2022_Copa_Libertadores

2022 Copa Libertadores

2022 Copa Libertadores

63rd season of Copa Libertadores


The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 63rd edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]

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On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals.[2][3] On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the final would be played at the Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 29 October 2022.[4]

On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the away goals rule in all of its club competitions including the Copa Libertadores, which had been used since 2005.[5] Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a penalty shoot-out.

Brazilian club Flamengo were the champions, winning their third Copa Libertadores title after beating fellow Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense in the final by a 1–0 score.[6] As winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana and also automatically qualified for both the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Palmeiras were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Athletico Paranaense in the semi-finals.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:[7][8]

  • Copa Libertadores champions
  • Copa Sudamericana champions
  • Brazil: 7 berths
  • Argentina: 6 berths
  • All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:[7]

  • Group stage: 28 teams
    • Copa Libertadores champions
    • Copa Sudamericana champions
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
  • Second stage: 13 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
    • Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
    • Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
    • Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
  • First stage: 6 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
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Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:[17][18]

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Draws

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
La Paz
La Paz
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
São Paulo
Santiago
Santiago
Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Quito
Quito
Asunción
Asunción
Lima
Lima
Montevideo
Montevideo
Belo Horizonte teams América Mineiro Atlético MineiroRio de Janeiro teams Flamengo FluminenseSão Paulo teams Corinthians Palmeiras
Belo Horizonte teams
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro

Rio de Janeiro teams
Flamengo
Fluminense

São Paulo teams
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Location of teams of the 2022 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 was held on 20 December 2021, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[19][22]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2021 (shown in parentheses),[23] taking into account the following three factors:[24]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2012–2021.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2011 and 2002–2011 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.[25]

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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 cannot be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which will be seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity will not be known at the time of the draw, and may be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

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    COL The identity of the team Colombia 3 was not known at the time of the draw, and was 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.

  • 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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[20][26] For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Palmeiras were directly assigned as the top seed of Group A (position A1). The remaining teams were distributed into four pots according to their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

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    TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions, Palmeiras, were automatically allocated to Group A and the position A1.
  2. ^
    CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions (normally seeded in Pot 2) were seeded in Pot 1 due to their CONMEBOL Clubs rank.
  3. ^
    Q3 The third stage winners were seeded in Pot 4.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 May 2022, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[21][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 (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).[1]

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time is not played, and a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[1] 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.

First stage

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Second stage

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Third stage

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Group stage

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[1]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the round of 16 of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[1]

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2). If tied on aggregate, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.3).
  • The final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.3.5). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.

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) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[1]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 27 May 2022.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final (29 October 2022 – Guayaquil)
                  
15 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 1 0 1
2 Argentina River Plate 0 0 0
15 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 3 1 4
10 Argentina Talleres 2 0 2
10 Argentina Talleres 1 2 3
7 Argentina Colón 1 0 1
15 Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 1 1
3 Brazil Flamengo 4 2 6
13 Brazil Corinthians (p) 0 0 0 (6)
8 Argentina Boca Juniors 0 0 0 (5)
13 Brazil Corinthians 0 0 0
3 Brazil Flamengo 2 1 3
9 Colombia Deportes Tolima 0 1 1
3 Brazil Flamengo 1 7 8
3 Brazil Flamengo 1
12 Brazil Athletico Paranaense 0
12 Brazil Athletico Paranaense 2 1 3
6 Paraguay Libertad 1 1 2
12 Brazil Athletico Paranaense 0 1 1
4 Argentina Estudiantes 0 0 0
11 Brazil Fortaleza 1 0 1
4 Argentina Estudiantes 1 3 4
12 Brazil Athletico Paranaense 1 2 3
1 Brazil Palmeiras 0 2 2
14 Ecuador Emelec 1 0 1
5 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1 1 2
5 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 2 0 2 (5)
1 Brazil Palmeiras (p) 2 0 2 (6)
16 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 0 0
1 Brazil Palmeiras 3 5 8

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Top scorers

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Team of the tournament

The CONMEBOL technical study group selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament.[29]

See also


References

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  2. "Montevideo será la sede de las finales únicas de la CONMEBOL". CONMEBOL.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. "South America scraps away-goals rule for club competitions". Yahoo News. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. "Flamengo alcanza la Gloria Eterna y es tricampeón de la CONMEBOL Libertadores" [Flamengo reach the Eternal Glory and are three-time CONMEBOL Libertadores champions] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. "¡Todos los clasificados a la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022!". conmebollibertadores.com. 6 December 2021.
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  8. "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileirão Assaí – 2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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  10. "REGLAMENTO OFICIAL LIGA BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  11. "LIGA FUTVE BASES DE COMPETICIÓN Y NORMAS REGULADORAS TEMPORADA 2021" (in Spanish). Liga FUTVE. March 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  12. "CALENDÁRIO 2022: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  13. "Se viene el sorteo de los Octavos de Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 May 2022.
  14. "La apasionante CONMEBOL Libertadores conoce sus primeros duelos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 20 December 2021.
  15. "Ranking de clubes CONMEBOL 2022" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL Libertadores. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  16. "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2022 PAUTAS DEL SORTEO FASE PRELIMINAR" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  17. "(FOTO) El 11 ideal de la Copa Libertadores 2022". OneFootball (in Spanish). 31 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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