2007 Copa Libertadores knockout stage explained

The knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores 2007 tournament were played on a home and away basis. The aggregate score determines the team advancing to the next round, with the away goals rule and a penalty shootout as tiebreakers, in that order. No extra time is played.

Seeding

The teams have been seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams from group stage) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams from each group) and the ties will be 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc.

bgcolor=#CCFFFF style="width: 20px;"Teams qualified as first placebgcolor=#CCCCFF style="width: 20px;"Teams qualified as second place
SeedTeamPointsGDGroup
1 Santos18+118
2 Flamengo16+65
3 Libertad13+51
4 Toluca12+47
5 Necaxa12+22
6 Vélez11+34
7 Grêmio1003
8 Colo-Colo9+56
9 América12+21
10 São Paulo11+72
11 Boca Juniors10+67
12 Nacional10+44
13 Cúcuta Deportivo9+23
14 Paraná9+15
15 Defensor Sporting9+18
16 Caracas9-36

Bracket

(*) To prevent a final with two teams from the same country CONMEBOL has paired Santos FC withGrêmio in the Semi-Finals.http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=60617&slangab=S

Match summaries

Round of 16

First leg

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Second leg

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Quarterfinals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

See main article: article and 2007 Copa Libertadores Final.

Second leg

References