The 2022 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 8 February to 17 March 2022.[1] A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.[2]
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 20 December 2021, 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]
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.[7]
For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which will be seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity will not be known at the time of the draw, and may be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.
For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.
In the qualifying stages, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time is not played, and a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[2]
The qualifying stages are structured as follows:
The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 20 December 2021.
The first legs were played on 8 and 9 February, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 February 2022.[4] [8] |}
----Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).
----Bolívar won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C3).
----Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).
The first legs were played on 22–24 February, and the second legs were played on 1–3 March 2022.[4] [8] |}
----Fluminense won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).
----Estudiantes won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).
----Universidad Católica won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).
----Tied 3–3 on aggregate, América Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).
----Barcelona won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).
----The Strongest won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).
----Everton won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).
----Olimpia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).
The first legs were played on 8–10 March, and the second legs were played on 15–17 March 2022.[9] [10] |}
----Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Olimpia won on penalties and advanced to the group stage.
----Estudiantes won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
----The Strongest won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
----Tied 0–0 on aggregate, América Mineiro won on penalties and advanced to the group stage.