The 2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 7 February to 16 March 2023.[1] A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.[2]
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[3]
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022 (shown in parentheses),[4] taking into account the following three factors:[5]
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.
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 could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could 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 was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams had been tied on aggregate, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[2]
The qualifying stages were structured as follows:
The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 21 December 2022.
The first legs were played on 7–9 February, and the second legs were played on 14–16 February 2023.[6] [7] |}
Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C2).----El Nacional won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C4).----Boston River won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).
The first legs were played on 21–23 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February – 2 March 2023.[6] [7] [8] |}
Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).----Sporting Cristal won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).----Fortaleza won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).----Independiente Medellín won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).----Magallanes won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).----Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).----Huracán won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).----Millonarios won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).
The first legs were played on 8–9 March, and the second legs were played on 15–16 March 2023.[9] [10] |}
Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.----Sporting Cristal won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.----Cerro Porteño won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.----Independiente Medellín won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.