombia Millonarios 0–0 1–2

Matches

Carabobo Venezuela0–0Brazil Atlético Mineiro
Report
Attendance: 1,567[14]
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Atlético Mineiro Brazil3–1Venezuela Carabobo
 Report
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Sporting Cristal Peru5–1Paraguay Nacional
 Report
Attendance: 17,743[15]

Sporting Cristal won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Fortaleza Brazil4–0Uruguay Deportivo Maldonado
 Report
Attendance: 52,502[16]

Fortaleza won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Independiente Medellín Colombia2–1Ecuador El Nacional
 Report
Attendance: 23,500[18]

Independiente Medellín won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Magallanes Chile3–0Bolivia Always Ready
 Report
Always Ready Bolivia1–3Chile Magallanes
 Report

Magallanes won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Cerro Porteño Paraguay1–0Chile Curicó Unido
 Report
Attendance: 17,759[20]

Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Boston River Uruguay0–0Argentina Huracán
Report
Huracán Argentina1–0Uruguay Boston River
 Report

Huracán won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Millonarios Colombia2–1Ecuador Universidad Católica
 Report
Attendance: 25,787[22]

Millonarios won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Third stage

The first legs were played on 8–9 March, and the second legs were played on 15–16 March 2023.[23][24]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Millonarios Colombia 2–4 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1–1 1–3
Huracán Argentina 0–1 Peru Sporting Cristal 0–0 0–1
Fortaleza Brazil 1–3 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0–1 1–2
Magallanes Chile 1–3 Colombia Independiente Medellín 1–1 0–2

Matches

Millonarios Colombia1–1Brazil Atlético Mineiro
 Report
Attendance: 33,250[25]
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Atlético Mineiro Brazil3–1Colombia Millonarios
 Report
Attendance: 42,169[26]

Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Huracán Argentina0–0Peru Sporting Cristal
Report
Attendance: 8,288[28]
Sporting Cristal Peru1–0Argentina Huracán
 Report
Attendance: 35,832[29]

Sporting Cristal won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Fortaleza Brazil0–1Paraguay Cerro Porteño
Report
Attendance: 42,275[30]
Cerro Porteño Paraguay2–1Brazil Fortaleza
 Report
Attendance: 35,928[31]

Cerro Porteño won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Magallanes Chile1–1Colombia Independiente Medellín
 Report
Attendance: 2,334[32]
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Independiente Medellín Colombia2–0Chile Magallanes
 Report
Attendance: 17,046[33]

Independiente Medellín won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Notes

  1. ^ The Sport Huancayo v Nacional match was played behind closed doors due to security reasons related to the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests.[9]
  2. ^ a b Nacional played their home matches at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción instead of their regular stadium Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  3. ^ Nacional Potosí played their home match at Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz instead of their regular stadium Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.[10]
  4. ^ Referee Flávio de Souza from Brazil, who was originally assigned to the El Nacional v Nacional Potosí match, was replaced by Bruno Arleu from Brazil.[11]
  5. ^ a b Boston River played their home matches at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Parque Artigas, Las Piedras, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  6. ^ Carabobo played their home match against Atlético Mineiro at Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas instead of their regular stadium Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia.[13]
  7. ^ a b Sporting Cristal played their home matches at Estadio Nacional, Lima instead of their regular stadium Estadio Alberto Gallardo, Lima, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  8. ^ El Nacional played their home match against Independiente Medellín at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito instead of their regular stadium Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito.[17]
  9. ^ a b Magallanes played their home matches at Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua instead of their regular stadium Estadio Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés, Santiago, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  10. ^ Always Ready played their home match at Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz instead of their regular stadium Estadio Municipal de Villa Ingenio, El Alto, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
  11. ^ Curicó Unido played their home match at Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago (originally scheduled at Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua) instead of their regular stadium Estadio La Granja, Curicó, which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.[19]
  12. ^ Universidad Católica played their home match against Millonarios at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito instead of their regular stadium Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito which was reserved for a concert.[21]
  13. ^ a b The kickoff time of both legs in Match G2 was changed from 19:00 UTC−3 (17:00 UTC−5) to 21:00 UTC−3 (19:00 UTC−5).[27]
  14. ^ a b The kickoff time of both legs in Match G3 was changed from 21:00 UTC−3 to 19:00 UTC−3.[27]

References

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  2. ^ a b "CONMEBOL Libertadores / Manual de Clubes 2023" (PDF). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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  9. ^ "Sport Huancayo jugará a puertas cerradas su partido de Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). Huancayo: Andina. 6 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Nacional Potosí jugará la Copa Libertadores en La Paz" [Nacional Potosí will play the Copa Libertadores in La Paz] (in Spanish). El Potosí. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Sustitución de árbitro en partido El Nacional vs. Nacional de Potosí" [Referee substitution in El Nacional vs. Nacional de Potosí match] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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  15. ^ "Sporting Cristal X Nacional" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Fortaleza X Deportivo Maldonado" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  17. ^ "El Nacional jugará la Fase 2 de Libertadores en el estadio Rodrigo Paz" [El Nacional will play the Libertadores's Stage 2 at the Rodrigo Paz stadium] (in Spanish). Primicias. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Independiente Medellín X El Nacional" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Cambio de escenario para el juego Curicó Unido vs. Cerro Porteño" [Stadium change for the Curicó Unido vs. Cerro Porteño match] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Cerro Porteño X Curicó Unido" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  21. ^ "U. Católica jugará ante Millonarios en el estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado" [U. Católica will play against Millonarios at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium] (in Spanish). Primicias. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Millonarios X Universidad Católica" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Fixture para la Fase 3 de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023" [Fixture for the third stage of the 2023 CONMEBOL Libertadores] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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  25. ^ "Millonarios X Atlético-MG" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Atlético-MG X Millonarios" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  27. ^ a b "Cambio de horario en dos partidos de la Fase 3" [Time change in two Stage 3 matches] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  28. ^ "Huracán X Sporting Cristal" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  29. ^ "Sporting Cristal X Huracán" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  30. ^ "Fortaleza X Cerro Porteño" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  31. ^ "Cerro Porteño X Fortaleza" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  32. ^ "Magallanes X Independiente Medellín" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  33. ^ "Independiente Medellín X Magallanes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 16 March 2023.