2017 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

The 2017 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 23 January to 23 February 2017. ^[1] A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2017 Copa Libertadores. ^[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2016, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^{[3] [4]}

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), ^[5] taking into account of the following three factors: ^[6]

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

Format

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). ^[2]

Bracket

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.

The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which were held on 21 December 2016. ^[4]

Winner G1

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Atlético Paranaense			Bye
							Atlético Paranaense (p)	1	0	1 (4)
							Millonarios	0	1	1 (2)
	Millonarios			Bye
													Atlético Paranaense	3	1	4
													Deportivo Capiatá	3	0	3
	Deportivo Capiatá	1	0	1
	Deportivo Táchira	0	0	0
							Deportivo Capiatá	1	3	4
							Universitario	3	0	3
	Universitario			Bye

Winner G2

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Botafogo			Bye
							Botafogo	2	1	3
							Colo-Colo	1	1	2
	Colo-Colo			Bye
													Botafogo (p)	1	0	1 (3)
													Olimpia	0	1	1 (1)
	Deportivo Municipal	0	2	2
	Independiente del Valle	1	2	3
							Independiente del Valle	1	1	2
							Olimpia	0	3	3
	Olimpia			Bye

Winner G3

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Cerro			Bye
							Cerro	2	0	2
							Unión Española	3	2	5
	Unión Española			Bye
													Unión Española	1	0	1
													The Strongest	1	5	6
	Universitario de Sucre	3	2	5
	Montevideo Wanderers	2	5	7
							Montevideo Wanderers	0	0	0
							The Strongest	2	4	6
	The Strongest			Bye

Winner G4

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Carabobo			Bye
							Carabobo	0	0	0
							Junior	1	3	4
	Junior			Bye
													Junior	1	1	2
													Atlético Tucumán	0	3	3
	Atlético Tucumán			Bye
							Atlético Tucumán	2	1	3
							El Nacional	2	0	2
	El Nacional			Bye

First stage

The first legs were played on 23 January, and the second legs were played on 27 January 2017. ^{[7] [8]}

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

Match E1

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)

18:00  UTC−4

Universitario de Sucre	3–2	Montevideo Wanderers
Melgar 18' Bravo 27' (pen.) Velasco 65'	Report	Blanco 5' Palacios 77'

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

---

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)

19:15  UTC−3

Montevideo Wanderers	5–2	Universitario de Sucre
Blanco 7', 53' (pen.) Santos 20' Barboza 74' Palacios 88'	Report	Quintana 43' Domeneghini 59'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Montevideo Wanderers won 7–5 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C6).

Match E2

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)

19:15  UTC−5

Deportivo Municipal	0–1	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Estrada 9'

Estadio Nacional, Lima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Patricio Polic (Chile)

---

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)

19:15  UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	2–2	Deportivo Municipal
Estrada 62' Cortez 90+3'	Report	Moreno 19' Larrauri 75'

Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí

Attendance: 5,000 ^[9]

Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Independiente del Valle won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).

Match E3

23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)

19:15  UTC−3

Deportivo Capiatá	1–0	Deportivo Táchira
Lusardi 45+1'	Report

Estadio Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia, Capiatá

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

---

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)

20:45  UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	0–0	Deportivo Capiatá
	Report

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Deportivo Capiatá won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).

Second stage

The first legs were played on 31 January and 1–2 February, and the second legs were played on 7–9 February 2017. ^{[7] [8]}

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

Match C1

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)

21:45  UTC−2

Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Millonarios
Grafite 53' (pen.)	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 23,610

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

---

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)

18:45  UTC−5

Millonarios	1–0	Atlético Paranaense
Duque 58'	Report
Penalties
Del Valle Franco Cadavid Núñez	2–4	Jonathan Grafite Carlos Alberto Felipe Gedoz

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 24,210

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Match C2

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)

21:45  UTC−2

Botafogo	2–1	Colo-Colo
Airton 29' Pavez 40' (o.g.)	Report	Paredes 50'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 38,357

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

---

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)

20:45  UTC−3

Colo-Colo	1–1	Botafogo
Emerson Silva 2' (o.g.)	Report	Rodrigo Pimpão 80'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Botafogo won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Match C3

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)

20:00  UTC−3

Cerro	2–3	Unión Española
Pellejero 41' Pizzorno 76'	Report	Churín 35' Salom 45+1' Jaime 88'

Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (Brazil)

---

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)

21:15  UTC−3

Unión Española	2–0	Cerro
Ampuero 34' Jaime 72'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Independencia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Unión Española won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Match C4

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)

20:15  UTC−4

Carabobo	0–1	Junior
	Report	Aponzá 31'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

---

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)

19:00  UTC−5

Junior	3–0	Carabobo
Ovelar 16' Estrada 40' Rangel 79'	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Junior won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Match C5

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)

22:00  UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	2–2	El Nacional
Zampedri 2' Barbona 77'	Report	F. Borja 39' De Jesús 83'

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

---

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)

20:40  UTC−5 ^{[note 1]}

El Nacional	0–1	Atlético Tucumán
	Report	Zampedri 63'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Atlético Tucumán won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Match C6

2 February 2017 (2017-02-02)

19:15  UTC−3

Montevideo Wanderers	0–2	The Strongest
	Report	Chumacero 9' Alonso 61'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jorge Osorio (Chile)

---

9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)

18:15  UTC−4

The Strongest	4–0	Montevideo Wanderers
Alonso 38', 59' Chumacero 41' D. Bejarano 80'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

The Strongest won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Match C7

2 February 2017 (2017-02-02)

19:00  UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	1–0	Olimpia
Segovia 36'	Report

Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

---

9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)

20:45  UTC−3

Olimpia	3–1	Independiente del Valle
J. Benítez 8' Montenegro 26' Santa Cruz 81'	Report	Cortez 43'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Match C8

2 February 2017 (2017-02-02)

21:15  UTC−3

Deportivo Capiatá	1–3	Universitario
Gamarra 69'	Report	Gómez 14' Rengifo 29' Manicero 82'

Estadio Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia, Capiatá

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

---

9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)

19:15  UTC−5

Universitario	0–3	Deportivo Capiatá
	Report	Gamarra 13', 34' Pérez 66'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Deportivo Capiatá won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Third stage

The first legs were played on 15–16 February, and the second legs were played on 22–23 February 2017. ^{[10] [11]}

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

Match G1

15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)

21:45  UTC−2

Atlético Paranaense	3–3	Deportivo Capiatá
Felipe Gedoz 19', 58' (pen.) Pablo 84'	Report	Noguera 43' N. González 52', 88'

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 22,721

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

---

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)

21:45  UTC−3

Deportivo Capiatá	0–1	Atlético Paranaense
	Report	L. González 11'

Estadio Lic. Erico Galeano Segovia, Capiatá

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Atlético Paranaense won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group 4).

Match G2

15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)

21:45  UTC−2

Botafogo	1–0	Olimpia
Rodrigo Pimpão 36'	Report

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 29,514

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

---

22 February 2017 (2017-02-22)

21:45  UTC−3

Olimpia	1–0	Botafogo
Montenegro 79'	Report
Penalties
Ortiz Mendoza Ferreira J. Benítez	1–3	Camilo Rodrigo Pimpão Victor Luis

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Botafogo won on penalties and advanced to the group stage (Group 1).

Match G3

16 February 2017 (2017-02-16)

21:00  UTC−3

Unión Española	1–1	The Strongest
Churín 90+2'	Report	Chumacero 27'

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Independencia

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

---

23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)

20:00  UTC−4

The Strongest	5–0	Unión Española
Veizaga 11' Chumacero 23' Escobar 50', 72', 77'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

The Strongest won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group 2).

Match G4

16 February 2017 (2017-02-16)

17:15  UTC−5

Junior	1–0	Atlético Tucumán
Aponzá 71'	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

---

23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)

19:15  UTC−3

Atlético Tucumán	3–1	Junior
Aliendro 19' Menéndez 23' Zampedri 28'	Report	Hernández 83'

Estadio Monumental José Fierro, Tucumán

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Atlético Tucumán won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group 5).

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	Match	Third stage losers	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G2	Olimpia	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	G4	Junior	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	G1	Deportivo Capiatá	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
4	G3	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). ^[2]

Notes

1. The El Nacional v Atlético Tucumán match was originally to be kicked off at 19:15 local time, but was delayed by 85 minutes due to the late arrival of Atlético Tucumán.

References

1. "La CONMEBOL dio a conocer los calendarios oficiales de las copas Bridgestone Libertadores y Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 21 December 2016.
2. "Reglamento Conmebol Libertadores Bridgestone 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
3. "Abierto el proceso de acreditación a medios de prensa para el sorteo de la Copa Libertadores". CONMEBOL.com. 14 December 2016.
4. "Así quedaron los grupos de la Copa CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2017". CONMEBOL.com. 21 December 2016.
5. "Se conoce el nuevo ranking de clubes de CONMEBOL para la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 November 2016.
6. "Ranking Conmebol de Copa Libertadores 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
7. "El calendario de disputa de la CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES BRIDGESTONE". CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2016.
8. "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
9. "El vicecampeón clasifica de forma agónica ante Municipal" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 27 January 2017.
10. "CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES BRIDGESTONE: la Fase 3 tiene fechas y horarios confirmados". CONMEBOL.com. 28 December 2016.
11. "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS FASE 3" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

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