2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

Main article: 2009 Copa Libertadores

The last four stages of the 2009 Copa Santander Libertadores are the knockout stages: the Round of 16, the Quarterfinals, the Semifinals, and the Finals.

Format

The remaining stages of the tournament constitute a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, the teams will play an opponent in a two-legged tie on a home-away basis. Each team will earn three (3) points for a win, one (1) point for a draw, and zero (0) points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of each tie will advance.

Tie-breaking

The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:

1. Goal difference
2. Goals scored
3. Away goals
4. Penalty shootout

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams in the knockout round will be seeded according to their results in the group stage. The top teams from each group are seeded 1-8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group are seeded 9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Teams with a higher seed will play the second leg of each tie at home.

Teams qualified as a group winner Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 1 Grêmio 16 +10 11 5 2 Boca Juniors 15 +8 11 4 3 Nacional 14 +9 12 4 4 São Paulo 13 +4 10 5 5 Cruzeiro 13 +4 9 2 6 Sport Recife 13 +3 10 6 7 Libertad 12 +2 7 3 8 Caracas 10 +3 7 1

Teams qualified as a runner-up Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 9 Deportivo Cuenca 10 +5 9 1 10 Estudiantes 10 +5 9 0 11 Palmeiras 10 +2 9 5 12 Universidad de Chile 10 +2 8 2 13 Guadalajara 9 +3 9 2 14 San Luis 8 0 7 0 15 Defensor Sporting 8 0 5 1 16 Universidad San Martín 8 −2 7 2

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Grêmio	3	2
	16	U. San Martín	1	0
							1	Grêmio (a)	1	0
							8	Caracas	1	0
	8	Caracas	1	4
	9	Cuenca	2	0
													1	Grêmio	1	2
													5	Cruzeiro	3	2
	4	São Paulo	–	–
	13	Guadalajara	–	–
							4	São Paulo	1	0
							5	Cruzeiro	2	2
	5	Cruzeiro	2	1
	12	U. de Chile	1	0
																			5	Cruzeiro	0	1
																			10	Estudiantes	0	2
	3	Nacional	–	–
	14	San Luis	–	–
							3	Nacional (a)	1	0
							11	Palmeiras	1	0
	6	Sport Recife	0	1 (1)
	11	Palmeiras (p)	1	0 (3)
													3	Nacional	0	1
													10	Estudiantes	1	2
	7	Libertad	0	0
	10	Estudiantes	3	0
							10	Estudiantes	1	1
							15	Defensor Sporting	0	0
	2	Boca Juniors	2	0
	15	Defensor S.	2	1

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on May 5. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	6:0	Universidad San Martín	3–1	2–0	—	—	—
Boca Juniors	1:4	Defensor Sporting	2–2	0–1	—	—	—
Nacional	w/o[A]	San Luis	—	—	—	—	—
São Paulo	w/o[A]	Guadalajara	—	—	—	—	—
Cruzeiro	6:0	Universidad de Chile	2–1	1–0	—	—	—
Sport Recife	3:3	Palmeiras	0–1	1–0	0:0	0:0	1:3
Libertad	1:4	Estudiantes	0–3	0–0	—	—	—
Caracas	3:3	Deportivo Cuenca	1–2	4–0	+3:−3	—	—

• ^1 Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament after an agreement on an alternative venue for the first legs, both scheduled to be played in Mexico, was unable to be agreed upon following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the Swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

First leg

May 5, 2009 21:15 UTC−03:00	Palmeiras	1–0	Sport Recife	Estádio Palestra Italia (Parque Antarctica), São Paulo Attendance: 23,991 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
	Ortigoza  74'	Report

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May 6, 2009 19:50 UTC−05:00	Universidad San Martín	1–3	Grêmio	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
	Arzuaga  34'	Report	Souza  9' López  46', 61'

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May 7, 2009 15:50 UTC−05:00	Deportivo Cuenca	2–1	Caracas	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)
	Teixeira  58' Villalba  69'	Report	Cichero  3'

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May 7, 2009 19:40 UTC−03:00	Estudiantes	3–0	Libertad	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 20,912 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	G. Fernández  1' Boselli  64' (pen.), 70'	Report

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May 7, 2009 21:00 UTC−04:00	Universidad de Chile	1–2	Cruzeiro	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Villalobos  85'	Report	Soares  8' Marquinhos Paraná  52'

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May 14, 2009 22:00 UTC−03:00	Defensor Sporting	2–2	Boca Juniors	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
	Gaglianone  45' Mora  84'	Report	Palermo  3' Palacio  56'

Second leg

May 12, 2009 20:15 UTC−03:00	Sport Recife	1–0	Palmeiras	Estádio Adelmar Costa Carvalho (Ilha do Retiro), Recife Attendance: 28,487 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Wilson  83'	Report
		Penalties
	Luciano Henrique Igor Fumagalli Dutra	1–3	Mozart Marcão Danilo Armero

Sport Recife 3–3 Palmeiras on points, Sport Recife & Palmeiras tied on goal difference and goals scored. Palmeiras won 3–1 on penalties.

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May 12, 2009 21:15 UTC−04:30	Caracas	4–0	Deportivo Cuenca	Estadio Olímpico UCV, Caracas Referee: Pablo Lunati (Argentina)
	Figueroa  24' (pen.) Prieto  42' Rentería  52' Rey  73'	Report

Caracas 3–3 Deportivo Cuenca on points. Caracas won +3 on goal difference.

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May 13, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Grêmio	2–0	Universidad San Martín	Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre Attendance: 23,839 Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
	Jonas  17' Herrera  74'	Report

Grêmio won 6–0 on points.

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May 14, 2009 19:30 UTC−03:00	Cruzeiro	1–0	Universidad de Chile	Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte Attendance: 56,898 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
	Kléber  74'	Report

Cruzeiro won 6–0 on points.

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May 14, 2009 21:00 UTC−03:00	Libertad	0–0	Estudiantes	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)
		Report

Estudiantes won 4–1 on points.

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May 21, 2009 19:50 UTC−03:00	Boca Juniors	0–1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Salvio Fagundes (Brazil)
		Report	De Souza  27'

Defensor Sporting won 4–1 on points.

Quarterfinals

Team #1, as the higher seed, will play the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	2:2	Caracas	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—
Estudiantes	6:0	Defensor Sporting	1–0	1–0	—	—	—
Nacional	2:2	Palmeiras	1–1	0–0	0:0	1:0	—
São Paulo	0:6	Cruzeiro	1–2	0–2	—	—	—

First leg

May 27, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Cruzeiro	2–1	São Paulo	Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte Attendance: 52,906 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Leonardo Silva  45' Zé Carlos  65'	Report	Washington  57'

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May 27, 2009 20:20 UTC−04:30	Caracas	1–1	Grêmio	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)
	Cichero  2'	Report	Fábio Santos  75'

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May 28, 2009 19:30 UTC−03:00	Defensor Sporting	0–1	Estudiantes	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)
		Report	Desábato  13'

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May 28, 2009 22:00 UTC−03:00	Palmeiras	1–1	Nacional	Estádio Palestra Italia (Parque Antártica), São Paulo Attendance: 24,737 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
	Diego Souza  55'	Report	García  80'

Second leg

June 17, 2009 19:20 UTC−03:00	Nacional	0–0	Palmeiras	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 46,269 Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
		Report

Nacional 2–2 Palmeiras on points. Nacional and Palmeiras tied on goal difference and goals scored. Nacional advances on away goals.

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June 17, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Grêmio	0–0	Caracas	Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre Attendance: 36,725 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
		Report

Grêmio 2−2 Caracas on points. Grêmio and Caracas tied on goal difference and goals scored. Grêmio advances on away goals.

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June 18, 2009 19:30 UTC−03:00	Estudiantes	1–0	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Attendance: 27,855 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Benítez  13'	Report

Estudiantes advances 6–0 on points.

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June 18, 2009 22:00 UTC−03:00	São Paulo	0–2	Cruzeiro	Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbi), São Paulo Attendance: 52,809 Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)
		Report	Henrique  65' Kléber  81' (pen.)

Cruzeiro advances 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Grêmio	1:4	Cruzeiro	1–3	2–2	—	—	—
Nacional	0:6	Estudiantes	0–1	1–2	—	—	—

First leg

June 24, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Cruzeiro	3–1	Grêmio	Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte Attendance: 51,696 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
	Wellington Paulista  38' Wágner  47' Fabinho  67'	Report	Souza  78'

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June 25, 2009 19:30 UTC−03:00	Estudiantes	1–0	Nacional	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Galván  14'	Report

Second leg

July 1, 2009 21:15 UTC−03:00	Nacional	1–2	Estudiantes	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 46,983 Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
	Medina  75'	Report	Boselli  52', 90+1'

Estudiantes advances 6–0 on points.

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July 2, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Grêmio	2–2	Cruzeiro	Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre Attendance: 40,452 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Rever  55' Souza  75'	Report	Wellington Paulista  34', 36'

Cruzeiro advances 4–1 on points.

Finals

Main article: 2009 Copa Libertadores Finals

The Finals was played on July 8 and 15.

Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruzeiro	1–4	Estudiantes	0–0	1–2

First leg

July 8, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Estudiantes	0–0	Cruzeiro	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		Report

Second leg

July 15, 2009 21:50 UTC−03:00	Cruzeiro	1–2	Estudiantes	Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
	Henrique  52'	Report	Fernández  57' Boselli  73'

Footnotes

A. ^ Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico, South American teams refused to travel to Mexico to play the match; no agreement was reached on alternative venues for the first-leg matches, both scheduled to be played in Mexico. Both Guadalajara and San Luis were later secured a place in the round of 16 for the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

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References

External links

• CONMEBOL's official website (Spanish)