2017 Copa Libertadores

2017 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017
Tournament details
Dates	23 January – 29 November 2017
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Grêmio (3rd title)
Runners-up	Lanús
Tournament statistics
Matches played	156
Goals scored	426 (2.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Sand (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Luan [1]
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The 2017 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (officially the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017 for sponsorship reasons) ^[2] was the 58th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

Grêmio defeated Lanús in the finals by an aggregate score of 3–1 to win their third tournament title. ^[3] As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017 Copa Sudamericana in the 2018 Recopa Sudamericana. ^[4] They also automatically qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Atlético Nacional were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage. ^[5]

Format changes

Starting from this season, the following format changes were implemented: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

• The tournament was expanded from 38 to 47 teams. ^[12]
• A total of 10 teams eliminated from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage) were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana.
• The schedule of the tournament was extended to year-round so it would start in late January or early February and conclude in late November or early December.

Although CONMEBOL proposed to change the format of the final to be played as a single match at a venue to be chosen in advance, they later decided to keep the two-legged home-and-away format. ^[13]

On 18 November 2016, the Liga MX president Enrique Bonilla announced that teams from Mexico would not participate in the 2017 Copa Libertadores due to the format change which put it in conflict with the Mexican league schedule. However, he left open the possibility of a return as soon as 2018 if a solution was found. ^{[14] [15]}

Initially CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be expanded from 38 to 44 teams, and the additional six berths would be distributed to the Copa Sudamericana champions (which no longer occupy one of the places allocated to their association and are now allocated an additional berth), two to Brazil, and one each to Argentina, Chile and Colombia, based on commercial and sporting criteria. ^[7] Following the withdrawal of teams from Mexico, CONMEBOL announced that the other six associations (Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela) would also be each allocated an additional berth, further expanding the tournament to 47 teams. ^[12]

From this season, the Copa Libertadores champions (which no longer occupy one of the group stage places allocated to their association) and the Copa Sudamericana champions gained direct entries into the group stage, meaning a total of 28 teams (increased from 26) would directly enter the group stage, while the other four berths (decreased from six) would be decided by the qualifying stages. ^[6] The group stage berths left vacant following the withdrawal of teams from Mexico would be redistributed to Argentina and Brazil. ^[12] For the qualifying stages, a total of 19 teams (increased from 12) competed in three rounds where the four winners advanced to the group stage (initially 16 teams would compete in two rounds before further expansion following the withdrawal of teams from Mexico). ^{[6] [12]}

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament: ^{[12] [16]}

• 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: ^[12]

• 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 berths 3 from all other associations
• First stage: 6 teams
  • Teams which qualified for berths 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method [17] [12]
Argentina 6 berths	Lanús (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2016 Primera División champions [18]
	San Lorenzo (Argentina 2)		2016 Primera División runners-up [18]
	Estudiantes (Argentina 3)		2016 Primera División 3rd place [18]
	Godoy Cruz (Argentina 4)		2016 Primera División 4th place [18]
	River Plate (Argentina 5)		2015–16 Copa Argentina champions [18]
	Atlético Tucumán (Argentina 6)	Second stage	2016 Primera División 5th place [18]
Bolivia 4 berths	Sport Boys (Bolivia 1)	Group stage	2015 Apertura champions [19]
	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 2)		2016 Clausura champions [19]
	The Strongest (Bolivia 3)	Second stage	2015–16 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [19]
	Universitario de Sucre (Bolivia 4)	First stage	2015–16 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [19]
Brazil 7 + 1 berths	Chapecoense (Brazil 1; Copa Sudamericana)	Group stage	2016 Copa Sudamericana champions
	Palmeiras (Brazil 2)		2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions [20]
	Grêmio (Brazil 3)		2016 Copa do Brasil champions [20]
	Santos (Brazil 4)		2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up [20]
	Flamengo (Brazil 5)		2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place [20]
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 6)		2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place [20]
	Botafogo (Brazil 7)	Second stage	2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place [20]
	Atlético Paranaense (Brazil 8)		2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place [20]
Chile 4 berths	Universidad Católica (Chile 1)	Group stage	2016 Clausura champions [21]
	Deportes Iquique (Chile 2)		2016 Apertura runners-up [22]
	Colo-Colo (Chile 3)	Second stage	2016 Copa Chile champions [22]
	Unión Española (Chile 4)		2016 Primera División runners-up playoff winners [22]
Colombia 4 + 1 berths	Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1; Title holders)	Group stage	2016 Copa Libertadores champions
	Independiente Medellín (Colombia 2)		2016 Apertura champions [23]
	Santa Fe (Colombia 3)		2016 Finalización champions [23]
	Millonarios (Colombia 4)	Second stage	2016 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified [23]
	Junior (Colombia 5)		2016 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [23]
Ecuador 4 berths	Barcelona (Ecuador 1)	Group stage	2016 Serie A champions [24]
	Emelec (Ecuador 2)		2016 Serie A runners-up [24]
	El Nacional (Ecuador 3)	Second stage	2016 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified [24]
	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 4)	First stage	2016 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [24]
Paraguay 4 berths	Libertad (Paraguay 1)	Group stage	2016 Primera División tournament champions with better record in aggregate table [25]
	Guaraní (Paraguay 2)		2016 Primera División tournament champions with worse record in aggregate table [25]
	Olimpia (Paraguay 3)	Second stage	2016 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [25]
	Deportivo Capiatá (Paraguay 4)	First stage	2016 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [25]
Peru 4 berths	Sporting Cristal (Peru 1)	Group stage	2016 Descentralizado champions [26]
	Melgar (Peru 2)		2016 Descentralizado runners-up [26]
	Universitario (Peru 3)	Second stage	2016 Descentralizado 3rd place [26]
	Deportivo Municipal (Peru 4)	First stage	2016 Descentralizado 4th place [26]
Uruguay 4 berths	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	Group stage	2015–16 Primera División champions [27]
	Nacional (Uruguay 2)		2015–16 Primera División runners-up [27]
	Cerro (Uruguay 3)	Second stage	2015–16 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [27]
	Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay 4)	First stage	2016 Primera División best team not yet qualified [28]
Venezuela 4 berths	Zamora (Venezuela 1)	Group stage	2016 Primera División champions [29]
	Zulia (Venezuela 2)		2016 Primera División runners-up [29]
	Carabobo (Venezuela 3)	Second stage	2016 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [29]
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 4)	First stage	2016 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [29]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. ^[30] The first stage matches are played on Monday and Friday, instead of the usual midweek of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	21 December 2016 (Luque, Paraguay)	23 January 2017	27 January 2017
Second stage		31 January – 2 February 2017	7–9 February 2017
Third stage		14–16 February 2017	21–23 February 2017
Group stage		Week 1: 7–9 March 2017 Week 2: 14–16 March 2017 Week 3: 11–13 April 2017 Week 4: 18–20 April 2017 Week 5: 25–27 April 2017 Week 6: 2–4 May 2017 Week 7: 16–18 May 2017 Week 8: 23–25 May 2017
Round of 16	14 June 2017 (Luque, Paraguay)	4–6 July 2017	8–10 August 2017
Quarterfinals		12–14 September 2017	19–21 September 2017
Semifinals		24–26 October 2017	31 October – 2 November 2017
Finals		22 November 2017	29 November 2017

Draws

Buenos Aires

Estudiantes

Godoy Cruz

Atlético Tucumán

Sport Boys

J. Wilstermann

The Strongest

U. de Sucre

Chapecoense

Palmeiras

Santos

Grêmio

Botafogo

Flamengo

Atlético Mineiro

Atl. Paranaense

Deportes Iquique

Santiago

Bogotá

Medellín

Junior

Guayaquil

Independiente del Valle

El Nacional

Asunción

Lima

Melgar

Montevideo

Zamora

Carabobo

Dep. Táchira

Zulia

• Medellín teams
  Atlético Nacional
  Ind. Medellín
• Bogotá teams
  Millonarios
  Santa Fe
• Guayaquil teams
  Barcelona
  Emelec
• Lima teams
  Sp. Cristal
  Universitario
  Deportivo Municipal
• Santiago teams
  Colo-Colo
  Universidad Católica
  Unión Española

• Asunción Metro Area teams
  Olimpia
  Guaraní
  Libertad
  Dep. Capiatá
• Montevideo teams
  Nacional
  Peñarol
  Cerro
  Montevideo Wanderers
• Greater Buenos Aires teams
  Lanús
  San Lorenzo
  River Plate

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Location of teams of the 2017 Copa Libertadores.
Brown: Group 1; Red: Group 2; Orange: Group 3;
Yellow: Group 4; Green: Group 5; Blue: Group 6;
Purple: Group 7; Pink: Group 8; White: Play-off rounds.

The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^{[31] [32]}

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), ^[33] taking into account of the following three factors: ^[34]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2007–2016
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2006
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 seeded teams hosting the second leg.

First stage draw

Seeded	Unseeded
Independiente del Valle (24) Deportivo Táchira (43) Montevideo Wanderers (63)	Universitario de Sucre (68) Deportivo Capiatá (no rank) Deportivo Municipal (no rank)

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded 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.

Second stage draw

Seeded	Unseeded
Olimpia (10) Colo-Colo (23) The Strongest (28) Universitario (40) Unión Española (46) Junior (56) Millonarios (62) El Nacional (65)	Atlético Paranaense (71) Botafogo (79) Cerro (106) Atlético Tucumán (no rank) Carabobo (no rank) First stage winner E1 First stage winner E2 First stage winner E3

For the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the second stage winners C5–C8 hosting the second leg. As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

• 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

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups 1–8) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Atlético Nacional [†] (3) River Plate (2) Nacional (4) Peñarol (5) Atlético Mineiro (9) Grêmio (12) San Lorenzo (14) Santos (15)	Chapecoense [‡] (no rank) Estudiantes (17) Emelec (18) Libertad (21) Santa Fe (22) Palmeiras (25) Universidad Católica (30) Guaraní (34)	Sporting Cristal (35) Flamengo (37) Barcelona (39) Lanús (42) Zamora (66) Jorge Wilstermann (75) Independiente Medellín (77) Godoy Cruz (88)	Melgar (104) Deportes Iquique (115) Sport Boys (162) Zulia (no rank) Third stage winner G1 Third stage winner G2 Third stage winner G3 Third stage winner G4

Notes

1. ^† Defending Copa Libertadores champion, automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to Group 1 in the group stage draw.
2. ^‡ Defending Copa Sudamericana champion, automatically seeded into Pot 2 in the group stage draw.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 June 2017, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. ^[35] 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. ^[36]

Qualifying stages

Main article: 2017 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2). ^[4] The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

• First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 13 teams which were given byes to the second stage.
• Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
• Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

First stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universitario de Sucre	5–7	Montevideo Wanderers	3–2	2–5
Deportivo Municipal	2–3	Independiente del Valle	0–1	2–2
Deportivo Capiatá	1–0	Deportivo Táchira	1–0	0–0

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Paranaense	1–1 (4–2 p)	Millonarios	1–0	0–1
Botafogo	3–2	Colo-Colo	2–1	1–1
Cerro	2–5	Unión Española	2–3	0–2
Carabobo	0–4	Junior	0–1	0–3
Atlético Tucumán	3–2	El Nacional	2–2	1–0
Montevideo Wanderers	0–6	The Strongest	0–2	0–4
Independiente del Valle	2–3	Olimpia	1–0	1–3
Deportivo Capiatá	4–3	Universitario	1–3	3–0

Third stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Paranaense	4–3	Deportivo Capiatá	3–3	1–0
Botafogo	1–1 (3–1 p)	Olimpia	1–0	0–1
Unión Española	1–6	The Strongest	1–1	0–5
Junior	2–3	Atlético Tucumán	1–0	1–3

Copa Sudamericana qualification

The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.

Pos	Third stage losers v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olimpia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	Junior	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Deportivo Capiatá	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
4	Unión Española	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 3.6). ^[4]

Group stage

Main article: 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 5.1). ^[4]

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

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOT	BAR	EST	ATN
1	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Round of 16		—	0–2	2–1	1–0
2	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10			1–1	—	0–3	2–1
3	Estudiantes	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	0–2	—	1–0
4	Atlético Nacional	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6			0–2	3–1	4–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	STR	SFE	CRI
1	Santos	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	3–2	4–0
2	The Strongest	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9			1–1	—	2–0	5–1
3	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8	Copa Sudamericana		0–0	1–1	—	3–0
4	Sporting Cristal	6	0	2	4	2	15	−13	2			1–1	0–0	0–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	EME	DIM	MEL
1	River Plate	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–2	4–2
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			1–2	—	1–0	3–0
3	Independiente Medellín	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	1–2	—	2–0
4	Melgar	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3			2–3	1–0	1–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLA	CAP	FLA	UCA
1	San Lorenzo	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10	Round of 16		—	0–1	2–1	2–1
2	Atlético Paranaense	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10			0–3	—	2–1	2–2
3	Flamengo	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Copa Sudamericana		4–0	2–1	—	3–1
4	Universidad Católica	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5			1–1	2–3	1–0	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	WIL	ATU	PEN
1	Palmeiras	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13	Round of 16		—	1–0	3–1	3–2
2	Jorge Wilstermann	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9			3–2	—	2–1	6–2
3	Atlético Tucumán	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–1	—	2–1
4	Peñarol	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			2–3	2–0	2–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	GOD	LIB	SBO
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13	Round of 16		—	4–1	2–0	5–2
2	Godoy Cruz	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11			1–1	—	1–1	2–0
3	Libertad	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Sport Boys	6	0	2	4	8	19	−11	2			1–5	1–3	3–3	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAN	NAC	CHA	ZUL
1	Lanús	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13	Round of 16		—	0–1	3–0 [lower-alpha 1]	5–0
2	Nacional	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8			0–1	—	3–0	0–1
3	Chapecoense	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	1–1	—	2–1
4	Zulia	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5			1–1	0–0	1–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. CONMEBOL awarded Lanús a 3–0 win as a result of Chapecoense fielding the ineligible player Luiz Otávio. ^[37] The match originally ended 1–2.

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	GUA	DIQ	ZAM
1	Grêmio	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Round of 16		—	4–1	3–2	4–0
2	Guaraní	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11			1–1	—	0–0	3–1
3	Deportes Iquique	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Copa Sudamericana		2–1	0–1	—	4–3
4	Zamora	6	0	0	6	6	20	−14	0			0–2	1–3	1–4	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Final stages

Main article: 2017 Copa Libertadores final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: ^[4]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 3.10).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.3).

There were two format changes from the previous season:

• While the seeding was still used to decide the order of legs, it was no longer used to decide the bracket, which was decided by the round of 16 draw.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, the bracket was no longer adjusted and remained as it was.

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 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9–16. ^{[36] [35]}

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	6	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	13	Pot 1
2	7	Lanús	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10	13
3	8	Grêmio	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13
4	3	River Plate	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13
5	5	Palmeiras	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13
6	2	Santos	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12
7	1	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
8	4	San Lorenzo	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
9	6	Godoy Cruz	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Pot 2
10	8	Guaraní	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
11	3	Emelec	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
12	1	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
13	4	Atlético Paranaense	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10
14	2	The Strongest	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9
15	5	Jorge Wilstermann	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9
16	7	Nacional	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 3.8h). ^[4]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 14 June 2017. ^[35]

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	12	Barcelona (p)	1	0	1 (5)
	5	Palmeiras	0	1	1 (4)
								12	Barcelona	1	1	2
								6	Santos	1	0	1
	13	Atlético Paranaense	2	0	2
	6	Santos	3	1	4
															12	Barcelona	0	1	1
															3	Grêmio	3	0	3
	16	Nacional	0	0	0
	7	Botafogo	1	2	3
								7	Botafogo	0	0	0
								3	Grêmio	0	1	1
	9	Godoy Cruz	0	1	1
	3	Grêmio	1	2	3
																						3	Grêmio	1	2	3
																						2	Lanús	0	1	1
	15	Jorge Wilstermann	1	0	1
	1	Atlético Mineiro	0	0	0
								15	Jorge Wilstermann	3	0	3
								4	River Plate	0	8	8
	10	Guaraní	0	1	1
	4	River Plate	2	1	3
															4	River Plate	1	2	3
															2	Lanús	0	4	4
	11	Emelec	0	1	1 (4)
	8	San Lorenzo (p)	1	0	1 (5)
								8	San Lorenzo	2	0	2 (3)
								2	Lanús (p)	0	2	2 (4)
	14	The Strongest	1	0	1
	2	Lanús	1	1	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guaraní	1–3	River Plate	0–2	1–1
Atlético Paranaense	2–4	Santos	2–3	0–1
Nacional	0–3	Botafogo	0–1	0–2
Emelec	1–1 (4–5 p)	San Lorenzo	0–1	1–0
The Strongest	1–2	Lanús	1–1	0–1
Godoy Cruz	1–3	Grêmio	0–1	1–2
Barcelona	1–1 (5–4 p)	Palmeiras	1–0	0–1
Jorge Wilstermann	1–0	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	0–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jorge Wilstermann	3–8	River Plate	3–0	0–8
Barcelona	2–1	Santos	1–1	1–0
Botafogo	0–1	Grêmio	0–0	0–1
San Lorenzo	2–2 (3–4 p)	Lanús	2–0	0–2

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	3–4	Lanús	1–0	2–4
Barcelona	1–3	Grêmio	0–3	1–0

Finals

Main article: 2017 Copa Libertadores Finals

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22)

21:45  UTC−2

Grêmio	1–0	Lanús
Cícero 82'	Report

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 55,188

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile) ^[38]

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29 November 2017 (2017-11-29)

20:45  UTC−3

Lanús	1–2	Grêmio
Sand 71' (pen.)	Report	Fernandinho 26' Luan 41'

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay) ^[38]

Grêmio won 3–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	SS1	SS2	TS1	TS2	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	2R1	2R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	José Sand	Lanús					0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	9
2	Alejandro Chumacero	The Strongest	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0							8
	Luan	Grêmio					1	2	×	0	0	2	0	0	×	0	2	0	0	1
	Ignacio Scocco	River Plate											1	0	0	5	1	1
5	Jonathan Álvez	Barcelona					1	×	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	×	1			6
	Lucas Barrios	Grêmio					0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	×	0	0
	Fred	Atlético Mineiro					1	4	0	0	×	1	0	0
8	Matías Alonso	The Strongest	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0							5
	Nicolás Blandi	San Lorenzo					0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
	Juan Cazares	Atlético Mineiro					0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0
	Rodrigo Pimpão	Botafogo	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	×	0	1	0	0
	Fernando Zampedri	Atlético Tucumán	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	×

Source: CONMEBOL.com ^[39]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Lucas Lima	Santos	6
2	Matías Alonso	The Strongest	5
	Pablo Daniel Escobar	The Strongest
4	Marcos Mondaini	Emelec	4
	Alejandro Silva	Lanús
6	Marcelo Bergese	Jorge Wilstermann	3
	Diego Buonanotte	Universidad Católica
	Rudy Cardozo	Jorge Wilstermann
	Fernando Evangelista	Atlético Tucumán
	José Pedro Fuenzalida	Universidad Católica
	Julio Irrazábal	Deportivo Capiatá
	Matheus Rossetto	Atlético Paranaense
	Pedro Rocha	Grêmio
	Luis Miguel Rodríguez	Atlético Tucumán

Source: CONMEBOL.com ^[40]

See also

• 2017 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2017 Copa Sudamericana
• 2018 Recopa Sudamericana

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External links

• Bridgestone Libertadores (in Spanish)
• CONMEBOL Libertadores Bridgestone 2017, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)