Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 17 March 2025, 20:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. [3] [4]
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 (shown in parentheses), [5] taking into account the following three factors: [6]
- Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2015–2024.
- Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2014 and 2002–2014 respectively.
- Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.
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. The four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage were seeded into Pot 4. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. [7]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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- Notes
- ^ CLQ3 The Copa Libertadores third stage losers were seeded in Pot 4.
The following are the four losers of the third stage of the 2025 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages which joined the 12 direct entrants and the 16 Copa Sudamericana first stage winners in the group stage.
| Match | Third stage losers |
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| G1 |  Deportes Iquique |
| G2 |  Boston River |
| G3 |  Melgar |
| G4 |  Corinthians |
