2014 Copa Libertadores first stage

The first stage of the 2014 Copa Libertadores de América was played from January 28 to February 6, 2014. A total of 12 teams competed in the first stage.[1]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on December 12, 2013, 21:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[2]

For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores.[1]

Seeding

The following were the seeding of the 12 teams entered into the first stage draw:[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Argentina Lanús
Brazil Atlético Paranaense
Brazil Botafogo
Colombia Santa Fe
Paraguay Guaraní
Uruguay Nacional

Bolivia Oriente Petrolero
Chile Universidad de Chile
Ecuador Deportivo Quito
Mexico Morelia
Peru Sporting Cristal
Venezuela Caracas

Format

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). The winners of each tie advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.[1]

Matches

The first legs were played on January 28–30, and the second legs were played on February 4–6, 2014.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting Cristal Peru 3–3 (4–5 p) Brazil Atlético Paranaense 2–1 1–2
Deportivo Quito Ecuador 1–4 Brazil Botafogo 1–0 0–4
Universidad de Chile Chile 4–2 Paraguay Guaraní 1–0 3–2
Caracas Venezuela 0–3 Argentina Lanús 0–2 0–1
Morelia Mexico 2–2 (a) Colombia Santa Fe 2–1 0–1
Oriente Petrolero Bolivia 1–2 Uruguay Nacional 1–0 0–2

Match G1

Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Brazil Atlético Paranaense
Ávila 29'
Lobatón 61' (pen.)		 Report Éderson 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,752[5]
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Atlético Paranaense won on penalties.

Match G2

Botafogo Brazil4–0Ecuador Deportivo Quito
Wallyson 36', 66', 79'
Henrique 90'		 Report
Attendance: 45,154[5]

Botafogo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Match G3

Universidad de Chile won 4–2 on aggregate.

Match G4

Caracas Venezuela0–2Argentina Lanús
Report Goltz 18', 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,602[5]
Lanús Argentina1–0Venezuela Caracas
Ayala 70' Report
Attendance: 19,789[5]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Lanús won 3–0 on aggregate.

Match G5

Morelia Mexico2–1Colombia Santa Fe
Mancilla 26'
Zamorano 65'		 Report Pérez 84'
Attendance: 24,031[5]
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Santa Fe Colombia1–0Mexico Morelia
De la Cuesta 58' Report
Attendance: 27,566[5]

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on away goals.

Match G6

Nacional won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Copa Bridgestone Libertadores 2014 – Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  2. ^ "La Bridgestone Libertadores tiene calendario establecido" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. December 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "Te presentamos los bolilleros de la primera fase de la #CopaLibertadores 2014" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. December 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "El calendario definido de la Copa Bridgestone" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. December 25, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "[EXCLUSIVO] Asistencia de público - Primera fase. #CopaLibertadores 2014" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. February 7, 2014.