2011 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

The knockout stages of the 2011 Copa Santander Libertadores de América consisted of four stages:

  • Round of 16 (first legs: April 26–28; second legs: May 3–5)
  • Quarterfinals (first legs: May 11–12; second legs: May 18–19)
  • Semifinals (first legs: May 25–26; second legs: June 1–2)
  • Finals (first leg: June 15; second leg: June 22)
Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores

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:[1]

  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 reach the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Qualified teams
Group Winners Runners-up
1 Libertad Once Caldas
2 Junior Grêmio
3 América Fluminense
4 Universidad Católica Vélez Sársfield
5 Cerro Porteño Santos
6 Internacional Chiapas
7 Cruzeiro Estudiantes
8 LDU Quito Peñarol

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams were 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.[2] 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 a group winner
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1 Cruzeiro16+19205
2 Libertad14+8134
3 Internacional13+11145
4 Junior13+294
5 Cerro Porteño11+5136
6 Universidad Católica11+2118
7 LDU Quito10+8122
8 América10+183
Teams qualified as a group runner-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Santos11+3114
10 Vélez Sársfield10+5124
11 Grêmio10+392
12 Estudiantes10−293
13 Chiapas9−261
14 Peñarol9−563
15 Fluminense8094
16 Once Caldas7−175

Bracket

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

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
1 Cruzeiro 2 0  
16 Once Caldas 1 2  
  16 Once Caldas 0 1  
  9 Santos 1 1  
8 América 0 0
9 Santos 1 0  
  9 Santos 1 3  
  5 Cerro Porteño 0 3  
4 Junior 1 3  
13 Chiapas (a) 1 3  
  13 Chiapas 1 0
  5 Cerro Porteño 1 1  
5 Cerro Porteño (p) 0 0 (5)
12 Estudiantes 0 0 (3)  
  9 Santos 0 2
  14 Peñarol 0 1
2 Libertad 1 3  
15 Fluminense 3 0  
  2 Libertad 0 2
  10 Vélez Sársfield 3 4  
7 LDU Quito 0 0
10 Vélez Sársfield 3 2  
  10 Vélez Sársfield 0 2
  14 Peñarol (a) 1 1  
3 Internacional 1 1  
14 Peñarol 1 2  
  14 Peñarol 2 1
  6 U. Católica 0 2  
6 U. Católica 2 1
11 Grêmio 1 0  

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.
Cruzeiro 3:3 Once Caldas 2–1 0–2 −1:+1 — —
Libertad 3:3 Fluminense 1–3 3–0 +1:−1 — —
Internacional 1:4 Peñarol 1–1 1–2 — — —
Junior 2:2 Chiapas 1–1 3–3 0:0 1:3 —
Cerro Porteño 2:2 Estudiantes 0–0 0–0 0:0 0:0 5–3
Universidad Católica 6:0 Grêmio 2–1 1–0 — — —
LDU Quito 0:6 Vélez Sársfield 0–3 0–2 — — —
América 1:4 Santos 0–1 0–0 — — —

Match A
Once Caldas 1–2 Cruzeiro
Nuñez  88' Report Wallyson  72'
Ortigoza  83'
Attendance: 13,286[3]
Cruzeiro 0–2 Once Caldas
Report Amaya  66'
Moreno  71'
Estádio Joaquim Henrique Nogueira (Arena do Jacaré), Sete Lagoas
Attendance: 14,972[4]

Tied on points 3–3, Once Caldas won on goal difference.

Match B
Fluminense 3–1 Libertad
Rafael Moura  3'
Marquinho  71'
Conca  74'		 Report Gamarra  59'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 25,378[4]

Note: The original kickoff time was 21:50, but the match was delayed due to floodlight failure.[5]

Libertad 3–0 Fluminense
Rojas  57'
Samudio  85'
Núñez  90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,699[4]

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

Match C
Peñarol 1–1 Internacional
Corujo  36' Report Leandro Damião  64'
Attendance: 43,472[4]
Internacional 1–2 Peñarol
Oscar  1' Report Martinuccio  46'
Olivera  50'
Attendance: 42,863[4]
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Peñarol won on points 4–1.

Match D
Chiapas 1–1 Junior
Martínez  57' Report Páez  6'
Attendance: 5,071[4]
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)
Junior 3–3 Chiapas
Valencia  35'
Páez  50' (pen.)
Bacca  72'		 Report Martínez  39', 63'
Andrade  86'
Attendance: 17,371
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

Tied on points 2–2, Jaguares won on away goals.

Match E
Estudiantes 0–0 Cerro Porteño
Report
Attendance: 15,815[4]
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Tied on points 2–2, Cerro Porteño won on penalties.

Match F
Universidad Católica 1–0 Grêmio
Mirosevic  85' Report
Attendance: 13,502[4]

Universidad Católica won on points 6–0.

Match G
Vélez Sársfield 3–0 LDU Quito
Fernández  7', 10'
Domínguez  54'		 Report
Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 7,134[4]
LDU Quito 0–2 Vélez Sársfield
Report Álvarez  45+10'
Bella  80'
Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito
Attendance: 19,158[4]

Vélez Sársfield won on points 6–0.

Match H
Santos 1–0 América
Ganso  38' Report
Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro), Santos
Attendance: 11,417[4]
América 0–0 Santos
Report
Attendance: 32,673[4]
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Santos won on points 4–1.

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.
Santos 4:1 Once Caldas 1–0 1–1 — — —
Libertad 0:6 Vélez Sársfield 0–3 2–4 — — —
Universidad Católica 3:3 Peñarol 0–2 2–1 −1:+1 — —
Cerro Porteño 4:1 Chiapas 1–1 1–0 — — —

Match S1
Once Caldas 0–1 Santos
Report Alan Patrick  42'
Attendance: 23,984[4]
Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Santos 1–1 Once Caldas
Neymar  11' Report Renteria  29'
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembú), São Paulo
Attendance: 35,135[4]
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Santos won on points 4–1.

Match S2
Vélez Sársfield 3–0 Libertad
Moralez  20'
Martínez  75' (pen.), 80'		 Report
Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires[6]
Attendance: 9,086[4]

Note: The match was moved from Estadio José Amalfitani as the home stadium of Vélez Sársfield was closed after fans fired volleys of flares during their Clausura match against Banfield.[7]

Libertad 2–4 Vélez Sársfield
Rojas  44'
Maciel  50'		 Report Moralez  44', 66'
Franco  86' (pen.)
Fernández  87'
Attendance: 2,300[4]
Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Vélez Sársfield won on points 6–0.

Match S3
Peñarol 2–0 Universidad Católica
Olivera  36'
Martinuccio  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 46,550[4]
Universidad Católica 2–1 Peñarol
Meneses  18'
Gutiérrez  69'		 Report Estoyanoff  85'
Attendance: 12,942[4]
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

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

Match S4

Cerro Porteño won on points 4–1.

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.
Cerro Porteño 1:4 Santos 0–1 3–3 — — —
Vélez Sársfield 3:3 Peñarol 0–1 2–1 0:0 0:1 —

Match F1
Santos 1–0 Cerro Porteño
Edu Dracena  43' Report
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembú), São Paulo
Attendance: 31,434[4]
Cerro Porteño 3–3 Santos
C. Benítez  31'
Lucero  60'
Fabbro  81'		 Report Zé Eduardo  2'
Barreto  28' (o.g.)
Neymar  45+1'
Attendance: 31,627

Santos won on points 4–1.

Match F2
Peñarol 1–0 Vélez Sársfield
D. Rodríguez  44' Report
Attendance: 52,904[4]
Vélez Sársfield 2–1 Peñarol
Tobio  45+1'
Silva  66'		 Report Mier  33'
Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Tied on points 3–3, Peñarol won on away goals.

Finals
Main article: 2011 Copa Libertadores 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.[1]

Peñarol 0–0 Santos
Report
Santos 2–1 Peñarol
Neymar  46'
Danilo  68'		 Report Durval  79' (o.g.)
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo

Santos won on points 4–1.

References
  1. Copa Santander Libertadores de América 2011 Reglamento (in Spanish)
  2. Así continúa la Copa Santander Libertadores
  3. "2011 Copa Libertadores de América: Informe de boletos vendidos" (PDF) (in Spanish and English). CONMEBOL. August 17, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
  4. "2011 Copa Libertadores de América:` Informe de boletos vendidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  5. Fluminense pisa fuerte en casa (3–1)
  6. Vélez Sarsfield-Libertad, en el estadio de Boca Juniors
  7. Estadio del partido Vélez Sarsfield – Libertad
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