2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

The knockout stages of the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores de América consisted of four stages:

  • Round of 16 (first legs: April 25, May 1–3; second legs: May 8–10)[1]
  • Quarterfinals (first legs: May 16–17; second legs: May 23–24)[2]
  • Semifinals (first legs: June 13–14; second legs: June 20–21)[3]
  • Finals (first leg: June 27; second leg: July 4)[4]

Format

The group winners and runners-up of the second stage qualified for the knockout stages. The sixteen teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points, except for the final:[5]

  1. Goal difference
  2. Away goals
  3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

For the final, the first tiebreaker was goal difference. If tied on goal difference, the away goals rule would not be applied, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

If two teams from the same association reached the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up
1 Brazil Santos Brazil Internacional
2 Argentina Lanús Ecuador Emelec
3 Chile Unión Española Bolivia Bolívar
4 Brazil Fluminense Argentina Boca Juniors
5 Paraguay Libertad Brazil Vasco da Gama
6 Brazil Corinthians Mexico Cruz Azul
7 Argentina Vélez Sársfield Ecuador Deportivo Quito
8 Chile Universidad de Chile Colombia Atlético Nacional

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.[5] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as group winners
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1Brazil Fluminense15+375
2Brazil Corinthians14+11134
3Brazil Santos13+7125
4Chile Universidad de Chile13+5112
5Paraguay Libertad13+4114
6Argentina Vélez Sársfield12+4105
7Argentina Lanús10+5113
8Chile Unión Española10+3105
Teams qualified as group runners-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9Argentina Boca Juniors13+694
10Brazil Vasco da Gama13+4104
11Colombia Atlético Nacional11+8169
12Mexico Cruz Azul11+7113
13Ecuador Deportivo Quito10+7111
14Bolivia Bolívar10+293
15Ecuador Emelec9−173
16Brazil Internacional8+4102

Bracket

In each tie, the higher-seeded team played the second leg at home.

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
1 Brazil Fluminense 0 2  
16 Brazil Internacional 0 1  
  1 Brazil Fluminense 0 1  
  9 Argentina Boca Juniors 1 1  
8 Chile Unión Española 1 2
9 Argentina Boca Juniors 2 3  
  9 Argentina Boca Juniors 2 0  
  4 Chile U. de Chile 0 0  
4 Chile U. de Chile 1 6  
13 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 4 0  
  4 Chile U. de Chile (p) 1 1 (5)
  5 Paraguay Libertad 1 1 (3)  
5 Paraguay Libertad 1 2
12 Mexico Cruz Azul 1 0  
  9 Argentina Boca Juniors 1 0
  2 Brazil Corinthians 1 2
2 Brazil Corinthians 0 3  
15 Ecuador Emelec 0 0  
  2 Brazil Corinthians 0 1
  10 Brazil Vasco da Gama 0 0  
7 Argentina Lanús 1 2 (4)
10 Brazil Vasco da Gama (p) 2 1 (5)  
  2 Brazil Corinthians 1 1
  3 Brazil Santos 0 1  
3 Brazil Santos 1 8  
14 Bolivia Bolívar 2 0  
  3 Brazil Santos (p) 0 1 (4)
  6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1 0 (2)  
6 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1 1
11 Colombia Atlético Nacional 0 1  

Round of 16

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense Brazil 4:1 Brazil Internacional 0–0 2–1 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Ecuador Emelec 0–0 3–0 — — —
Santos Brazil 3:3 Bolivia Bolívar 1–2 8–0 +7:−7 — —
Universidad de Chile Chile 3:3 Ecuador Deportivo Quito 1–4 6–0 +3:−3 — —
Libertad Paraguay 4:1 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–1 2–0 — — —
Vélez Sársfield Argentina 4:1 Colombia Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–1 — — —
Lanús Argentina 3:3 Brazil Vasco da Gama 1–2 2–1 0:0 1:1 4–5
Unión Española Chile 0:6 Argentina Boca Juniors 1–2 2–3 — — —

Match A

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C

Bolívar Bolivia 2–1 Brazil Santos
Rafael  1' (o.g.)
Campos  74'		 Report Maranhão  34'
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Santos Brazil 8–0 Bolivia Bolívar
Elano  6', 49'
Neymar  21' (pen.), 36'
Ganso  27', 52'
Alan Kardec  29'
Borges  60'		 Report

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.

Match D

Tied on points 3–3, Universidad de Chile won on goal difference.

Match E

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F

Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G

Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.

Match H

Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense Brazil 1:4 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0 — — —
Santos Brazil 3:3 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0 0:0 0:0 4–2
Universidad de Chile Chile 2:2 Paraguay Libertad 1–1 1–1 0:0 1:1 5–3

Match S1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.

Match S4

Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Semifinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Universidad de Chile Chile 1:4 Argentina Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0 — — —
Corinthians Brazil 4:1 Brazil Santos 1–0 1–1 — — —

Match F1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.[5]

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References

  1. ↑ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa de octavos de final". CONMEBOL. April 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Libertadores: programa de 4tos de final". CONMEBOL. May 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Libertadores: las semis ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL. May 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa con fechas y horarios de la final". CONMEBOL. June 22, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Copa Santander Libertadores 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
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