2020 Copa Libertadores

2020 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2020
The Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	21 January 2020 – 30 January 2021
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Palmeiras (2nd title)
Runners-up	Santos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	155
Goals scored	405 (2.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fidel Martínez (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Marinho
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The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 61st edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. ^[1]

On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 November 2020. ^[2] Brazilian club Palmeiras defeated fellow Brazilian club Santos by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second tournament title. ^[3] As champions, Palmeiras qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. Flamengo were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Racing in the round of 16.

In March 2018, the Liga MX President, Enrique Bonilla, said that Liga MX and Major League Soccer (MLS) were open to start talks to have Mexican teams return and MLS teams from Canada and the United States to join if they could agree on terms with the CONMEBOL officials. ^[4] Teams from Mexico had withdrawn from the Copa Libertadores since 2017, but could return in the future if the issue of schedule conflicts could be solved. ^[5]

On 21 May 2019, CONMEBOL announced that clubs must pass certain eligibility requirements in order to compete in the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. ^[6] One of the original requirements was that teams must be in the top division of their member association, but this was removed after many associations stated that they had not adapted the regulations of their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. ^[7]

The tournament was suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed on 15 September 2020, ending with the final on 30 January 2021. ^{[8] [9]}

Teams

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

• Copa Libertadores champions
• Copa Sudamericana champions
• Brazil: 7 berths
• Argentina: 6 berths
• All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage was determined as follows: ^[10]

• 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)	Racing (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2018–19 Superliga Argentina champions [11]
	Defensa y Justicia (Argentina 2)		2018–19 Superliga Argentina runners-up [11]
	River Plate (Argentina 3)		2018–19 Copa Argentina champions [11]
	Tigre (Argentina 4)		2019 Copa de la Superliga champions [11]
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 5)		2018–19 Superliga Argentina 3rd place [11]
	Atlético Tucumán (Argentina 6)	Second stage	2018–19 Superliga Argentina 5th place [11]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Bolívar (Bolivia 1)	Group stage	2019 Apertura champions [12]
	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 2)		2019 Clausura champions [12]
	The Strongest (Bolivia 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [12]
	San José (Bolivia 4)	First stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [12]
Brazil (7 + 1 berths)	Flamengo (Brazil 1, Title holders)	Group stage	2019 Copa Libertadores and 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions [13]
	Athletico Paranaense (Brazil 2)		2019 Copa do Brasil champions [13]
	Santos (Brazil 3)		2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up [13]
	Palmeiras (Brazil 4)		2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place [13]
	Grêmio (Brazil 5)		2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place [13]
	São Paulo (Brazil 6)		2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place [13]
	Internacional (Brazil 7)	Second stage	2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place [13]
	Corinthians (Brazil 8)		2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place [13]
Chile (4 berths)	Universidad Católica (Chile 1)	Group stage	2019 Primera División champions [14]
	Colo-Colo (Chile 2)		2019 Primera División runners-up [14]
	Palestino (Chile 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera División 3rd place [14]
	Universidad de Chile (Chile 4)		2019 Copa Chile runners-up [14]
Colombia (4 berths)	Junior (Colombia 1)	Group stage	2019 Apertura champions [15]
	América de Cali (Colombia 2)		2019 Finalización champions [15]
	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified [15]
	Independiente Medellín (Colombia 4)		2019 Copa Colombia champions [15]
Ecuador (4 + 1 berths)	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1, Copa Sudamericana)	Group stage	2019 Copa Sudamericana champions
	Delfín (Ecuador 2)		2019 Serie A champions [16]
	LDU Quito (Ecuador 3)		2019 Serie A runners-up [16]
	Macará (Ecuador 4)	Second stage	2019 Serie A classification table best team not yet qualified [16]
	Barcelona (Ecuador 5)	First stage	2019 Serie A classification table 2nd best team not yet qualified [16]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Olimpia (Paraguay 1)	Group stage	2019 Apertura and 2019 Clausura champions
	Libertad (Paraguay 2)		2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
	Guaraní (Paraguay 4)	First stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified
Peru (4 berths)	Binacional (Peru 1)	Group stage	2019 Liga 1 champions [17]
	Alianza Lima (Peru 2)		2019 Liga 1 runners-up [17]
	Sporting Cristal (Peru 3)	Second stage	2019 Liga 1 3rd place [17]
	Universitario (Peru 4)	First stage	2019 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not yet qualified [17]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	Group stage	2019 Primera División champions [18]
	Peñarol (Uruguay 2)		2019 Primera División runners-up [18]
	Cerro Largo (Uruguay 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [18]
	Progreso (Uruguay 4)	First stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [18]
Venezuela (4 berths)	Caracas (Venezuela 1)	Group stage	2019 Primera División champions [19]
	Estudiantes de Mérida (Venezuela 2)		2019 Primera División runners-up [19]
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 3)	Second stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [19]
	Carabobo (Venezuela 4)	First stage	2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [19]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. ^{[20] [21]}

On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date yet to be confirmed. ^[22] On 18 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended until 5 May 2020. ^[23] On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely, and no date had been set for its resumption. ^[24] On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition. ^{[8] [25]}

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	17 December 2019 [26]	21–22 January 2020	28–29 January 2020
Second stage		4–6 February 2020	11–13 February 2020
Third stage		18–20 February 2020	25–27 February 2020
Group stage		Matchday 1: 3–5 March 2020 Matchday 2: 10–12 March 2020 Matchday 3: 15–17 September 2020 (originally 17–19 March 2020) Matchday 4: 22–24 September 2020 (originally 7–9 April 2020) Matchday 5: 29 September – 1 October 2020 (originally 21–23 April 2020) Matchday 6: 20–22 October 2020 (originally 5–7 May 2020)
Round of 16	23 October 2020 [27] (originally 13 May 2020)	24–26 November & 2 December 2020 (originally 21–23 July 2020)	1–3 & 9 December 2020 (originally 28–30 July 2020)
Quarter-finals		8–10 & 16 December 2020 (originally 18–20 August 2020)	15–17 & 23 December 2020 (originally 25–27 August 2020)
Semi-finals		5–7 January 2021 (originally 22–24 September 2020)	12–14 January 2021 (originally 29 September – 1 October 2020)
Final		30 January 2021 (originally 21 November 2020) at Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Draws

Buenos Aires

Atlético Tucumán

La Paz

J. Wilstermann

San José

Athletico Paranaense

Flamengo

Porto Alegre

Santos

São Paulo

Santiago

América de Cali

Dep. Tolima

Ind. Medellín

Junior

Barcelona

Delfín

Macará

Quito

Asunción

Binacional

Lima

Montevideo

Cerro Largo

Carabobo

Caracas

Dep. Táchira

Est. Mérida

Quito Metro Area teams
Ind. del Valle
LDU Quito

Lima teams
Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario

La Paz teams
Bolívar
The Strongest

Asunción teams
Cerro Porteño
Guaraní
Libertad
Olimpia

Santiago teams
Colo-Colo
Palestino
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile

São Paulo teams
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo

Porto Alegre teams
Grêmio
Internacional

Montevideo teams
Nacional
Peñarol
Progreso

Gran Buenos Aires teams
Boca Juniors
Defensa y Justicia
Racing
River Plate
Tigre

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Location of teams of the 2020 Copa Libertadores.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: Play-off rounds.

The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. ^{[28] [29] [30]}

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores as of 15 December 2019 (shown in parentheses), ^[31] taking into account the following three factors: ^[32]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2010–2019
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2009
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.

First stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2
Barcelona (23) Guaraní (34) Universitario (43)	Progreso (132) Carabobo (147) San José [BOL] (70)

Notes

1. ^
   ^BOL The identity of the team Bolivia 4 was not known at the time of the draw, and 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 allocated to 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.

Second stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2
Cerro Porteño (11) Internacional (16) Corinthians (18) Sporting Cristal (31) Atlético Tucumán (50) Deportivo Táchira (51) Deportes Tolima (58) Palestino (66)	Independiente Medellín (68) Macará (170) Cerro Largo (207) The Strongest [BOL] (28) Universidad de Chile [CHI] (33) First stage winner E1 First stage winner E2 First stage winner E3

Notes

1. ^
   ^BOL The identity of the team Bolivia 3 was not known at the time of the draw, and was seeded in Pot 2.
2. ^
   ^CHI The identity of the team Chile 4 was not known at the time of the draw, and was seeded in 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. As their identity 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 A–H) 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 four 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.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Flamengo [TH] (8) River Plate (1) Boca Juniors (2) Grêmio (3) Nacional (4) Peñarol (5) Palmeiras (6) Olimpia (10)	Independiente del Valle [CS] (35) Santos (14) São Paulo (17) Libertad (19) Colo-Colo (21) Bolívar (24) Racing (27) Universidad Católica (29)	LDU Quito (30) América de Cali (36) Athletico Paranaense (41) Junior (48) Alianza Lima (54) Caracas (72) Delfín (82) Tigre (93)	Estudiantes de Mérida (113) Binacional (140) Defensa y Justicia (208) Jorge Wilstermann [BOL] (38) Third stage winner G1 Third stage winner G2 Third stage winner G3 Third stage winner G4

Notes

1. ^
   ^TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions were automatically seeded in Pot 1 and allocated to Group A.
2. ^
   ^CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions were automatically seeded in Pot 2.
3. ^
   ^BOL The identity of the team Bolivia 2 was not known at the time of the draw, and was seeded in Pot 4.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 October 2020, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3). ^[33] 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 (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2). ^[1]

Qualifying stages

Main article: 2020 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 was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3). ^[1] 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. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San José	0–5	Guaraní	0–1	0–4
Carabobo	1–2	Universitario	1–1	0–1
Progreso	1–5	Barcelona	0–2	1–3

Second stage

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universitario	1–2	Cerro Porteño	1–1	0–1
Cerro Largo	2–6	Palestino	1–1	1–5
Independiente Medellín	4–2	Deportivo Táchira	4–0	0–2
Macará	0–2	Deportes Tolima	0–1	0–1
Universidad de Chile	0–2	Internacional	0–0	0–2
The Strongest	2–2 (5–6 p)	Atlético Tucumán	2–0	0–2
Guaraní	2–2 (a)	Corinthians	1–0	1–2
Barcelona	5–2	Sporting Cristal	4–0	1–2

Third stage

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–0	Cerro Porteño	1–0	4–0
Palestino	1–3	Guaraní	0–1	1–2
Independiente Medellín	1–1 (4–2 p)	Atlético Tucumán	1–0	0–1
Deportes Tolima	0–1	Internacional	0–0	0–1

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	Atlético Tucumán	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	Deportes Tolima	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
3	Palestino	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
4	Cerro Porteño	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.2.1.6). ^[1]

Group stage

Main article: 2020 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 the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2). ^[1]

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	IDV	JUN	BSC
1	Flamengo	6	5	0	1	14	8	+6	15	Round of 16		—	4–0	3–1	3–0
2	Independiente del Valle	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12			5–0	—	3–0	2–0
3	Junior	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–2	4–1	—	0–2
4	Barcelona	6	1	0	5	4	12	−8	3			1–2	0–3	1–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	GUA	BOL	TIG
1	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	17	2	+15	16	Round of 16		—	3–1	5–0	5–0
2	Guaraní	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13			0–0	—	2–0	4–1
3	Bolívar	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4	Copa Sudamericana		1–2	2–3	—	2–0
4	Tigre	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1			0–2	1–3	1–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WIL	CAP	PEÑ	CCL
1	Jorge Wilstermann	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Round of 16		—	2–3	3–1	2–0
2	Athletico Paranaense	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	3–2	—	3–0
4	Colo-Colo	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6			0–1	1–0	2–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	LDQ	SPA	BIN
1	River Plate	6	4	1	1	21	6	+15	13	Round of 16		—	3–0	2–1	8–0
2	LDU Quito	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12			3–0	—	4–2	4–0
3	São Paulo	6	2	1	3	14	11	+3	7	Copa Sudamericana		2–2	3–0	—	5–1
4	Binacional	6	1	0	5	3	25	−22	3			0–6	0–1	2–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	INT	UCA	AME
1	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Round of 16		—	0–0	2–0	1–1
2	Internacional	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8			0–1	—	3–0	4–3
3	Universidad Católica	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7	Copa Sudamericana		2–0	2–1	—	1–2
4	América de Cali	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6			0–2	0–0	1–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAC	RAC	ESM	ALI
1	Nacional	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15	Round of 16		—	1–2	1–0	2–0
2	Racing	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15			0–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	1–2	—	3–2
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	1	5	4	11	−7	1			0–1	0–2	2–2	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	DEL	DYJ	OLI
1	Santos	6	5	1	0	10	5	+5	16	Round of 16		—	1–0	2–1	0–0
2	Delfín	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7			1–2	—	3–0	1–1
3	Defensa y Justicia	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–2	3–0	—	2–1
4	Olimpia	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5			2–3	0–1	2–1	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	LIB	CAR	DIM
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–0	3–0
2	Libertad	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7			0–2	—	3–2	2–4
3	Caracas	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–1	—	0–2
4	Independiente Medellín	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6			0–1	1–2	2–3	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Final stages

Main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: ^[1]

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.3).
• The final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by the CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.3.5). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Flamengo	Independiente del Valle
B	Palmeiras	Guaraní
C	Jorge Wilstermann	Athletico Paranaense
D	River Plate	LDU Quito
E	Grêmio	Internacional
F	Nacional	Racing
G	Santos	Delfín
H	Boca Juniors	Libertad

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) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2) seeded 9–16. ^[34]

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	B	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	17	2	+15	16	Pot 1
2	G	Santos	6	5	1	0	10	5	+5	16
3	A	Flamengo	6	5	0	1	14	8	+6	15
4	F	Nacional	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15
5	H	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	10	1	+9	14
6	D	River Plate	6	4	1	1	21	6	+15	13
7	E	Grêmio	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
8	C	Jorge Wilstermann	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10
9	F	Racing	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	15	Pot 2
10	B	Guaraní	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13
11	A	Independiente del Valle	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12
12	D	LDU Quito	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12
13	C	Athletico Paranaense	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
14	E	Internacional	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8
15	G	Delfín	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7
16	H	Libertad	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 22.i). ^[1]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 23 October 2020.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final (30 January 2021 – Rio de Janeiro)
	13	Athletico Paranaense	1	0	1
	6	River Plate	1	1	2
								6	River Plate	2	6	8
								4	Nacional	0	2	2
	11	Independiente del Valle	0	0	0 (2)
	4	Nacional (p)	0	0	0 (4)
															6	River Plate	0	2	2
															1	Palmeiras	3	0	3
	16	Libertad	3	2	5
	8	Jorge Wilstermann	1	0	1
								16	Libertad	1	0	1
								1	Palmeiras	1	3	4
	15	Delfín	1	0	1
	1	Palmeiras	3	5	8
																						1	Palmeiras	1
																						2	Santos	0
	9	Racing (p)	1	1	2 (5)
	3	Flamengo	1	1	2 (3)
								9	Racing	1	0	1
								5	Boca Juniors	0	2	2
	14	Internacional	0	1	1 (4)
	5	Boca Juniors (p)	1	0	1 (5)
															5	Boca Juniors	0	0	0
															2	Santos	0	3	3
	10	Guaraní	0	0	0
	7	Grêmio	2	2	4
								7	Grêmio	1	1	2
								2	Santos	1	4	5
	12	LDU Quito	1	1	2
	2	Santos (a)	2	0	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guaraní	0–4	Grêmio	0–2	0–2
Independiente del Valle	0–0 (2–4 p)	Nacional	0–0	0–0
Delfín	1–8	Palmeiras	1–3	0–5
Internacional	1–1 (4–5 p)	Boca Juniors	0–1	1–0
Racing	2–2 (5–3 p)	Flamengo	1–1	1–1
Libertad	5–1	Jorge Wilstermann	3–1	2–0
Athletico Paranaense	1–2	River Plate	1–1	0–1
LDU Quito	2–2 (a)	Santos	1–2	1–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grêmio	2–5	Santos	1–1	1–4
River Plate	8–2	Nacional	2–0	6–2
Libertad	1–4	Palmeiras	1–1	0–3
Racing	1–2	Boca Juniors	1–0	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boca Juniors	0–3	Santos	0–0	0–3
River Plate	2–3	Palmeiras	0–3	2–0

Final

Main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores Final

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30)

17:00  UTC−3

Palmeiras	1–0	Santos
Breno Lopes 90+9'	Report

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	3Q1	3Q2	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Fidel Martínez	Barcelona	1	1	2	1	1	2														8
2	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate								1	1			1				3		1		7
3	Eduardo Salvio	Boca Juniors								2	2	1						1				6
4	Luiz Adriano	Palmeiras							1	3									1			5
	Julián Álvarez	River Plate									1	1	2	1
	Kaio Jorge	Santos							1				1				1	2
	Rony	Palmeiras											1	1	1			1	1
8	Óscar Cardozo	Libertad							1						1	2						4
	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo								1			2	1
	Marinho	Santos										1	1		1			1
	Javier Reina	Independiente Medellín			2						1			1
	José Rivas	Estudiantes de Mérida							1		1		2
	Gabriel Torres	Independiente del Valle							1		1	1		1
	Willian	Palmeiras							1		1		1	1		1
	Fernando Zampedri	Universidad Católica									1	1		2

Source: CONMEBOL.com

Team of the tournament

The CONMEBOL technical study group; conformed by Nery Pumpido, Gerardo Pelusso, Diego Gavilán, Faryd Mondragón, Francisco Maturana, Dorival Júnior, Daniel Bañales and César Sampaio, selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament. ^[35] All players belong to one of the 4 semi-finalist teams.

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Weverton	Palmeiras
Defenders	Gonzalo Montiel	River Plate
	Lucas Veríssimo	Santos
	Gustavo Gómez	Palmeiras
	Matías Viña	Palmeiras
Midfielders	Gabriel Menino	Palmeiras
	Enzo Pérez	River Plate
	Yeferson Soteldo	Santos
Forwards	Marinho	Santos
	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate
	Carlos Tévez	Boca Juniors

See also

• 2020 Copa Sudamericana
• 2021 Recopa Sudamericana

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External links

• CONMEBOL Libertadores 2020, CONMEBOL.com