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2023 Copa Libertadores

The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 64th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

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2023 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023
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The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates7 February – 4 November 2023
Teams47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Fluminense (1st title)
Runners-up Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played155
Goals scored386 (2.49 per match)
Attendance3,879,523 (25,029 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germán Cano (13 goals)
2022
2024
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The final was played at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 4 November 2023.[1] Brazilian club Fluminense were the champions, winning their first Copa Libertadores title after defeating Argentine side Boca Juniors 2–1 after extra time in the final.[2] As winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana in the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups and the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Flamengo were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Olimpia in the round of 16.

Teams

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The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:[3]

  • Copa Libertadores champions
  • Copa Sudamericana champions
  • Brazil: 7 berths
  • Argentina: 6 berths
  • All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:[3]

  • Group stage: 28 teams
    • Copa Libertadores champions
    • Copa Sudamericana champions
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
  • Second stage: 13 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
    • Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
    • Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
    • Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
  • First stage: 6 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
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Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
 Argentina
(6 berths)
Boca Juniors (Argentina 1) Group stage 2022 Primera División champions[4]
Racing (Argentina 2) 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[4]
Patronato (Argentina 3) 2022 Copa Argentina champions[4]
River Plate (Argentina 4) 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[4]
Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 5) 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[4]
Huracán (Argentina 6) Second stage 2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not yet qualified[4]
 Bolivia
(4 berths)
Bolívar (Bolivia 1) Group stage 2022 Apertura champions[5]
The Strongest (Bolivia 2) 2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[Note BOL]
Always Ready (Bolivia 3) Second stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[Note BOL]
Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 4) First stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[Note BOL]
 Brazil
(7 + 1 berths)
Flamengo (Title holders) Group stage 2022 Copa Libertadores champions
Palmeiras (Brazil 1) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions[6]
Internacional (Brazil 2) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up[6]
Fluminense (Brazil 3) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[6]
Corinthians (Brazil 4) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[6]
Athletico Paranaense (Brazil 5) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place[6]
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 6) Second stage 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place[6]
Fortaleza (Brazil 7) 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place[6]
 Chile
(4 berths)
Colo-Colo (Chile 1) Group stage 2022 Primera División champions[7]
Ñublense (Chile 2) 2022 Primera División runners-up[7]
Curicó Unido (Chile 3) Second stage 2022 Primera División 3rd place[7]
Magallanes (Chile 4) 2022 Copa Chile champions[7]
 Colombia
(4 berths)
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1) Group stage 2022 Apertura champions[8]
Deportivo Pereira (Colombia 2) 2022 Finalización champions[8]
Independiente Medellín (Colombia 3) Second stage 2022 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[8]
Millonarios (Colombia 4) 2022 Copa Colombia champions[8]
 Ecuador
(4 + 1 berths)
Independiente del Valle (Copa Sudamericana) Group stage 2022 Copa Sudamericana champions
Aucas (Ecuador 1) 2022 Serie A champions[9]
Barcelona (Ecuador 2) 2022 Serie A runners-up[9]
Universidad Católica (Ecuador 3) Second stage 2022 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[9]
El Nacional (Ecuador 4) First stage 2022 Copa Ecuador 3rd place[9]
 Paraguay
(4 berths)
Olimpia (Paraguay 1) Group stage 2022 Primera División tournament (Apertura or Clausura) champions with better record in aggregate table[10]
Libertad (Paraguay 2) 2022 Primera División tournament (Apertura or Clausura) champions with worse record in aggregate table[10]
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 3) Second stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[10]
Nacional (Paraguay 4) First stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[10]
 Peru
(4 berths)
Alianza Lima (Peru 1) Group stage 2022 Liga 1 champions[11]
Melgar (Peru 2) 2022 Liga 1 runners-up[11]
Sporting Cristal (Peru 3) Second stage 2022 Liga 1 3rd place[11]
Sport Huancayo (Peru 4) First stage 2022 Liga 1 4th place[11]
 Uruguay
(4 berths)
Nacional (Uruguay 1) Group stage 2022 Primera División champions[12]
Liverpool (Uruguay 2) 2022 Primera División runners-up[12]
Deportivo Maldonado (Uruguay 3) Second stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[12]
Boston River (Uruguay 4) First stage 2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[12]
 Venezuela
(4 berths)
Metropolitanos (Venezuela 1) Group stage 2022 Primera División champions[13]
Monagas (Venezuela 2) 2022 Primera División runners-up[13]
Carabobo (Venezuela 3) Second stage 2022 Primera División Fase Final Libertadores 3rd place[13]
Zamora (Venezuela 4) First stage 2022 Primera División Fase Final Libertadores 4th place[13]
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  1. Bolivia (BOL): Since the 2022 Clausura tournament was abandoned and no champion was declared due to civil unrest, the Bolivia 2, Bolivia 3, and Bolivia 4 berths were awarded to the three best-placed teams in the aggregate table at the time of abandonment.[14]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:[15][16][17]

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Stage Draw date First leg Second leg
First stage 21 December 2022[18] 7–9 February 2023 14–16 February 2023
Second stage 21–23 February 2023 28 February – 2 March 2023
Third stage 8–9 March 2023 15–16 March 2023
Group stage 27 March 2023
  • Matchday 1: 4–6 April 2023
  • Matchday 2: 18–20 April 2023
  • Matchday 3: 2–4 May 2023
  • Matchday 4: 23–25 May 2023
  • Matchday 5: 6–8 June 2023
  • Matchday 6: 27–29 June 2023
Round of 16 5 July 2023[19] 1–3 August 2023 8–10 August 2023
Quarter-finals 22–24 August 2023 29–31 August 2023
Semi-finals 27–28 September 2023 4–5 October 2023
Final 4 November 2023 at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
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Draws

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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
La Paz
La Paz
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
São Paulo
Santiago
Santiago
Medellín
Medellín
Quito
Quito
Asunción
Asunción
Lima
Lima
Montevideo
Montevideo
Rio de Janeiro teams Flamengo FluminenseSão Paulo teams Corinthians Palmeiras
Rio de Janeiro teams
Flamengo
Fluminense

São Paulo teams
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Location of teams of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: Play-off rounds.

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[20]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022 (shown in parentheses),[21] taking into account the following three factors:[22]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2013–2022.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2012 and 2002–2012 respectively.
  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.[23]

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First stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2
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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 seeded in 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.[23]

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Pot 1 Pot 2
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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.[23]

  • 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

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 March 2023, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[24][25] For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Flamengo were directly assigned as the top seed of Group A (position A1). The remaining teams were distributed into four pots according to their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

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  1. ^
    TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions were seeded in Pot 1 and were automatically allocated to Group A and the position A1.
  2. ^
    CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions (normally seeded in Pot 2) were seeded in Pot 1 due to their CONMEBOL Clubs rank.
  3. ^
    Q3 The third stage winners were seeded in Pot 4.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[19][26] 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]

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams had been tied on aggregate, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[3] 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 four teams eliminated in the third stage entered the 2023 Copa Sudamericana group stage.

First stage

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sport Huancayo Peru 3–4 Paraguay Nacional 2–1 1–3
Nacional Potosí Bolivia 2–9 Ecuador El Nacional 1–6 1–3
Boston River Uruguay 4–1 Venezuela Zamora 3–1 1–0
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Second stage

Third stage

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Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[3]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the knockout round play-offs of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAC FLA ÑUB AUC
1 Argentina Racing 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13 Round of 16 1–1 4–0 3–2
2 Brazil Flamengo 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–1 2–0 4–0
3 Chile Ñublense 6 1 2 3 3 10 7 5 Copa Sudamericana 0–2 1–1 2–1
4 Ecuador Aucas 6 1 1 4 6 12 6 4 1–2 2–1 0–0
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT NAC DIM MET
1 Brazil Internacional 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Round of 16 2–2 3–1 1–0
2 Uruguay Nacional 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 1–1 2–1 1–0
3 Colombia Independiente Medellín 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 Copa Sudamericana 1–1 2–1 4–2
4 Venezuela Metropolitanos 6 0 0 6 4 11 7 0 1–2 1–2 0–1
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAL BOL BSC CCP
1 Brazil Palmeiras 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 15 Round of 16 4–0 4–2 2–1
2 Bolivia Bolívar 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 3–1 1–0 2–0
3 Ecuador Barcelona 6 1 1 4 7 12 5 4 Copa Sudamericana 0–2 2–1 2–2
4 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 1 1 4 5 14 9 4 0–3 0–4 2–1
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLU RIV CRI STR
1 Brazil Fluminense 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 Round of 16 5–1 1–1 1–0
2 Argentina River Plate 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 2–0 4–2 2–0
3 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 2 2 2 8 10 2 8 Copa Sudamericana 1–3 1–1 1–0
4 Bolivia The Strongest 6 2 0 4 5 7 2 6 1–0 3–1 1–2
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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IDV ARG COR LIV
1 Ecuador Independiente del Valle 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Round of 16 3–2 3–0 2–0
2 Argentina Argentinos Juniors 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 1–0 0–0 2–1
3 Brazil Corinthians 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 Copa Sudamericana 1–2 0–1 3–0
4 Uruguay Liverpool 6 1 1 4 4 12 8 4 1–0 2–2 0–3
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Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BOC PER CCL MON
1 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13 Round of 16 2–1 1–0 4–0
2 Colombia Deportivo Pereira 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 1–0 1–1 2–1
3 Chile Colo-Colo 6 1 3 2 3 5 2 6 Copa Sudamericana 0–2 0–0 1–0
4 Venezuela Monagas 6 1 2 3 3 8 5 5 0–0 1–0 1–1
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Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAP CAM LIB ALI
1 Brazil Athletico Paranaense 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Round of 16 2–1 1–0 3–0
2 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 2–1 0–1 2–0
3 Paraguay Libertad 6 2 1 3 6 7 1 7 Copa Sudamericana 1–2 1–1 1–2
4 Peru Alianza Lima 6 1 1 4 3 9 6 4 0–0 0–1 1–2
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Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI ATN PAT MEL
1 Paraguay Olimpia 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14 Round of 16 3–0 1–0 4–1
2 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10 2–2 0–1 3–1
3 Argentina Patronato 6 2 0 4 6 11 5 6 Copa Sudamericana 0–2 1–2 4–1
4 Peru Melgar 6 1 1 4 9 13 4 4 1–1 0–1 5–0
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Final stages

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

  • 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, away goals will not be used, 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).

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.

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.

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Seed Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round of 16 draw
1 C Brazil Palmeiras 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 15 Pot 1
2 H Paraguay Olimpia 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 14
3 A Argentina Racing 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
4 F Argentina Boca Juniors 6 4 1 1 9 2 +7 13
5 G Brazil Athletico Paranaense 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
6 E Ecuador Independiente del Valle 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12
7 B Brazil Internacional 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12
8 D Brazil Fluminense 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
9 C Bolivia Bolívar 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 12 Pot 2
10 A Brazil Flamengo 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11
11 B Uruguay Nacional 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11
12 E Argentina Argentinos Juniors 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
13 G Brazil Atlético Mineiro 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
14 D Argentina River Plate 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10
15 H Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 10
16 F Colombia Deportivo Pereira 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[3]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 5 July 2023.

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Boca Juniors Argentina 0–0 (4–1 p) Argentina Racing 0–0 0–0
Bolívar Bolivia 0–3 Brazil Internacional 0–1 0–2
Fluminense Brazil 5–1 Paraguay Olimpia 2–0 3–1
Deportivo Pereira Colombia 0–4 Brazil Palmeiras 0–4 0–0
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Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Boca Juniors Argentina 1–1 (4–2 p) Brazil Palmeiras 0–0 1–1
Fluminense Brazil 4–3 Brazil Internacional 2–2 2–1
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Final

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Boca Juniors Argentina1–2 (a.e.t.)Brazil Fluminense
Advíncula 72' Report Cano 36'
John Kennedy 99'
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Statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Team 1Q1 1Q2 2Q1 2Q2 3Q1 3Q2 GS1 GS2 GS3 GS4 GS5 GS6 ⅛F1 ⅛F2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Argentina Germán Cano Brazil Fluminense 23112211 13
2 Brazil Paulinho Brazil Atlético Mineiro 11212 7
3 Colombia Dorlan Pabón Colombia Atlético Nacional 231 6
4 Brazil Alan Patrick Brazil Internacional 11111 5
Brazil Artur Brazil Palmeiras 212
Argentina Luciano Pons Colombia Independiente Medellín 2111
7 Peru Luis Advíncula Argentina Boca Juniors 1111 4
Uruguay Rubén Bentancourt Uruguay Liverpool 211
Chile Ronnie Fernández Bolivia Bolívar 112
Brazil John Kennedy Brazil Fluminense 1111
Paraguay Guillermo Paiva Paraguay Olimpia 112
Argentina Enrique Triverio Bolivia The Strongest 211
Ecuador Enner Valencia Brazil Internacional 112
Brazil Vitor Roque Brazil Athletico Paranaense 121
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Team of the tournament

The CONMEBOL technical study group selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament.[28]

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