2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

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 Santos Internacional
2 Lanús Emelec
3 Unión Española Bolívar
4 Fluminense Boca Juniors
5 Libertad Vasco da Gama
6 Corinthians Cruz Azul
7 Vélez Sársfield Deportivo Quito
8 Universidad de Chile 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
1 Fluminense 15 +3 7 5
2 Corinthians 14 +11 13 4
3 Santos 13 +7 12 5
4 Universidad de Chile 13 +5 11 2
5 Libertad 13 +4 11 4
6 Vélez Sársfield 12 +4 10 5
7 Lanús 10 +5 11 3
8 Unión Española 10 +3 10 5
Teams qualified as group runners-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Boca Juniors 13 +6 9 4
10 Vasco da Gama 13 +4 10 4
11 Atlético Nacional 11 +8 16 9
12 Cruz Azul 11 +7 11 3
13 Deportivo Quito 10 +7 11 1
14 Bolívar 10 +2 9 3
15 Emelec 9 −1 7 3
16 Internacional 8 +4 10 2

Bracket

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

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

Match A

Fluminense 2–1 Internacional
Leandro Euzebio 15'
Fred 45'		 Report Leandro Damião 13'
Attendance: 33.386

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C

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 2–0 Cruz Azul
Núñez 9'
Cáceres 49'		 Report
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

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 1:4 Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1 — — —
Corinthians 4:1 Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0 — — —
Santos 3:3 Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0 0:0 0:0 4–2
Universidad de Chile 2:2 Libertad 1–1 1–1 0:0 1:1 5–3

Match S1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2

Corinthians 1–0 Vasco da Gama
Paulinho 87' Report
Attendance: 35.974
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

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 1:4 Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0 — — —
Corinthians 4:1 Santos 1–0 1–1 — — —

Match F1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2

Corinthians 1–1 Santos
Danilo 47' Report Neymar 39'
Attendance: 37,978
Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil)

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals

Main article: 2012 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.[5]

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References

  1. ^ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa de octavos de final". CONMEBOL. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. ^ "Libertadores: programa de 4tos de final". CONMEBOL. May 11, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Libertadores: las semis ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL. May 28, 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa con fechas y horarios de la final". CONMEBOL. June 22, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "Copa Santander Libertadores 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
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