2021 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 13 July to 27 November 2021.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2021 Copa Libertadores,^[2] with the final played in Montevideo, Uruguay at Estadio Centenario.^[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	Palmeiras	Defensa y Justicia
B	Internacional	Olimpia
C	Barcelona	Boca Juniors
D	Fluminense	River Plate
E	Racing	São Paulo
F	Argentinos Juniors	Universidad Católica
G	Flamengo	Vélez Sarsfield
H	Atlético Mineiro	Cerro Porteño

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.

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	H	Atlético Mineiro	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Pot 1
2	A	Palmeiras	6	5	0	1	20	7	+13	15
3	E	Racing	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
4	C	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
5	G	Flamengo	6	3	3	0	14	9	+5	12
6	F	Argentinos Juniors	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12
7	D	Fluminense	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
8	B	Internacional	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10
9	E	São Paulo	6	3	2	1	9	2	+7	11	Pot 2
10	C	Boca Juniors	6	3	1	2	6	2	+4	10
11	G	Vélez Sarsfield	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
12	H	Cerro Porteño	6	3	1	2	4	5	−1	10
13	A	Defensa y Justicia	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9
14	D	River Plate	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
15	F	Universidad Católica	6	3	0	3	6	6	0	9
16	B	Olimpia	6	3	0	3	13	14	−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 play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[2]

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is 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 will be used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.3).
• The final is 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 2.2.3.5). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).

Draw

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.^[4] 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).^[2][5]

Bracket

The bracket starting from the round of 16 is 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 1 June 2021.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	9	São Paulo	1	3	4
	3	Racing	1	1	2
								9	São Paulo	1	0	1
	River Plate
								2	Palmeiras	1	3	4
	15	Universidad Católica	0	0	0
	2	Palmeiras	1	1	2
															2	Palmeiras (a)	0	1	1
															1	Atlético Mineiro	0	1	1
	14	River Plate	1	2	3
	6	Argentinos Juniors	1	0	1
								14	River Plate	0	0	0
								1	Atlético Mineiro	1	3	4
	10	Boca Juniors	0	0	0 (1)
																						27 November – Montevideo
	1	Atlético Mineiro (p)	0	0	0 (3)
																						2	Palmeiras (a.e.t.)	2
																						5	Flamengo	1
	16	Olimpia (p)	0	0	0 (5)
	8	Internacional	0	0	0 (4)
								16	Olimpia	1	1	2
								5	Flamengo	4	5	9
	13	Defensa y Justicia	0	1	1
	5	Flamengo	1	4	5
															5	Flamengo	2	2	4
															4	Barcelona	0	0	0
	12	Cerro Porteño	0	0	0
	7	Fluminense	2	1	3
								7	Fluminense	2	1	3
								4	Barcelona (a)	2	1	3
	11	Vélez Sarsfield	1	1	2
	4	Barcelona	0	3	3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 13–15 July, and the second legs were played on 20–22 July and 3 August 2021.^[6][7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defensa y Justicia	1–5	Flamengo	0–1	1–4
Boca Juniors	0–0 (1–3 p)	Atlético Mineiro	0–0	0–0
Universidad Católica	0–2	Palmeiras	0–1	0–1
Cerro Porteño	0–3	Fluminense	0–2	0–1
Vélez Sarsfield	2–3	Barcelona	1–0	1–3
São Paulo	4–2	Racing	1–1	3–1
River Plate	3–1	Argentinos Juniors	1–1	2–0
Olimpia	0–0 (5–4 p)	Internacional	0–0	0–0

Match A

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

21:30 UTC−3

Defensa y Justicia	0–1	Flamengo
	Report	Michael 21'

Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, Gobernador Costa

Attendance: 0

Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

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21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

21:30 UTC−3

Flamengo	4–1	Defensa y Justicia
Rodrigo Caio 9' De Arrascaeta 66' Vitinho 83', 90+4'	Report	Loaiza 41'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 5,518

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Match B

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)

19:15 UTC−3

Boca Juniors	0–0	Atlético Mineiro
	Report

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

19:15 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	0–0	Boca Juniors
	Report
Penalties
Hulk Fernández Alonso Hyoran Everson	3–1	Rojo Villa Rolón Izquierdoz

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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

Match C

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

18:15 UTC−4

Universidad Católica	0–1	Palmeiras
	Report	Veiga 42' (pen.)

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

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21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

19:15 UTC−3

Palmeiras	1–0	Universidad Católica
Rocha 36'	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Palmeiras won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match D

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)

18:15 UTC−4

Cerro Porteño	0–2	Fluminense
	Report	Nenê 49' Egídio 61'

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 0

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

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3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)^{[note 3]}

19:15 UTC−3

Fluminense	1–0	Cerro Porteño
Fred 24' (pen.)	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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

Match E

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

19:15 UTC−3

Vélez Sarsfield	1–0	Barcelona
Lucero 7'	Report

Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

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21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

17:15 UTC−5

Barcelona	3–1	Vélez Sarsfield
Preciado 24' Cortez 69' (pen.) Perlaza 80'	Report	Lucero 48'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 0

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Barcelona won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match F

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)

21:30 UTC−3

São Paulo	1–1	Racing
Bueno 35'	Report	Copetti 45+1'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

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20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)

21:30 UTC−3

Racing	1–3	São Paulo
Correa 63'	Report	Rigoni 44', 57' Marquinhos 48'

Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 0

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

São Paulo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match G

14 July 2021 (2021-07-14)

21:30 UTC−3

River Plate	1–1	Argentinos Juniors
Suárez 10'	Report	Hauche 40'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

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21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

21:30 UTC−3

Argentinos Juniors	0–2	River Plate
	Report	Romero 35', 54'

Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2).

Match H

15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)

20:30 UTC−4

Olimpia	0–0	Internacional
	Report

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Attendance: 0

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Internacional	0–0	Olimpia
	Report
Penalties
Edenílson Boschilia Moisés Maurício Thiago Galhardo	4–5	Silva Pitta Ojeda Ortiz D. González

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

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

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 10–12 August, and the second legs were played on 17–19 August 2021.^[12][13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	2–9	Flamengo	1–4	1–5
River Plate	0–4	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	0–3
São Paulo	1–4	Palmeiras	1–1	0–3
Fluminense	3–3 (a)	Barcelona	2–2	1–1

Match S1

11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)

18:15 UTC−4

Olimpia	1–4	Flamengo
Torres 45+14'	Report	De Arrascaeta 16' Gabriel Barbosa 45+12' (pen.), 52' Vitinho 90+1'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)

19:15 UTC−3

Flamengo	5–1	Olimpia
Gabriel Barbosa 30', 77' Bruno Henrique 36' Arão 49' Salcedo 55' (o.g.)	Report	Recalde 45'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 11,211

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Flamengo won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)

21:30 UTC−3

River Plate	0–1	Atlético Mineiro
	Report	Fernández 58'

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	3–0	River Plate
Zaracho 22', 61' Hulk 34'	Report

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 17,030

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Atlético Mineiro won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S3

10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)

21:30 UTC−3

São Paulo	1–1	Palmeiras
Luan 54'	Report	Patrick 74'

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

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17 August 2021 (2021-08-17)

21:30 UTC−3

Palmeiras	3–0	São Paulo
Veiga 10' Dudu 67' Patrick 78'	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

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

Match S4

12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)

21:30 UTC−3

Fluminense	2–2	Barcelona
Teixeira 26' Fred 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Preciado 69' Cortez 88' (pen.)

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 0

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

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19 August 2021 (2021-08-19)

19:30 UTC−5

Barcelona	1–1	Fluminense
Mastriani 73'	Report	Fred 90+8' (pen.)

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Barcelona won on away goals and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 21 and 22 September, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 September 2021.^[14][15]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Flamengo	4–0	Barcelona	2–0	2–0
Palmeiras	1–1 (a)	Atlético Mineiro	0–0	1–1

Match F1

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Flamengo	2–0	Barcelona
Bruno Henrique 21', 38'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 22,193

Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

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29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)

19:30 UTC−5

Barcelona	0–2	Flamengo
	Report	Bruno Henrique 18', 50'

Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil

Attendance: 11,642

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Match F2

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

21:30 UTC−3

Palmeiras	0–0	Atlético Mineiro
	Report

Allianz Parque, São Paulo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

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28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)

21:30 UTC−3

Atlético Mineiro	1–1	Palmeiras
Vargas 52'	Report	Dudu 68'

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 18,350

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Palmeiras won on away goals and advanced to the final.

Final

Main article: 2021 Copa Libertadores Final

The final was played on 27 November 2021 at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27)

17:00 UTC−3

Palmeiras	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Flamengo
Veiga 5' Deyverson 95'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa 72'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 55,023

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)^[17]

Notes

1. Flamengo played their round of 16 and quarter-final home matches at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, instead of their regular stadium Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro.^[8][9]
2. The Universidad Católica v Palmeiras match, originally scheduled at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago,^[7] was re-scheduled at Universidad Católica's regular stadium Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago.^[10]
3. The Fluminense v Cerro Porteño match, originally scheduled for 20 July 2021, was rescheduled for 3 August 2021 due to the passing of Alexandro Javier Arce, son of Cerro Porteño manager Francisco Arce.^[11]
4. The Flamengo v Barcelona match, originally scheduled at Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília,^[15] was re-scheduled at Flamengo's regular stadium Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro.^[16]