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

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

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

Seeding

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

Bracket

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

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

Round of 16

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 Brazil 4:1 Brazil Internacional 0–0 2–1 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Ecuador Emelec 0–0 3–0 — — —
Santos Brazil 3:3 Bolivia Bolívar 1–2 8–0 +7:−7 — —
Universidad de Chile Chile 3:3 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 1–4 6–0 +3:−3 — —
Libertad Paraguay 4:1 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–1 2–0 — — —
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 4:1 Colombia Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–1 — — —
Lanús Argentina 3:3 Brazil Vasco da Gama 1–2 2–1 0:0 1:1 4–5
Unión Española Chile 0:6 Argentina Boca Juniors 1–2 2–3 — — —

Match A

Fluminense Brazil2–1Brazil Internacional
Leandro Euzebio 15'
Fred 45'		 Report Leandro Damião 13'
Attendance: 33.386

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C

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

Match D

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

Match E

Libertad Paraguay2–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Núñez 9'
Cáceres 49'		 Report
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F

Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G

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

Match H

Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

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 Brazil 1:4 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0 — — —
Santos Brazil 3:3 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0 0:0 0:0 4–2
Universidad de Chile Chile 2:2 Paraguay Libertad 1–1 1–1 0:0 1:1 5–3

Match S1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2

Corinthians Brazil1–0Brazil Vasco da Gama
Paulinho 87' Report
Attendance: 35.974
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3

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

Match S4

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

Semifinals

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 Chile 1:4 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Brazil Santos 1–0 1–1 — — —

Match F1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2

Corinthians Brazil1–1Brazil Santos
Danilo 47' Report Neymar 39'
Attendance: 37,978
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals

Main article: 2012 Copa Libertadores Finals

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

  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.