2022 Copa Libertadores group stage explained

The 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 5 April to 26 May 2022.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[3] [4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2021 (shown in parentheses),[5] taking into account the following three factors:[6]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2012–2021.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2011 and 2002–2011 respectively.
  3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The defending champions Palmeiras were directly assigned as the top seed of Group A (position A1). The remaining teams were distributed into four pots according to their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Notes

The following are the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.

MatchThird stage winners
G1 Olimpia
G2 Estudiantes
G3 The Strongest
G4 América Mineiro

Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[2]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the round of 16 of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2):[2] [7] [1]

MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 15–7 April 2022Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 212–14 April 2022Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 326–28 April 2022Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 43–5 May 2022Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 517–19 May 2022Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 624–26 May 2022Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CONMEBOL LIBERTADORES 2022 PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS – FASE DE GRUPOS. CONMEBOL.com. 26 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Manual de Clubes / Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022. CONMEBOL.com.
  3. Web site: Pautas para el sorteo de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022. CONMEBOL.com. 18 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Parejos grupos en la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022. CONMEBOL.com. 25 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Ranking de clubes CONMEBOL 2022. CONMEBOL Libertadores. es. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021.
  6. Web site: RANKING DE CLUBES DE LA CONMEBOL 2021 SISTEMA DE PUNTAJE. CONMEBOL.com. es.
  7. Web site: Programación de partidos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y la CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2022. CONMEBOL.com. 26 March 2022.

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