2019 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

The 2019 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 22 January to 28 February 2019.^[1] A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2019 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 17 December 2018, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4][5]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores as of 15 December 2018 (shown in parentheses), taking into account the following three factors:^[6][7][8]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2009–2018
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2008
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
Defensor Sporting (35) Nacional (37) Real Garcilaso (57)	Delfín (87) Deportivo La Guaira (209) Bolívar[BOL] (21)

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
Atlético Nacional (4) Atlético Mineiro (10) São Paulo (13) Libertad (23) Barcelona (24) Universidad de Chile (29) Independiente Medellín (64) Caracas (67)	Melgar (80) Palestino (84) Danubio (85) Talleres (182) The Strongest[BOL] (27) 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.

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

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 was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).^[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 was held on 17 December 2018.

Winner G1

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Bolívar	2	3	5
	Defensor Sporting	4	2	6
							Defensor Sporting	3	0	3
							Barcelona	0	1	1
	Barcelona			Bye
													Defensor Sporting	0	0	0
													Atlético Mineiro	2	0	2
	Danubio			Bye
							Danubio	2	2	4
							Atlético Mineiro	2	3	5
	Atlético Mineiro			Bye

Winner G2

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Melgar			Bye
							Melgar	1	0	1
							Universidad de Chile	0	0	0
	Universidad de Chile			Bye
													Melgar	2	1	3
													Caracas	0	2	2
	Delfín	3	2	5
	Nacional	0	1	1
							Delfín	1	0	1
							Caracas (a)	1	0	1
	Caracas			Bye

Winner G3

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	The Strongest			Bye
							The Strongest	1	1	2
							Libertad	1	5	6
	Libertad			Bye
													Libertad (p)	1	0	1 (5)
													Atlético Nacional	0	1	1 (4)
	Deportivo La Guaira (a)	1	1	2
	Real Garcilaso	0	2	2
							Deportivo La Guaira	0	0	0
							Atlético Nacional	1	0	1
	Atlético Nacional			Bye

Winner G4

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Talleres			Bye
							Talleres	2	0	2
							São Paulo	0	0	0
	São Paulo			Bye
													Talleres	2	1	3
													Palestino	2	2	4
	Palestino			Bye
							Palestino (p)	1	1	2 (4)
							Independiente Medellín	1	1	2 (1)
	Independiente Medellín			Bye

First stage

The first legs were played on 22–23 January, and the second legs were played on 29–30 January 2019.^[9][10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Delfín	5–1	Nacional	3–0	2–1
Deportivo La Guaira	2–2 (a)	Real Garcilaso	1–0	1–2
Bolívar	5–6	Defensor Sporting	2–4	3–2

Match E1

Delfín	3–0	Nacional
Ordóñez 10', 12' Garcés 88'	Report

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Jocay, Manta

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Nacional	1–2	Delfín
Vieyra 1'	Report	Ordóñez 41' Garcés 43'

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)

18:15 UTC−3

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

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Delfín won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).

Match E2

Deportivo La Guaira	1–0	Real Garcilaso
Azócar 70'	Report

23 January 2019 (2019-01-23)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: César Deischler (Chile)

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Real Garcilaso	2–1	Deportivo La Guaira
Manco 14' Rengifo 67'	Report	Balza 90+3'

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Garcilaso, Cusco

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Deportivo La Guaira won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C6).

Match E3

Bolívar	2–4	Defensor Sporting
Pereyra Díaz 65', 70'	Report	Rabuñal 45+1' López 54' Navarro 80' (pen.) Laquintana 90+3'

23 January 2019 (2019-01-23)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

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Defensor Sporting	2–3	Bolívar
Rabuñal 1' Nápoli 90+1'	Report	Jusino 32' Arce 36' Thomaz 42'

30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Defensor Sporting won 6–5 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).

Second stage

The first legs were played on 5–7 February, and the second legs were played on 12–14 February 2019.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Danubio	4–5	Atlético Mineiro	2–2	2–3
Melgar	1–0	Universidad de Chile	1–0	0–0
The Strongest	2–6	Libertad	1–1	1–5
Palestino	2–2 (4–1 p)	Independiente Medellín	1–1	1–1
Talleres	2–0	São Paulo	2–0	0–0
Deportivo La Guaira	0–1	Atlético Nacional	0–1	0–0
Delfín	1–1 (a)	Caracas	1–1	0–0
Defensor Sporting	3–1	Barcelona	3–0[A]	0–1

Notes

1. ^
   CONMEBOL awarded Defensor Sporting a 3–0 win as a result of Barcelona fielding the ineligible player Sebastián Pérez. The match originally ended 1–2.^[13]

Match C1

Danubio	2–2	Atlético Mineiro
Rodríguez 45+1' Felipe 79'	Report	Ricardo Oliveira 28', 76'

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

18:15 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo^{[note 2]}

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

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Atlético Mineiro	3–2	Danubio
Luan 14' Ricardo Oliveira 25' (pen.), 27'	Report	Grossmüller 45' (pen.) Siles 57'

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

19:15 UTC−2

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Atlético Mineiro won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Match C2

Melgar	1–0	Universidad de Chile
Arias 53'	Report

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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Universidad de Chile	0–0	Melgar
	Report

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)

18:15 UTC−3

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

Melgar won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Match C3

The Strongest	1–1	Libertad
Bejarano 59'	Report	Martínez 80'

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

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Libertad	5–1	The Strongest
Martínez 30', 60', 76' Cardozo 86' Cougo 90+2'	Report	Machado 43'

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)

18:15 UTC−3

Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, Asunción

Referee: Wagner Magalhães (Brazil)

Libertad won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Match C4

Palestino	1–1	Independiente Medellín
Fernández 63'	Report	Cano 59'

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 3]}

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

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Independiente Medellín	1–1	Palestino
Murillo 45+1'	Report	Jiménez 41'
Penalties
Herazo Ricaurte Perlaza	1–4	Jorquera Mago Jiménez Farías

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on penalties and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Match C5

Talleres	2–0	São Paulo
Ramírez 57' Pochettino 86'	Report

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)

20:30 UTC−3

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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São Paulo	0–0	Talleres
	Report

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)

21:30 UTC−2

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Talleres won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

Match C6

Deportivo La Guaira	0–1	Atlético Nacional
	Report	Gómez 69'

7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

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Atlético Nacional	0–0	Deportivo La Guaira
	Report

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Atlético Nacional won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

Match C7

Delfín	1–1	Caracas
Garcés 19' (pen.)	Report	Añor 33'

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)

16:15 UTC−5

Estadio Jocay, Manta

Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

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Caracas	0–0	Delfín
	Report

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)

19:30 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Caracas won on away goals and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

Match C8

Defensor Sporting	3–0 Awarded[13]	Barcelona
Navarro 79'	Report	Esterilla 66' Arreaga 90+3'

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)

18:15 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

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Barcelona	1–0	Defensor Sporting
Oyola 39'	Report

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)

18:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Defensor Sporting won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

Third stage

The first legs were played on 19–21 February, and the second legs were played on 26–28 February 2019.^{[9][10][14][15]}

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defensor Sporting	0–2	Atlético Mineiro	0–2	0–0
Melgar	3–2	Caracas	2–0	1–2
Libertad	1–1 (5–4 p)	Atlético Nacional	1–0	0–1
Talleres	3–4	Palestino	2–2	1–2

Match G1

Defensor Sporting	0–2	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Réver 10' Cazares 77'

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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Atlético Mineiro	0–0	Defensor Sporting
	Report

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Atlético Mineiro won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group E).

Match G2

Melgar	2–0	Caracas
Romero 34' Arakaki 50'	Report

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)

19:30 UTC−5

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (Brazil)

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Caracas	2–1	Melgar
Fereira 44' Celis 56'	Report	Cuesta 88'

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Melgar won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group F).

Match G3

Libertad	1–0	Atlético Nacional
Cardozo 54'	Report

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, Asunción

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Atlético Nacional	1–0	Libertad
Lucumí 33'	Report
Penalties
Bocanegra Ceppelini Lucumí Ramírez Barcos	4–5	Recalde É. Benítez Cougo Martínez Aquino

28 February 2019 (2019-02-28)

19:45 UTC−5^{[note 4]}

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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

Match G4

Talleres	2–2	Palestino
Moreno 2' Ramírez 34' (pen.)	Report	Cortés 44' Soto 67'

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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Palestino	2–1	Talleres
Jiménez 70' Jorquera 90'	Report	Moreno 20'

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 3]}

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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

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	G3	Atlético Nacional	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	G2	Caracas	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	G4	Talleres	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
4	G1	Defensor Sporting	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 21).^[2]

Notes

1. Nacional played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción.
2. Danubio played their home match at Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo.
3. Palestino played their home matches at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago.
4. The kickoff of the Atlético Nacional v Libertad match was delayed by 15 minutes due to rain. It was originally scheduled at 19:30 local time.