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Draft:1998 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 1998 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 15 April to 26 August 1998 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1998 Copa Libertadores.

The final stages had a one-month break between the quarter-finals and semi-finals due to the 1998 FIFA World Cup held from 10 June to 12 July 1998.[1][2]

Qualified teams

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The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Cruzeiro, who received a directly bye to this round.

Group Winners Runners-up Third-placed teams
1   América de Cali   Barcelona   Atlético Bucaramanga
2   Grêmio   Vasco da Gama   América
3   Olimpia   Colo-Colo   Cerro Porteño
4   Bolívar   Peñarol   Nacional
5   River Plate   Alianza Lima   Colón

Seeding

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In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11 15 and 19 to third placed teams.[3]

Seed Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Round of 16
1 1   América de Cali 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Match A
2 1   Barcelona 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 Match F
3 1   Atlético Bucaramanga 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Match D
5 2   Grêmio 6 4 0 2 6 5 +1 12 Match B
6 2   Vasco da Gama 6 2 2 2 7 4 +3 8 Match G
7 2   América 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 Match E
9 3   Olimpia 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Match C
10 3   Colo-Colo 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 Match F
11 3   Cerro Porteño 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Match A
13 4   Bolívar 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 Match D
14 4   Peñarol 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 Match G
15 4   Nacional 6 2 0 4 11 12 −1 6 Match B
17 5   River Plate 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16 Match E
18 5   Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 Match H
19 5   Colón 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 Match C
Source: [citation needed]

Format

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In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

  • In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
  • In the event that the two Brazilian teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Cruzeiro in order to prevent three Brazilian teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
  • If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
  • If one or more games are settled in the quarterfinals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
  • In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Cruzeiro had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).[3]

Bracket

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The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:[4]

Round Matchups
Round of 16
(Second stage) 		(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Quarter-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Semi-finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
Finals (Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))
  • Winner F1 (L) vs. Winner F2

Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

  • In the round of 16, Vasco da Gama and Alianza Lima swapped positions. Vasco da Gama had to faced Cruzeiro in order to avoid three possible Brazilian teams in the quarter-finals.
  • In quarter-finals, the two Brazilians teams and the two Argentine teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                    
15   Nacional 1 0 1
5   Grêmio 1 4 5
  Grêmio 1 0 1
  Vasco da Gama 1 1 2
6   Vasco da Gama 2 0 2
–   Cruzeiro 1 0 1
  Vasco da Gama 1 1 2
  River Plate 0 1 1
7   América 1 0 1
17   River Plate 1 1 2
  River Plate 2 3 5
  Colón 1 1 2
19   Colón (p) 3 0 3 (2)
9   Olimpia 2 1 3 (1)
  Vasco da Gama 2 2 4
  Barcelona 0 1 1
3   Atlético Bucaramanga 1 0 1
13   Bolívar 2 1 3
  Bolívar 1 0 1
  Barcelona 1 4 5
2   Barcelona 2 2 4
10   Colo-Colo 1 2 3
  Barcelona 1 1 2 (4)
  Cerro Porteño 0 2 2 (3)
18   Alianza Lima 1 1 2 (1)
14   Peñarol (p) 0 2 2 (3)
  Peñarol 2 0 2
  Cerro Porteño 0 3 3
11   Cerro Porteño 1 2 3
1   América de Cali 0 1 1

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 15, 22 and 23 April. and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April and 2 and 7 May 1998.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cerro Porteño   3–1   América de Cali 1–0 2–1
Nacional   1–5   Grêmio 1–1 0–4
Colón   3–3 (2–1 p)   Olimpia 3–2 0–1
Atlético Bucaramanga   1–3   Bolívar 1–2 0–1
América   1–2   River Plate 1–1 0–1
Barcelona   4–3   Colo-Colo 2–1 2–2
Alianza Lima   2–2 (1–3 p)   Peñarol 1–0 1–2
Vasco da Gama   2–1   Cruzeiro 2–1 0–0

Match A

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Cerro Porteño  1–0  América de Cali
Paredes   75' Report

Cerro Porteño won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match B

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Nacional  1–1  Grêmio
Sosa   41' Report Guilherme   48'
Attendance: 41,751
Grêmio  4–0  Nacional
Guilherme   4'
Roger   16'
Goiano   30'
Tinga   43'		 Report
Attendance: 31,112

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

Match C

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Colón  3–2  Olimpia
Fuertes   30', 34'
Aquino   62'		 Report Monzón   55'
Caballero   80'
Attendance: 20,000
Olimpia  1–0  Colón
Monzón   63' Report
Penalties
Paredes  
Avalos  
Torres  
Monzón  
González  		 1–2   Unali
  Aquino
  Marini
  Saralegui
Attendance: 17.500
Referee: José Arana (Peru)

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

Match D

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Bolívar  1–0  Atlético Bucaramanga
Jiguchi   34' Report

Bolivar won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match E

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América  1–1  River Plate
Cedrés   31' Report Netto   5'
Attendance: 60,000
River Plate  1–0  América
Solari   49' Report
Attendance: 39,000

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

Match F

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Barcelona  2–1  Colo-Colo
Delgado   45'
Morales   87'		 Report Neira   51'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: John Toro (Colombia)
Colo-Colo  2–2  Barcelona
Rojas   50'
Morales   52'		 Report Delgado   44', 54'
Attendance: 30,000

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4).

Match G

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Alianza Lima  1–0  Peñarol
Asprilla   57' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Peñarol  2–1  Alianza Lima
De Souza   19'
Aguilera   26'		 Report Asprilla   59'
Penalties
Bengoechea  
Pacheco  
Rotundo  		 3–1   Jayo
  Salazar
  Ruiz
  Pizarro
Attendance: 45,000

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Peñarol won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3).

Match H

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Vasco da Gama  2–1  Cruzeiro
Luizão   27'
Donizete   56'		 Report Marcelo Ramos   20' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,347
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Cruzeiro  0–0  Vasco da Gama
Report
Attendance: 62,764

Vasco da Gama won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1).

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 3, 13 and 20 May. and the second legs were played on 6 and 27 May 1998.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grêmio   1–2   Vasco da Gama 1–1 0–1
River Plate   5–2   Colón 2–1 3–1
Peñarol   2–3   Cerro Porteño 2–0 0–3
Bolívar   1–5   Barcelona 1–1 0–4

Match S1

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Grêmio  1–1  Vasco da Gama
Guilherme   52' Report Pedrinho   46'
Attendance: 30,075
Vasco da Gama  1–0  Grêmio
Pedrinho   39' Report
Attendance: 23,888

Vasco da Gama won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1).

Match S2

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River Plate  2–1  Colón
Aimar   17'
Ángel   44'		 Report Saralegui   33'
Attendance: 25,000
Colón  1–3  River Plate
Fuertes   33' Report Berizzo   40'
Ángel   61'
Sorín   77'
Attendance: 35,000

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

Match S3

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Peñarol  2–0  Cerro Porteño
Franco   20'
Aguilera   69'		 Report
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Cerro Porteño  3–0  Peñarol
Blanco   27'
Domínguez   68'
Ferreira   76'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Cerro Porteño won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Match S4

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Bolívar  1–1  Barcelona
Sérgio João   73' Report Delgado   80'
Attendance: 35,000
Barcelona  4–0  Bolívar
Asencio   10', 74'
Gómez   33'
Rosero   52'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2).

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 16 July. and the second legs were played on 22 July 1998.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vasco da Gama   2–1   River Plate 1–0 1–1
Barcelona   2–2 (4–3 p)   Cerro Porteño 1–0 1–2

Match F1

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Vasco da Gama  1–0  River Plate
Donizete   10' Report
Attendance: 30,000
River Plate  1–1  Vasco da Gama
Sorín   25' Report Juninho Pernambucano   81'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

Vasco da Gama won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

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Barcelona  1–0  Cerro Porteño
De Ávila   11' Report
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: John Toro (Colombia)
Cerro Porteño  2–1  Barcelonal
Caballero   4'
Paredes   22'		 Report Aires   73'
Penalties
Meza  
Ovelar  
Recalde  
Gómez  
Alvarenga  
Caballero  		 3–4   Aires
  George
  Rosero
  Morales
  Asencio
  De Ávila
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: José Arana (Peru)

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Barcelona won 4–3 on penalties and advanced to the finals.

Finals

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Main article: 1998 Copa Libertadores Finals

The first leg was played on 12 August, and the second leg was played on 26 August 1998.[1]


Vasco da Gama  2–0  Barcelona
Donizete   7'
Luizão   35'		 (Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Barcelona  1–2  Vasco da Gama
de Avila   79' (Report) Luizão   24'
Donizete   45'
Attendance: 72,000

Vasco da Gama won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "COMUNICADO DE PRENSA - RESOLUCIONES ADOPTADAS POR LOS MIEMBROS DEL COMITE EJECUTIVO" [Press Release - Resolutions adopted by the mmbers of the Executive Committee] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 December 1997. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 53" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Revista CONMEBOL N° 28" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Revista CONMEBOL N° 51" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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