The 2025 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages will be played from 4 February to 13 March 2025.[1][2] A total of 19 teams will compete in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2025 Copa Libertadores.[3]
Draw
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 19 December 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[4]
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 (shown in parentheses),[5] taking into account the following three factors:[6]
Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2015–2024.
Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2014 and 2002–2014 respectively.
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.[7]
† The identity of the team from Bolivia was not known at the time the pots were announced and it was seeded in 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.[7]
† The identity of the team from Bolivia and the second team from Colombia was not known at the time the pots were announced and they were seeded in 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.[7]
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 is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[3]
Bracket
The qualifying stages are structured as follows:
First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advance to the second stage to join the 13 teams which are given byes to the second stage.
Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advance to the third stage.
Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advance to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The four teams eliminated in the third stage enter the Copa Sudamericana group stage.
The bracket will be decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 19 December 2024.
† Order of legs to be decided, with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.
Matches
Lower-ranked Winner C1/C8
v
Higher-ranked Winner C1/C8
Higher-ranked Winner C1/C8
v
Lower-ranked Winner C1/C8
Winner advances to the group stage.
Lower-ranked Winner C2/C7
v
Higher-ranked Winner C2/C7
Higher-ranked Winner C2/C7
v
Lower-ranked Winner C2/C7
Winner advances to the group stage.
Lower-ranked Winner C3/C6
v
Higher-ranked Winner C3/C6
Higher-ranked Winner C3/C6
v
Lower-ranked Winner C3/C6
Winner advances to the group stage.
Lower-ranked Winner C4/C5
v
Higher-ranked Winner C4/C5
Higher-ranked Winner C4/C5
v
Lower-ranked Winner C4/C5
Winner advances to the group stage.
Notes
^Defensor Sporting will play their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
^Boston River will play their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Campeones Olímpicos, Florida which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
