2020 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 2020 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 24 November 2020 to 30 January 2021.^[1][2] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2020 Copa Libertadores,^[3] with the final played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Estádio do Maracanã.^[4]

The final stages had been originally scheduled to be played from 21 July to 21 November 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

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.^[6]

Seed	Grp	Team	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).^[3]

Format

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[3]

• 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).

Draw

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 October 2020, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3).^[7] 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).^[3]

Bracket

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

Round	Matchups
Round of 16	(Group winners hosted 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 hosted 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 hosted second leg) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
Final	(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 23 October 2020.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	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
																						30 January 2021 – Rio de Janeiro
	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

The first legs were played on 24–26 November and 2 December, and the second legs were played on 1–3 and 9 December 2020.^[8][9]

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

Match A

Guaraní	0–2	Grêmio
	Report	Jean Pyerre 56' Pepê 86'

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26)

21:30 UTC−3

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

Attendance: 0

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

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Grêmio	2–0	Guaraní
Ferreira 3' Rodrigues 90+7'	Report

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03)

21:30 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Grêmio won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

Independiente del Valle	0–0	Nacional
	Report

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

17:15 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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Nacional	0–0	Independiente del Valle
	Report
Penalties
Bergessio Castro Yacob Carballo Martínez	4–2	Pellerano Mera Torres Schunke

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Juan Benítez (Paraguay)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Nacional won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match C

Delfín	1–3	Palmeiras
Ramires 69' (o.g.)	Report	Menino 18' Rony 36' (pen.) Zé Rafael 60'

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

17:15 UTC−5

Estadio Jocay, Manta

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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Palmeiras	5–0	Delfín
Patrick 29' Veron 49', 60' Willian 52' Danilo 90+4'	Report

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)

19:15 UTC−3

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Palmeiras won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match D

Internacional	0–1	Boca Juniors
	Report	Tevez 63'

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)^{[note 3]}

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Boca Juniors	0–1	Internacional
	Report	Fabra 48' (o.g.)
Penalties
Tevez Cardona Salvio Fabra Izquierdoz Jara	5–4	Rodinei Edenílson Lindoso Yuri Alberto Fernández Peglow

9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)^{[note 3]}

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Boca Juniors won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match E

Racing	1–1	Flamengo
Fértoli 13'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa 15'

24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 0

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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Flamengo	1–1	Racing
Willian Arão 90+3'	Report	Sigali 65'
Penalties
Filipe Luís Gerson Pedro Willian Arão	3–5	López Rojas Sigali Alcaraz Domínguez

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)

21:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Racing won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match F

Libertad	3–1	Jorge Wilstermann
Enciso 46' Cardozo 69' Martínez 90+6'	Report	Osorio 74'

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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Jorge Wilstermann	0–2	Libertad
	Report	Cardozo 67', 79'

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02)

20:30 UTC−4

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Libertad won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

Athletico Paranaense	1–1	River Plate
Bissoli 57'	Report	Díaz 90'

24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)

19:15 UTC−3

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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River Plate	1–0	Athletico Paranaense
De La Cruz 84'	Report

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

River Plate won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match H

LDU Quito	1–2	Santos
Julio 45+2'	Report	Soteldo 7' Marinho 59' (pen.)

24 November 2020 (2020-11-24)

17:15 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Santos	0–1	LDU Quito
	Report	Zunino 66'

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)

19:15 UTC−3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Santos won on away goals and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 8–10 and 16 December, and the second legs were played on 15–17 and 23 December 2020.^[12][13]

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

Match S1

Grêmio	1–1	Santos
Diego Souza 90+12' (pen.)	Report	Kaio Jorge 36'

9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)

19:15 UTC−3

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Juan Benítez (Paraguay)

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Santos	4–1	Grêmio
Kaio Jorge 1', 54' Marinho 16' Laércio 83'	Report	Thaciano 81'

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16)

19:15 UTC−3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Santos won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

River Plate	2–0	Nacional
Montiel 67' (pen.) Zuculini 90+6'	Report

10 December 2020 (2020-12-10)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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Nacional	2–6	River Plate
Cougo 45+1' Rodríguez 54'	Report	Carrascal 28' De La Cruz 45' Zuculini 50' Borré 67', 73', 80'

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

River Plate won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S3

Libertad	1–1	Palmeiras
Espinoza 62'	Report	Gómez 39'

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Palmeiras	3–0	Libertad
Scarpa 21' Rony 68' Menino 82'	Report

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15)

21:30 UTC−3

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Palmeiras won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

Racing	1–0	Boca Juniors
Melgarejo 60'	Report

16 December 2020 (2020-12-16)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Boca Juniors	2–0	Racing
Salvio 23' Villa 61' (pen.)	Report

23 December 2020 (2020-12-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Boca Juniors won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5 and 6 January 2021, and the second legs were played on 12 and 13 January 2021.^[14]

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

Match F1

Boca Juniors	0–0	Santos
	Report

6 January 2021 (2021-01-06)

19:15 UTC−3

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Santos	3–0	Boca Juniors
Pituca 16' Soteldo 49' Braga 51'	Report

13 January 2021 (2021-01-13)

19:15 UTC−3

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Santos won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Match F2

River Plate	0–3	Palmeiras
	Report	Rony 27' Luiz Adriano 47' Viña 62'

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05)

21:30 UTC−3

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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Palmeiras	0–2	River Plate
	Report	Rojas 29' Borré 44'

12 January 2021 (2021-01-12)

21:30 UTC−3

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Palmeiras won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores Final

The final was played on 30 January 2021 at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro.^[15]

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

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30)

17:00 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Notes

1. Guaraní played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres, Asunción which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
2. Independiente del Valle played their home match at Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito,^[10] instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
3. The two legs of the round of 16 match D, originally scheduled for 25 November & 2 December 2020, 21:30 local time, were re-scheduled to 2 & 9 December 2020, 21:30 local time due to the death of Diego Maradona on 25 November 2020 and his link to the club Boca Juniors.^[11]
4. Libertad played their home match against Jorge Wilstermann at Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción,^[10] and played their home match against Palmeiras at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción instead of their regular stadium Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz, Asunción which does not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
5. River Plate played their home matches at Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda instead of their regular stadium Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, which is closed for remodeling works.