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1996 Copa Libertadores final stages

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The 1996 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 30 April to 26 June 1996 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1996 Copa Libertadores.

Qualified teams

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The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Grêmio, who received a direct bye to this round.

Group Winners Runners-up Third-placed teams
1 Ecuador Barcelona Paraguay Cerro Porteño Ecuador ESPOLI
2 Uruguay Peñarol Uruguay Defensor Sporting Peru Sporting Cristal
3 Colombia América de Cali Colombia Junior Bolivia San José
4 Brazil Corinthians Chile Universidad de Chile Brazil Botafogo
5 Argentina River Plate Argentina San Lorenzo Venezuela Minervén

Seeding

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In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11, 15 and 19 to third placed teams.

Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round of 16
1 1 Ecuador Barcelona 6 4 1 1 11 8 +3 13 Match A
2 1 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Match F
3 1 Ecuador ESPOLI 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6 Match D
5 2 Uruguay Peñarol 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 9 Match B
6 2 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 Match G
7 2 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Match E
9 3 Colombia América de Cali 6 4 0 2 11 2 +9 12 Match C
10 3 Colombia Junior 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 Match F
11 3 Bolivia San José 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9 Match A
13 4 Brazil Corinthians 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13 Match D
14 4 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 Match G
15 4 Brazil Botafogo 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Match B
17 5 Argentina River Plate 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14 Match E
18 5 Argentina San Lorenzo 6 2 4 0 13 5 +8 10 Match H
19 5 Venezuela Minervén 6 1 2 3 8 16 −8 5 Match C
Source: [citation needed]

Format

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In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • In the event that the two Brazilian teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Grêmio in order to prevent three Brazilian teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
  • If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
  • If one or more games are settled in the quarter-finals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
  • In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Vélez Sarsfield had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).

Bracket

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The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:[1]

Round Matchups
Round of 16
(Second stage)
(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Quarter-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Semi-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
  • Winner F1 (L) vs. Winner F2

Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

  • In the round of 16, Botafogo and San Lorenzo swapped positions. Botafogo had to faced Grêmio in order to avoid three possible Brazilians teams in the quarter-finals.
  • In quarter-finals, the two Colombian teams, the two Brazilians teams and the two Argentine teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
3 Ecuador ESPOLI 1 0 1
13 Brazil Corinthians 3 2 5
Brazil Corinthians 0 1 1
Brazil Grêmio 3 0 3
15 Brazil Botafogo 1 0 1
Brazil Grêmio 1 2 3
Brazil Grêmio 1 1 2
Colombia América de Cali 0 3 3
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 0 0 0
10 Colombia Junior 0 1 1
Colombia Junior 1 0 1
Colombia América de Cali 1 1 2
19 Venezuela Minervén 1 1 2
9 Colombia América de Cali 1 4 5
Colombia América de Cali 1 0 1
Argentina River Plate 0 2 2
14 Chile Universidad de Chile (p) 3 1 4 (7)
6 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 2 4 (6)
Chile Universidad de Chile 2 1 3
Ecuador Barcelona 0 1 1
11 Bolivia San José 1 1 2 (2)
1 Ecuador Barcelona (p) 0 2 2 (4)
Chile Universidad de Chile 2 0 2
Argentina River Plate 2 1 3
18 Argentina San Lorenzo 3 5 8
5 Uruguay Peñarol 2 1 3
Argentina San Lorenzo 1 1 2
Argentina River Plate 2 1 3
7 Peru Sporting Cristal 2 2 4
17 Argentina River Plate 1 5 6

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 30 April, 1 and 2 May. and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 1996.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San José Bolivia 2–2 (2–4 p) Ecuador Barcelona 1–0 1–2
San Lorenzo Argentina 8–3 Uruguay Peñarol 3–2 5–1
Minervén Venezuela 2–5 Colombia América de Cali 1–1 1–4
ESPOLI Ecuador 1–5 Brazil Corinthians 1–3 0–2
Sporting Cristal Peru 4–6 Argentina River Plate 2–1 2–5
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 0–1 Colombia Junior 0–0 0–1
Universidad de Chile Chile 4–4 (7–6 p) Uruguay Defensor Sporting 3–2 1–2
Botafogo Brazil 1–3 Brazil Grêmio 1–1 0–2

Match A

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San José Bolivia1–0Ecuador Barcelona
Ferrufino 7' Report

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match B

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San Lorenzo Argentina3–2Uruguay Peñarol
Arbarello 40'
Ruggeri 66'
Biaggio 74'
Report Romero 48'
Aguirregaray 89'

Peñarol Uruguay1–5Argentina San Lorenzo
Pacheco 54' Report Biaggio 19', 66'
Monserrat 28', 90'
Arbarello 87'

San Lorenzo won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match C

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Minervén Venezuela1–1Colombia América de Cali
Are 48' Report Escobar 13' (pen.)

América de Cali Colombia4–1Venezuela Minervén
De Ávila 5', 60', 73'
Zambrano 54'
Report Rodallega 87'

América de Cali won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match D

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ESPOLI Ecuador1–3Brazil Corinthians
Jauch 2' Report Cris 4'
Ballesteros 44' (o.g.)
García 75' (o.g.)

Corinthians Brazil2–0Ecuador ESPOLI
Marcelinho Carioca 26'
Tupãzinho 62'
Report
Attendance: 21,734

Corinthians won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match E

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Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Argentina River Plate
Solano 18' (pen.)
Julinho 36'
Report Crespo 87'
Attendance: 27,274

River Plate Argentina5–2Peru Sporting Cristal
Crespo 4', 30'
Francescoli 22'
Ortega 33'
Cedrés 69'
Report Solano 48' (pen.)
Julinho 56'

River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match F

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Cerro Porteño Paraguay0–0Colombia Junior
Report

Junior Colombia1–0Paraguay Cerro Porteño
Valenciano 36' Report

Junior won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match G

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Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Universidad de Chile won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match H

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Botafogo Brazil1–1Brazil Grêmio
Jamir 66' Report Jardel 71'

Grêmio Brazil2–0Brazil Botafogo
Luciano Dias 4'
Carlos Miguel 63'
Report

Grêmio won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 15 May, and the second legs were played on 22 and 24 May 1996.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Junior Colombia 1–2 Colombia América de Cali 1–1 0–1
Corinthians Brazil 1–3 Brazil Grêmio 0–3 1–0
San Lorenzo Argentina 2–3 Argentina River Plate 1–2 1–1
Universidad de Chile Chile 3–1 Ecuador Barcelona 2–0 1–1

Match S1

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Junior Colombia1–1Colombia América de Cali
Valenciano 56' Report Pérez 25'

América de Cali Colombia1–0Colombia Junior
De Ávila 57' Report

América de Cali won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

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Corinthians Brazil0–3Brazil Grêmio
Report Jardel 14', 50'
Paulo Nunes 43'

Grêmio Brazil0–1Brazil Corinthians
Report Edmundo 90'

Grêmio won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S3

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San Lorenzo Argentina1–2Argentina River Plate
Ruggeri 42' Report Crespo 3'
Ortega 80'

River Plate Argentina1–1Argentina San Lorenzo
Crespo 55' Report Ruggeri 82'

River Plate won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

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Barcelona Ecuador1–1Chile Universidad de Chile
Uquillas 56' Report Mardones 90'

Universidad de Chile won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 9 August, and the second legs were played on 16 August 1995.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio Brazil 2–3 Colombia América de Cali 1–0 1–3
Universidad de Chile Chile 2–3 Argentina River Plate 2–2 0–1

Match F1

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Grêmio Brazil1–0Colombia América de Cali
Goiano 31' Report

América de Cali Colombia3–1Brazil Grêmio
Bermúdez 39', 81'
Escobar 56'
Report Jardel 16'

América de Cali won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

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River Plate Argentina1–0Chile Universidad de Chile
Almeyda 33' Report

River Plate won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Finals

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The first leg was played on 19 June, and the second leg was played on 26 June 1996.


First leg
América de Cali Colombia1–0Argentina River Plate
de Ávila 26' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Oscar Velásquez (Paraguay)

Second leg
River Plate Argentina2–0Colombia América de Cali
Crespo 6', 59' Report
Referee: Júlio Matto (Uruguay)

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 43" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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