Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores de América (also called Copa Toyota Libertadores and in Portuguese Copa Libertadores da América ) is a competition of football opposing every year the best clubs of South America. Lately, the best Mexican clubs can also dispute it. This tournament is organized by the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). It was created in 1960. While the Libertadores is generally held between January and July, the other great Latin-American competition, the Copa Sudamericana, is held between August and December, making it possible the best clubs of the continent to twice a year find itself.

It is compared with the European Ligue of the Champions.

The winner of the Copa Libertadores faces then, at the time of the Recopa Sudamericana, the winner of the Copa Sudamericana. The team gaining this final confrontation can be regarded as the best club of Latin America.

Its name is a homage to the Libertadores, the main leaders of the wars of independence of South America: Simón Bolívar, Pierre I {{er}} of Brazil, Jose de San Martín, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Bernardo O' Higgins and Jose Gervasio Artigas.

Francisco Pedro Manuel Sá (known as Pancho ) is the only player to have gained it with six taken again (for 7 finales).

Qualification

In the beginning, only the champions of the South American main confederations (that is to say Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay) could take part in Libertadores but in the years 1970 one second team was qualified by country and the clubs of Venezuela made their entry. The number of participants thus passed from 24 to 28 then 32 and maintaining 38.

The teams are qualified for Copa Libertadores thanks to their victory in their national championship or to have finished in the first places of this same championship. Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico are the only countries to have a second tournament qualifier for Libertadores (in Brazil, the Coupe of Brazil, since 1989; in Uruguay the Liguilla pre-Libertadores since 1974, in Mexico, the InterLiga since 2004).

Copa Libertadores starts with a preliminary round concerning 12 teams, it is played by match return ticket with direct elimination. The 6 qualified join the other teams with the first turn, which is a phase of group of 4, each group being played on the system of the championship (each team faces each one of its adversaries in residence and outside). The two first are qualified for the second turn, who consists again with matches return ticket with direct elimination. It is also the case for the following turns (quarterfinal, semi-final, finale). Between 1960 and 1987, holding it of the title entered in string only starting from the semi-finals (2 groups of 3 teams).

Qualified the 2005 were distributed like this:

The least best classified each country as well as the second less better classified holding country of the title, enters to the preliminary round. The 26 others enter directly to the first turn.

Rules

They are not the same rules as the League of the Champions. Traditionally, Copa Libertadores does not use prolongations or a rule of the goal outside to designate a winner. Between 1960 and 1987, the winner was that which had carried it on the two matches without taking into account the difference in goal. If the two teams were with equality (a victory each one or two null), a third match was played on neutral ground. In the event of tie, the difference in goal was this time used. In the event of new equality, a meeting of shootings to the goal decided between the adversaries.

Between 1988 and 2004, the difference in goal was taken as of the first two matches. In the event of equality, a meeting of shootings to the goal proceeded as of the end of the second match. While following the European rules, there is no doubt that the prize list would have been different. For example, with the rule of the goal outside, the winner 2004, Once Caldas (Colombia) would have been left the competition as of the second turn. They would have also lost the final.

From 2005, CONMEBOL decided to set up this rule but still does not use prolongations.

Prize list of Copa Libertadores

Assessments

By country

By clubs

See too

External bond

  • Official site Copa Libertadores

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