1998 Copa Libertadores

1998 Copa Libertadores de América

Libertadores 1998
Tournament details
Dates	25 February – 26 August
Teams	23 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	220 (2.24 per match)
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The 1998 Copa Libertadores was the 39th in the tournament's history. It was held between February 25 and August 26. Mexican clubs participated in Copa Libertadores for the first time. ^[1] Vasco da Gama won the cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after defeating Barcelona of Ecuador in the final.

Pre-Libertadores

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guadalajara	4	3	1	0	12	5	+7	10
2	América	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
3	Caracas	4	1	2	1	4	6	−2	5
4	Atlético Zulia	4	0	0	4	4	13	−9	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group stage

Main article: 1998 Copa Libertadores group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	América de Cali	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Round of 16
2	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7
4	Deportivo Quito	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grêmio	6	4	0	2	6	5	+1	12	Round of 16
2	Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8
3	América	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
4	Guadalajara	6	2	0	4	2	7	−5	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Round of 16
2	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
3	Cerro Porteño	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
4	Universidad Católica	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bolívar	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Round of 16
2	Peñarol	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
3	Nacional	6	2	0	4	11	12	−1	6
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	1	2	3	7	15	−8	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	River Plate	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Round of 16
2	Alianza Lima	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7
3	Colón	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stages

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Nacional	1	0	1
	Grêmio	1	4	5
							Grêmio	1	0	1
							Vasco da Gama	1	1	2
	Vasco da Gama	2	0	2
	Cruzeiro	1	0	1
													Vasco da Gama	1	1	2
													River Plate	0	1	1
	América	1	0	1
	River Plate	1	1	2
							River Plate	2	3	5
							Colón	1	1	2
	Olimpia	2	1	3 (1)
	Colón	3	0	3 (2)
																			Vasco da Gama	2	2	4
																			Barcelona	0	1	1
	Bucaramanga	1	0	1
	Bolívar	2	1	3
							Bolívar	1	0	1
							Barcelona	1	4	5
	Barcelona	2	2	4
	Colo-Colo	1	2	3
													Barcelona	1	1	2 (4)
													Cerro Porteño	0	2	2 (3)
	Alianza Lima	1	1	2 (1)
	Peñarol	0	2	2 (3)
							Peñarol	2	0	2
							Cerro Porteño	0	3	3
	Cerro Porteño	1	2	3
	América de Cali	0	1	1

Round of 16

First leg matches were played on April 15, April 22 and April 23. Second leg matches were on April 29, April 30, May 2 and May 7.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	3-1	América de Cali	1-0	2-1
Nacional	1-5	Grêmio	1-1	0-4
Olimpia	3-3 (1-2 pk)	Colón	2-3	1-0
Bucaramanga	1-3	Bolívar	1-2	0-1
América	1-2	River Plate	1-1	0-1
Barcelona	4-3	Colo-Colo	2-1	2-2
Alianza Lima	2-2 (1-3 pk)	Peñarol	1-0	1-2
Vasco da Gama	2-1	Cruzeiro	2-1	0-0

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 3, May 13 and May 20. Second leg matches were played on May 6 and May 27.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	1-2	Vasco da Gama	1-1	0-1
River Plate	5-2	Colón	2-1	3-1
Peñarol	2-3	Cerro Porteño	2-0	0-3
Bolívar	1-5	Barcelona	1-1	0-4

Semi-finals

First leg matches were played on July 16. Second leg matches were played on July 22.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2-2 (4-3 pk)	Cerro Porteño	1-0	1-2
Vasco da Gama	2-1	River Plate	1-0	1-1

Finals

Main article: 1998 Copa Libertadores Finals

First leg match was played on August 12. Second leg match was played on August 26.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vasco da Gama	4-1	Barcelona	2-0	2-1

Broadcasting rights

Americas

• Latin America: Sportsnet, TSN, TVC Sports, CMD and Best Cable Sports

References

1. "Grêmio enfrenta mexicanos e maratona". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 August 2018.