2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage

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The First Stage of the 2011 Copa Santander Libertadores de América football tournament ran from January 25 to February 3, 2011 (first legs: January 25–27; second legs: February 1–3).

Format

The twelve teams were drawn into six ties on November 25, 2010, in Asunción.^[1]

Teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points:^[2]

1. Goal difference
2. Away goals
3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

The six winners advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.

Matches

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Deportes Tolima	4:1	Corinthians	0–0	2–0	—	—	—
Chiapas	6:0	Alianza Lima	2–0	2–0	—	—	—
Deportivo Petare	1:4	Cerro Porteño	0–1	1–1	—	—	—
Unión Española	4:1	Bolívar	1–0	0–0	—	—	—
Deportivo Quito	3:3	Independiente	0–2	1–0	−1:+1	—	—
Grêmio	4:1	Liverpool	2–2	3–1	—	—	—

Match G1

January 26, 2011

22:00 UTC−02:00

Corinthians	0–0	Deportes Tolima
	Report

Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo

Attendance: 26,536^[3]

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

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February 2, 2011

19:00 UTC−05:00

Deportes Tolima	2–0	Corinthians
Santoya 65' Medina 77'	Report

Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro, Ibagué

Attendance: 15,014^[3]

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Deportes Tolima won on points 4–1.

Match G2

January 26, 2011

21:15 UTC−05:00

Alianza Lima	0–2	Chiapas
	Report	Pedroza 41' Rodríguez 45+1' (pen.)

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima

Attendance: 28,285^[3]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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February 1, 2011

21:15 UTC−06:00

Chiapas	2–0	Alianza Lima
Pedroza 68' Salazar 74'	Report

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Attendance: 6,800^[3]

Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)

Jaguares won on points 6–0.

Match G3

January 27, 2011

20:00 UTC−03:00

Cerro Porteño	1–0	Deportivo Petare
Nanni 70'	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 15,663^[3]

Referee: Paulo César Oliveira (Brazil)

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February 3, 2011

21:00 UTC−04:30

Deportivo Petare	1–1	Cerro Porteño
Guazá 13'	Report	Nanni 34'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Attendance: 2,897^[3]

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1.

Match G4

January 27, 2011

21:15 UTC−04:00

Bolívar	0–1	Unión Española
	Report	Cordero 17'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 20,433^[3]

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

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February 3, 2011

20:00 UTC−03:00

Unión Española	0–0	Bolívar
	Report

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 5,245^[3]

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Unión Española won on points 4–1.

Match G5

January 25, 2011

21:15 UTC−03:00

Independiente	2–0	Deportivo Quito
Defederico 49' Rodríguez 70'	Report

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Attendance: 16,844^[3]

Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

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February 1, 2011

19:45 UTC−05:00

Deportivo Quito	1–0	Independiente
Quiñónez 56'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 12,029^[3]

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Tied on points 3–3, Independiente won on goal difference.

Match G6

January 26, 2011

22:00 UTC−02:00

Liverpool	2–2	Grêmio
Franco 9' Macchi 25'	Report	André Lima 6' Douglas 13'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 13,875^[3]

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

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February 2, 2011

22:00 UTC−02:00

Grêmio	3–1	Liverpool
André Lima 37' Vinícius Pacheco 57', 73'	Report	Alfaro 34'

Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 31,426^[3]

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Grêmio won on points 4–1.