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2024 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024
Tournament details
Dates6 February – 30 November 2024
Teams47 (from 10 associations)
2023
2025

The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores will be the 65th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition will begin on 6 February and the final is scheduled to be played on 30 November 2024.[1]

The winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana in the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Fluminense will be the defending champions.

Teams

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

  • 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:[2]

  • 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
Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
 Argentina
(6 berths)
River Plate (Argentina 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[3]
Rosario Central (Argentina 2) 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions[3]
Estudiantes (Argentina 3) 2023 Copa Argentina champions[3]
Talleres (Argentina 4) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[3]
San Lorenzo (Argentina 5) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[3]
Godoy Cruz (Argentina 6) Second stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[3]
 Bolivia
(4 berths)
The Strongest (Bolivia 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[4]
Bolívar (Bolivia 2) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[4]
Always Ready (Bolivia 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[4]
Aurora (Bolivia 4) First stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[4]
 Brazil
(7 + 1 berths)
Fluminense (Title holders) Group stage 2023 Copa Libertadores champions
São Paulo (Brazil 1) 2023 Copa do Brasil champions[5]
Palmeiras (Brazil 2) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions[5]
Grêmio (Brazil 3) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up[5]
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[5]
Flamengo (Brazil 5) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[5]
Botafogo (Brazil 6) Second stage 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place[5]
Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 7) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place[5]
 Chile
(4 berths)
Huachipato (Chile 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[6]
Cobresal (Chile 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[6]
Colo-Colo (Chile 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División 3rd place[6]
Palestino (Chile 4) 2023 Primera División 4th place[6]
 Colombia
(4 berths)
Millonarios (Colombia 1) Group stage 2023 Apertura champions[7]
Junior (Colombia 2) 2023 Finalización champions[7]
Águilas Doradas (Colombia 3) Second stage 2023 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[7]
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 4) 2023 Copa Colombia champions[7]
 Ecuador
(4 + 1 berths)
LDU Quito (Copa Sudamericana) Group stage 2023 Copa Sudamericana champions
Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1) 2023 Serie A runners-up[8]
Barcelona (Ecuador 2) 2023 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[8]
El Nacional (Ecuador 3) Second stage 2023 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[8]
Aucas (Ecuador 4) First stage 2023 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[8]
 Paraguay
(4 berths)
Libertad (Paraguay 1) Group stage 2023 Apertura and 2023 Clausura champions
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Sportivo Trinidense (Paraguay 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Nacional (Paraguay 4) First stage 2023 Copa Paraguay 3rd place
 Peru
(4 berths)
Universitario (Peru 1) Group stage 2023 Liga 1 champions[9]
Alianza Lima (Peru 2) 2023 Liga 1 runners-up[9]
Sporting Cristal (Peru 3) Second stage 2023 Liga 1 3rd place[9]
Melgar (Peru 4) First stage 2023 Liga 1 4th place[9]
 Uruguay
(4 berths)
Liverpool (Uruguay 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[10]
Peñarol (Uruguay 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[10]
Nacional (Uruguay 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[10]
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 4) First stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[10]
 Venezuela
(4 berths)
Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[11]
Caracas (Venezuela 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[11]
Portuguesa (Venezuela 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División 3rd place[11]
Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 4) First stage 2023 Primera División 4th place[11]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows:[12][13]

Schedule for 2024 Copa Libertadores
Stage Draw date First leg Second leg
First stage 19 December 2023[1] 6–8 February 2024 13–15 February 2024
Second stage 20–22 February 2024 27–29 February 2024
Third stage 5–7 March 2024 12–14 March 2024
Group stage TBC 2024
  • Matchday 1: 2–4 April 2024
  • Matchday 2: 9–11 April 2024
  • Matchday 3: 23–25 April 2024
  • Matchday 4: 7–9 May 2024
  • Matchday 5: 14–16 May 2024
  • Matchday 6: 28–30 May 2024
Round of 16 31 July 2024 13–15 August 2024 20–22 August 2024
Quarter-finals 17–19 September 2024 24–26 September 2024
Semi-finals 22–24 October 2024 29–31 October 2024
Final 30 November 2024

Draws

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 19 December 2023, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[14][15]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses),[16] taking into account the following three factors:[17]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2014–2023.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2013 and 2002–2013 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.[18]

First stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2
  1. The identity of the team Bolivia 4 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.[18]

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.[18]

  • 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

Qualifying stages

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

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

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Academia Puerto Cabello Venezuela3–3 (4–2 p)Uruguay Defensor Sporting3–20–1
Aurora Bolivia2–1Peru Melgar1–01–1
Aucas Ecuador1–3Paraguay Nacional1–00–3

Second stage

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Águilas Doradas Colombia0–0 (3–4 p)Brazil Red Bull Bragantino0–00–0
Nacional Paraguay4–0Colombia Atlético Nacional1–03–0
Always Ready Bolivia7–4Peru Sporting Cristal6–11–3
Godoy Cruz Argentina0–1Chile Colo-Colo0–10–0
Sportivo Trinidense Paraguay2–1Ecuador El Nacional1–11–0
Academia Puerto Cabello Venezuela0–4Uruguay Nacional0–20–2
Portuguesa Venezuela2–4Chile Palestino1–21–2
Aurora Bolivia1–7Brazil Botafogo1–10–6

Third stage

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Botafogo Brazil3–2Brazil Red Bull Bragantino2–11–1
Nacional Paraguay3–3 (1–3 p)Chile Palestino0–23–1
Always Ready Bolivia2–2 (4–5 p)Uruguay Nacional1–01–2
Sportivo Trinidense Paraguay2–3Chile Colo-Colo1–11–2

Group stage

The following 32 teams will be involved in the group stage (CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 shown in parentheses):

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

See also

References

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