2019 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 2019 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 23 July to 23 November 2019.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages deciding the champions of the 2019 Copa Libertadores,^[2] with the final played in Lima, Peru at the Estadio Monumental.^[3]

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	Internacional	River Plate
B	Cruzeiro	Emelec
C	Olimpia	Godoy Cruz
D	Flamengo	LDU Quito
E	Cerro Porteño	Nacional
F	Palmeiras	San Lorenzo
G	Boca Juniors	Athletico Paranaense
H	Libertad	Grêmio

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams are 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.^[4]

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	F	Palmeiras	6	5	0	1	13	1	+12	15	Pot 1
2	B	Cruzeiro	6	5	0	1	11	2	+9	15
3	A	Internacional	6	4	2	0	11	6	+5	14
4	E	Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
5	H	Libertad	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
6	G	Boca Juniors	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	11
7	D	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
8	C	Olimpia	6	2	3	1	9	6	+3	9
9	E	Nacional	6	4	1	1	5	2	+3	13	Pot 2
10	A	River Plate	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10
11	D	LDU Quito	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
12	H	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10
13	F	San Lorenzo	6	3	1	2	4	2	+2	10
14	G	Athletico Paranaense	6	3	0	3	11	6	+5	9
15	C	Godoy Cruz	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
16	B	Emelec	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9

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

Format

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[2]

• 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 23). 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 29).
• The final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 26). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 30).

Draw

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 May 2019, 20:30 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[5] 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.

Bracket

The bracket starting from the round of 16 was determined as follows:

Round	Matchups
Round of 16	(Group winners host second leg, matchups decided by draw) Match A Match B Match C Match D Match E Match F Match G Match H
Quarter-finals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E
Semi-finals	(Higher-seeded team host second leg) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
Finals	(Higher-seeded team designated as "home" team) Winner F1 vs. Winner F2

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 13 May 2019.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	12	Grêmio	2	3	5
	5	Libertad	0	0	0
								12	Grêmio (a)	0	2	2
								1	Palmeiras	1	1	2
	15	Godoy Cruz	2	0	2
	1	Palmeiras	2	4	6
															12	Grêmio	1	0	1
															7	Flamengo	1	5	6
	16	Emelec	2	0	2 (2)
	7	Flamengo (p)	0	2	2 (4)
								7	Flamengo	2	1	3
								3	Internacional	0	1	1
	9	Nacional	0	0	0
																						23 November – Lima
	3	Internacional	1	2	3
																						7	Flamengo	2
																						10	River Plate	1
	10	River Plate (p)	0	0	0 (4)
	2	Cruzeiro	0	0	0 (2)
								10	River Plate	2	1	3
								4	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
	13	San Lorenzo	0	1	1
	4	Cerro Porteño	0	2	2
															10	River Plate	2	0	2
															2	Boca Juniors	0	1	1
	11	LDU Quito	3	1	4
	8	Olimpia	1	1	2
								11	LDU Quito	0	0	0
								6	Boca Juniors	3	0	3
	14	Athletico Paranaense	0	0	0
	6	Boca Juniors	1	2	3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 23–25 July, and the second legs were played on 30–31 July and 1 August 2019.^[6][7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	0–0 (4–2 p)	Cruzeiro	0–0	0–0
Godoy Cruz	2–6	Palmeiras	2–2	0–4
Emelec	2–2 (2–4 p)	Flamengo	2–0	0–2
LDU Quito	4–2	Olimpia	3–1	1–1
Athletico Paranaense	0–3	Boca Juniors	0–1	0–2
Nacional	0–3	Internacional	0–1	0–2
Grêmio	5–0	Libertad	2–0	3–0
San Lorenzo	1–2	Cerro Porteño	0–0	1–2

Match A

River Plate	0–0	Cruzeiro
	Report

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 50,342

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Cruzeiro	0–0	River Plate
	Report
Penalties
Henrique Fred David Robinho	2–4	De La Cruz Montiel Martínez Quarta Borré

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

19:15 UTC−3

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 51,256

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, River Plate won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

Godoy Cruz	2–2	Palmeiras
García 5', 28'	Report	Melo 33' Borja 58'

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 27,432

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Palmeiras	4–0	Godoy Cruz
Veiga 56' (pen.) Borja 74' Scarpa 83' Dudu 90+3'	Report

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

21:30 UTC−3

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 35,666

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Palmeiras won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match C

Emelec	2–0	Flamengo
Godoy 10' Caicedo 78'	Report

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

19:30 UTC−5

Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Flamengo	2–0	Emelec
Gabriel Barbosa 9' (pen.), 18'	Report
Penalties
De Arrascaeta Bruno Henrique Renê Rafinha	4–2	B. Angulo Cortez Arroyo Queiroz

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 67,664

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Flamengo won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match D

LDU Quito	3–1	Olimpia
Ayoví 11' J. Julio 73' Aguirre 84'	Report	Rojas 60'

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23)

19:30 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Attendance: 28,060

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Olimpia	1–1	LDU Quito
Mendieta 34'	Report	J. Julio 19'

30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 30,534

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

LDU Quito won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match E

Athletico Paranaense	0–1	Boca Juniors
	Report	Mac Allister 82'

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 38,230

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

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Boca Juniors	2–0	Athletico Paranaense
Ábila 56' Salvio 90+4'	Report

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Boca Juniors won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match F

Nacional	0–1	Internacional
	Report	Guerrero 89'

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,315

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Internacional	2–0	Nacional
Rodrigo Moledo 16' Guerrero 90+3'	Report

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

19:15 UTC−3

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 40,651

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Internacional won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

Grêmio	2–0	Libertad
Tardelli 70' Braz 83'	Report

25 July 2019 (2019-07-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 39,572

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Libertad	0–3	Grêmio
	Report	Jean Pyerre 5' (pen.) André Felipe 19', 45+1'

1 August 2019 (2019-08-01)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 22,700

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Grêmio won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match H

San Lorenzo	0–0	Cerro Porteño
	Report

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 34,400

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Cerro Porteño	2–1	San Lorenzo
Larrivey 55' (pen.) Ruiz 62'	Report	Bareiro 17' (pen.)

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

18:15 UTC−4

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 38,249

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Cerro Porteño won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 20–22 August, and the second legs were played on 27–29 August 2019.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	3–1	Cerro Porteño	2–0	1–1
Grêmio	2–2 (a)	Palmeiras	0–1	2–1
Flamengo	3–1	Internacional	2–0	1–1
LDU Quito	0–3	Boca Juniors	0–3	0–0

Match S1

River Plate	2–0	Cerro Porteño
Fernández 7' (pen.) Borré 64' (pen.)	Report

22 August 2019 (2019-08-22)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,705

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

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Cerro Porteño	1–1	River Plate
Haedo Valdez 7'	Report	De La Cruz 51'

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)

18:15 UTC−4

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 44,530

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

Grêmio	0–1	Palmeiras
	Report	Scarpa 30'

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 47,852

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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Palmeiras	1–2	Grêmio
Luiz Adriano 13'	Report	Everton 17' Alisson 21'

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 36,081

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Grêmio won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S3

Flamengo	2–0	Internacional
Bruno Henrique 74', 78'	Report

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 66,366

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Internacional	1–1	Flamengo
Lindoso 61'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa 84'

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 47,027

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Flamengo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

LDU Quito	0–3	Boca Juniors
	Report	Ábila 10' Reynoso 46' Caicedo 80' (o.g.)

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)

17:15 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Attendance: 35,088

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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Boca Juniors	0–0	LDU Quito
	Report

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 48,530

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Boca Juniors won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 1–2 October, and the second legs were played on 22–23 October 2019.^[10][11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–1	Boca Juniors	2–0	0–1
Grêmio	1–6	Flamengo	1–1	0–5

Match F1

River Plate	2–0	Boca Juniors
Borré 6' (pen.) Fernández 69'	Report

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 62,273

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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Boca Juniors	1–0	River Plate
Hurtado 79'	Report

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 48,946

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Match F2

Grêmio	1–1	Flamengo
Pepê 87'	Report	Bruno Henrique 68'

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 55,013

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Flamengo	5–0	Grêmio
Bruno Henrique 42' Gabriel Barbosa 46', 55' (pen.) Marí 66' Rodrigo Caio 70'	Report

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 69,265

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Flamengo won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Main article: 2019 Copa Libertadores Final

The final was played on 23 November 2019 at the Estadio Monumental in Lima.^[12]

Flamengo	2–1	River Plate
Gabriel Barbosa 89', 90+2'	Report	Borré 14'

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)

15:00 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Attendance: 78,573

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Notes

1. Olimpia played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción.
2. Libertad played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, Asunción.
3. Palmeiras played their home match against Grêmio at Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, instead of their regular stadium Allianz Parque, São Paulo.