1998-I Pre-Libertadores tournament

Pre-Libertadores tournament 1998-I 4-26 February 4 2 8 24 MEX Gustavo Nápoles (4 goals) — The 1998-I Pre-Libertadores tournament was the first edition of the Pre-Libertadores tournament, the annual qualifying tournament between teams from Venezuela and Mexico, that defined two teams qualified to the next Copa Libertadores. It was held from 4 to 26 February 1998.http://www.forest.ula.ve/~pedroq/hisprejv.htm Recuento histórico de la Liguilla entre Venezuela y México Liguilla history between Venezuela and Mexico University of the Andes Minniti Javier 13 March 2023 es https://web.archive.org/web/20041210155257/http://www.forest.ula.ve/~pedroq/hisprejv.htm 10 December 2004 The tournament was contested by two teams from Venezuela, Caracas and Atlético Zulia, and two teams from Mexico, América and Guadalajara. The top two teams qualified to the 1998 Copa Libertadores where they joined Brazilian clubs Grêmio and Vasco da Gama in the Group 2 of the competition. Participating clubs Originally, the two Mexican teams were to be determined in a preliminary round organized by the Mexican Football Federation between América, Guadalajara, Cruz Azul and Atlante. However, Cruz Azul and Atlante declined to participate, leaving America and Guadalajara to advance directly to the Pre-Libertadores.https://www.informador.mx/Deportes/La-historia-de-una-marcha-vibrante-20100809-0151.html La historia de una marcha vibrante The history of a vibrant march El Informador Fares Parra Omar 9 August 2010 es The two Venezuelan teams were the champions and runners-up of the 1996–97 Venezuelan Primera División season. AssociationTeamQualification methodMEX MexicoAmérica (Mexico 1)Note MEXDesignated by the Mexican Football FederationGuadalajara (Mexico 2)Note MEXDesignated by the Mexican Football FederationVEN 1930 VenezuelaCaracas (Venezuela 1)1996–97 Venezuelan Primera División season championsAtlético Zulia (Venezuela 2)1996–97 Venezuelan Primera División season runners-up Note disc Note MEX 0 Mexico (MEX): The order of Mexican teams was defined in a play-off played on 14 January 1998 which was won by América 2–0 over Guadalajara.https://nidoazulcrema.com/copa-libertadores-1998-club-america-chivas/ Tardes Mágicas: Clásico ¿Sudamericano? Magic Afternoons: Classic South American? Nidoazulcrema.com 17 September 2020 es Results Standings main WDL FBR noflag Standings MEX Guadalajara MEX América VEN 1930 Caracas VEN 1930 Atlético Zulia 3 1 0 12 5 2 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 4 6 0 0 4 3 11 GUA, AME, CAR, ZUL Q CL CL green1 1998 Copa Libertadores Group 2 — 1-1 2-0 — 4-1 4-1 1-0 1-1 — 0-2 2-3 — Matches The match schedule had to be reduced because the start date of the 1998 Copa Libertadores was near (25 February), so matches between teams from the same country were omitted. Each team played a total of 4 matches. 1998 2 4 y 16:00 -4 Atlético Zulia VEN 1930 2–3 MEX Guadalajara Vera 24 J. García 73 Nápoles 31 68 Romero 90+ Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia Luis Seminario (Peru) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=361 1998 2 6 y 16:00 -4 Caracas VEN 1930 1–1 MEX Guadalajara González 59 Sánchez 61 Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas César Córdoba (Peru) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=362 1998 2 10 y 16:00 -4 Atlético Zulia VEN 1930 0–2 MEX América Peláez 3 C. García 89 o.g. Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia César Córdoba (Peru) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=363 1998 2 13 y 16:00 -4 Caracas VEN 1930 1–0 MEX América Rey 3 Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas Roger Zambrano (Ecuador) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=364 1998 2 17 y 16:00 -6 Guadalajara MEX 4–1 VEN 1930 Atlético Zulia Chávez 27 pen. 33 pen. Ramírez 62 Nápoles 64 J. García 4 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara John Jairo Tenorio (Colombia) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=365 1998 2 19 y 16:00 -6 América MEX 2–0 VEN 1930 Atlético Zulia Peláez 25 Terrazas 30 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City César Córdoba (Peru) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=366 1998 2 24 y 16:00 -6 Guadalajara MEX 4–1 VEN 1930 Caracas Chávez 13 Arellano 31 Ramírez 50 Nápoles 71 Bidoglio 18 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Eduardo Gamboa (Chile) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=367 1998 2 26 y 16:00 -6 América MEX 1–1 VEN 1930 Caracas Valenzuela 27 Ramos 86 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Mario Sánchez (Chile) http://www.forovinotinto.com/internacional/ficha.php?id=368 Goalscorers 24 8 MEX Gustavo Nápoles (Guadalajara) MEX Paulo Chávez (Guadalajara) VEN 1930 Juan Enrique García (Atlético Zulia) MEX Ricardo Peláez (America) MEX Ramón Ramírez (Guadalajara) MEX Jesús Arellano (Guadalajara) ARG Héctor Bidoglio (Caracas) VEN 1930 Leonardo González (Caracas) VEN 1930 Isaac Ramos (Atlético Zulia) VEN 1930 José Manuel Rey (Caracas) MEX Camilo Romero (Guadalajara) MEX Joel Sánchez (Guadalajara) MEX Isaac Terrazas (America) MEX Rodrigo Valenzuela (America) VEN 1930 Luis Vera (Atlético Zulia) VEN 1930 Carlos García (from Atlético Zulia against America) References 1 1 Category:February 1998 sports events in North America Category:1997–98 in Venezuelan football Category:1997–98 in Mexican football