2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

The knockout stages of the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores de América consisted of four stages:

  • Round of 16 (first legs: April 25, May 1–3; second legs: May 8–10)[1]
  • Quarterfinals (first legs: May 16–17; second legs: May 23–24)[2]
  • Semifinals (first legs: June 13–14; second legs: June 20–21)[3]
  • Finals (first leg: June 27; second leg: July 4)[4]

Format edit

The group winners and runners-up of the second stage qualified for the knockout stages. The sixteen teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points, except for the final:[5]

  1. Goal difference
  2. Away goals
  3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

For the final, the first tiebreaker was goal difference. If tied on goal difference, the away goals rule would not be applied, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

If two teams from the same association reached the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Qualified teams edit

Group Winners Runners-up
1   Santos   Internacional
2   Lanús   Emelec
3   Unión Española   Bolívar
4   Fluminense   Boca Juniors
5   Libertad   Vasco da Gama
6   Corinthians   Cruz Azul
7   Vélez Sársfield   Deportivo Quito
8   Universidad de Chile   Atlético Nacional

Seeding edit

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.[5] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as group winners
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1   Fluminense 15 +3 7 5
2   Corinthians 14 +11 13 4
3   Santos 13 +7 12 5
4   Universidad de Chile 13 +5 11 2
5   Libertad 13 +4 11 4
6   Vélez Sársfield 12 +4 10 5
7   Lanús 10 +5 11 3
8   Unión Española 10 +3 10 5
Teams qualified as group runners-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9   Boca Juniors 13 +6 9 4
10   Vasco da Gama 13 +4 10 4
11   Atlético Nacional 11 +8 16 9
12   Cruz Azul 11 +7 11 3
13   Deportivo Quito 10 +7 11 1
14   Bolívar 10 +2 9 3
15   Emelec 9 −1 7 3
16   Internacional 8 +4 10 2

Bracket edit

In each tie, the higher-seeded team played the second leg at home.

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                
1   Fluminense 0 2
16   Internacional 0 1
1   Fluminense 0 1
9   Boca Juniors 1 1
8   Unión Española 1 2
9   Boca Juniors 2 3
9   Boca Juniors 2 0
4   U. de Chile 0 0
4   U. de Chile 1 6
13   Deportivo Quito 4 0
4   U. de Chile (p) 1 1 (5)
5   Libertad 1 1 (3)
5   Libertad 1 2
12   Cruz Azul 1 0
9   Boca Juniors 1 0
2   Corinthians 1 2
2   Corinthians 0 3
15   Emelec 0 0
2   Corinthians 0 1
10   Vasco da Gama 0 0
7   Lanús 1 2 (4)
10   Vasco da Gama (p) 2 1 (5)
2   Corinthians 1 1
3   Santos 0 1
3   Santos 1 8
14   Bolívar 2 0
3   Santos (p) 0 1 (4)
6   Vélez Sársfield 1 0 (2)
6   Vélez Sársfield 1 1
11   Atlético Nacional 0 1

Round of 16 edit

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense   4:1   Internacional 0–0 2–1
Corinthians   4:1   Emelec 0–0 3–0
Santos   3:3   Bolívar 1–2 8–0 +7:−7
Universidad de Chile   3:3   Deportivo Quito 1–4 6–0 +3:−3
Libertad   4:1   Cruz Azul 1–1 2–0
Vélez Sársfield   4:1   Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–1
Lanús   3:3   Vasco da Gama 1–2 2–1 0:0 1:1 4–5
Unión Española   0:6   Boca Juniors 1–2 2–3

Match A edit


Fluminense  2–1  Internacional
Leandro Euzebio   15'
Fred   45'
Report Leandro Damião   13'

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B edit


Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C edit

Bolívar  2–1  Santos
Rafael   1' (o.g.)
Campos   74'
Report Maranhão   34'

Santos  8–0  Bolívar
Elano   6', 49'
Neymar   21' (pen.), 36'
Ganso   27', 52'
Alan Kardec   29'
Borges   60'
Report

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.

Match D edit


Tied on points 3–3, Universidad de Chile won on goal difference.

Match E edit


Libertad  2–0  Cruz Azul
Núñez   9'
Cáceres   49'
Report
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F edit


Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G edit


Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.

Match H edit


Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals edit

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense   1:4   Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1
Corinthians   4:1   Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0
Santos   3:3   Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0 0:0 0:0 4–2
Universidad de Chile   2:2   Libertad 1–1 1–1 0:0 1:1 5–3

Match S1 edit


Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2 edit


Corinthians  1–0  Vasco da Gama
Paulinho   87' Report

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3 edit


Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.

Match S4 edit


Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Semifinals edit

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Universidad de Chile   1:4   Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0
Corinthians   4:1   Santos 1–0 1–1

Match F1 edit


Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2 edit


Corinthians  1–1  Santos
Danilo   47' Report Neymar   39'

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals edit

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.[5]


Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References edit

  1. ^ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa de octavos de final". CONMEBOL. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Libertadores: programa de 4tos de final". CONMEBOL. May 11, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Libertadores: las semis ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL. May 28, 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa con fechas y horarios de la final". CONMEBOL. June 22, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Copa Santander Libertadores 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.

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