2007 Copa Libertadores

      2007 Copa Libertadores de América
      2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
      2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores da América
      Tournament details
      Dates January 24 - June 20
      Teams 38 (from 11 associations)
      Final positions
      Champions Argentina Boca Juniors (6th title)
      Runners-up Brazil Grêmio
      Tournament statistics
      Matches played 138
      Goals scored 364 (2.64 per match)
      Top scorer(s) Paraguay Salvador Cabañas (10 goals)
      Best player Argentina Juan Román Riquelme
      2006
      2008

      The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by Boca Juniors, who earned their 6th Copa Libertadores title, one less than Independiente's record.

      Qualified teams

      Association Team (berth) Qualification method
      Argentina Argentina
      5 berths
      Boca Juniors 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion
      Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table
      River Plate 2005–06 2nd best placed team on aggregate table
      Banfield 2005–06 3rd best placed team on aggregate table
      Vélez Sársfield 2005–06 4th best placed team on aggregate table
      Bolivia Bolivia
      3 berths
      Blooming 2005 Apertura champion
      Bolívar 2006 Apertura champion
      Real Potosí 2006 Apertura runner-up
      Brazil Brazil
      5 + 1 berths
      Internacional 2006 Copa Libertadores champion
      Flamengo 2006 Copa do Brasil champion
      São Paulo 2006 Série A champion
      Grêmio 2006 Série A 3rd place
      Santos 2006 Série A 4th place
      Paraná 2006 Série A 5th place
      Chile Chile
      3 berths
      Colo-Colo 2006 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion
      Audax Italiano 2006 Clausura finalist
      Cobreloa Best-placed team in the 2006 Clausura classification stage
      Colombia Colombia
      3 berths
      Deportivo Pasto 2006 Apertura champion
      Cúcuta Deportivo 2006 Clausura champion
      Deportes Tolima 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
      Ecuador Ecuador
      3 berths
      El Nacional 2006 Seria A champion
      Emelec 2006 Seria A runner-up
      LDU Quito 2006 Seria A 3rd place
      Paraguay Paraguay
      3 berths
      Libertad 2006 Primera División champion
      Cerro Porteño 2006 Primera División runner-up
      Tacuary 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
      Peru Peru
      3 berths
      Alianza Lima 2006 Apertura winner
      Cienciano 2006 Clausura winner
      Sporting Cristal 2006 best placed team on aggregate table
      Uruguay Uruguay
      3 berths
      Nacional 2005–06 Primera División champion
      Defensor Sporting 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
      Danubio 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
      Venezuela Venezuela
      3 berths
      Caracas 2005–06 Primera División champion
      Maracaibo 2005–06 Primera División runner-up
      Deportivo Táchira 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table
      Mexico Mexico
      (CONCACAF)
      3 invitees
      Toluca 2005 Apertura champion
      Necaxa 2007 InterLiga winner
      América 2007 InterLiga runner-up
      ↑Jump back a section

      First stage

      Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
      Blooming Bolivia 0-6 Brazil Santos 0-1 0-5
      Vélez Sársfield Argentina 5-1 Uruguay Danubio 3-0 2-1
      Deportivo Táchira Venezuela 1-4 Colombia Deportes Tolima 1-2 0-2
      Tacuary Paraguay 1-4 Ecuador LDU Quito 1-1 0-3
      Cobreloa Chile 1-3 Brazil Paraná 0-2 1-1
      América Mexico 6-2 Peru Sporting Cristal 5-0 1-2
      ↑Jump back a section

      Second stage

      Teams qualified for Round of 16

      Group 1

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Paraguay Libertad 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
      Mexico América 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12
      Argentina Banfield 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
      Ecuador El Nacional 6 0 1 5 4 11 −7 1

      Group 2

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Mexico Necaxa 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12
      Brazil São Paulo 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11
      Chile Audax Italiano 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
      Peru Alianza Lima 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0

      Group 3

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Brazil Grêmio 6 3 1 2 4 4 0 10
      Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9
      Colombia Deportes Tolima 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
      Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7

      Group 4

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11
      Uruguay Nacional 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
      Brazil Internacional 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10
      Ecuador Emelec 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3

      Group 5

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Brazil Flamengo 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6 16
      Brazil Paraná 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
      Bolivia Real Potosí 6 1 3 2 8 9 −1 6
      Venezuela Maracaibo 6 0 2 4 8 14 −6 2

      Group 6

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Chile Colo-Colo 6 3 0 3 12 7 +5 9
      Venezuela Caracas 6 3 0 3 7 10 -3 9
      Ecuador LDU Quito 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
      Argentina River Plate 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8

      Group 7

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Mexico Toluca 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
      Argentina Boca Juniors 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 10
      Peru Cienciano 6 3 0 3 12 9 +3 9
      Bolivia Bolívar 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4

      Group 8

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
      Brazil Santos 6 6 0 0 12 1 +11 18
      Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1 9
      Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9
      Colombia Deportivo Pasto 6 0 0 6 3 14 −11 0
      ↑Jump back a section

      Knockout stages

      The teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group); the best seeds played the worst seeds. To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Santos with Grêmio and Boca Juniors with Cúcuta Deportivo in the semifinals.[1]

      Seeding

      Teams qualified as a group winner
      Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
      1 Brazil Santos 18 +11 12 5
      2 Brazil Flamengo 16 +6 10 5
      3 Paraguay Libertad 13 +5 12 6
      4 Mexico Toluca 12 +4 10 4
      5 Mexico Necaxa 12 +2 9 3
      6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 11 +3 6 1
      7 Brazil Grêmio 10 0 4 2
      8 Chile Colo-Colo 9 +5 12 5
      Teams qualified as a runner-up
      Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
      9 Mexico América 12 +2 12 5
      10 Brazil São Paulo 11 +7 11 2
      11 Argentina Boca Juniors 10 +6 11 0
      12 Uruguay Nacional 10 +4 9 1
      13 Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 9 +2 9 5
      14 Brazil Paraná 9 +1 9 5
      15 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 9 +1 8 2
      16 Venezuela Caracas 9 −3 7 3

      Bracket

        Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                                   
      1  Brazil Santos 2 3  
      16  Venezuela Caracas 2 2  
        1  Brazil Santos 0 2  
        9  Mexico América 0 1  
      8  Chile Colo-Colo 0 2
      9  Mexico América 3 1  
        1  Brazil Santos 0 3  
        7  Brazil Grêmio (a) 2 1  
      7  Brazil Grêmio 0 2  
      10  Brazil São Paulo 1 0  
        7  Brazil Grêmio 0 2 (4)
        15  Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 0 (2)  
      2  Brazil Flamengo 0 2
      15  Uruguay Defensor Sporting 3 0  
        7  Brazil Grêmio 0 0
        11  Argentina Boca Juniors 3 2
      6  Argentina Vélez Sarsfield 0 3  
      11  Argentina Boca Juniors 3 1  
        11  Argentina Boca Juniors 1 2
        3  Paraguay Libertad 1 0  
      3  Paraguay Libertad 2 1
      14  Brazil Paraná 1 1  
        11  Argentina Boca Juniors 1 3
        13  Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 3 0  
      5  Mexico Necaxa 2 0  
      12  Uruguay Nacional 3 1  
        12  Uruguay Nacional 0 2
        13  Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 2 2  
      4  Mexico Toluca 1 2
      13  Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo 5 0  

      Finals

      June 13, 2007
      21:45 (UTC-3)
      Boca Juniors Argentina 3 – 0 Brazil Grêmio Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
      Attendance: 50,993
      Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
      Palacio Goal 18'
      Riquelme Goal 73'
      Patrício Goal 89' (o.g.)
      (Report)

      June 20, 2007
      21:45 (UTC-3)
      Grêmio Brazil 0 – 2 Argentina Boca Juniors Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
      Attendance: 51,851
      Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
      (Report) Riquelme Goal 69'81'
      Copa Toyota Libertadores de América
      2007 Champion
      Argentina
      Boca Juniors
      Sixth Title
      ↑Jump back a section

      References

      1. ^ "COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES DE AMÉRICA 2007". website (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. p. 5. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 
      ↑Jump back a section

      Read in another language

      Last modified on 25 February 2013, at 23:02