1996 Copa Libertadores final stages

The 1996 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 30 April to 26 June 1996 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1996 Copa Libertadores. Qualified teams The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Grêmio, who received a direct bye to this round. GroupWinnersRunners-upThird-placed teams1ECU BarcelonaPAR 1990 Cerro PorteñoECU ESPOLI2URU PeñarolURU Defensor SportingPER Sporting Cristal3COL América de CaliCOL JuniorBOL San José4BRA CorinthiansCHI Universidad de ChileBRA Botafogo5ARG River PlateARG San LorenzoVEN 1930 Minervén Seeding In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11, 15 and 19 to third placed teams. main WDL Seed 200 yes 1 ECU Barcelona 1 PAR 1990 Cerro Porteño 1 ECU ESPOLI 2 URU Peñarol 2 URU Defensor Sporting 2 PER Sporting Cristal 3 COL América de Cali 3 COL Junior 3 BOL San José 4 BRA Corinthians 4 CHI Universidad de Chile 4 BRA Botafogo 5 ARG River Plate 5 ARG San Lorenzo 5 VEN 1930 Minervén complete 4 1 1 11 8 1 3 1 2 8 7 2 2 0 4 7 10 3 2 3 1 13 10 5 1 4 1 6 6 6 1 4 1 6 7 7 4 0 2 11 2 9 3 1 2 8 6 10 3 0 3 6 6 11 4 1 1 13 6 13 3 1 2 7 7 14 2 1 3 10 10 15 4 2 0 14 3 17 2 4 0 13 5 18 1 2 3 8 16 19 G1W G1R G1T G2W G2R G2T G3W G3R G3T G4W G4R G4T G5W G5R G5T yes yes yes yes |res_col_header=Round of 16 |result1=A |result2=F |result3=D |result4=B |result5=G |result6=E |result7=C |result8=F |result9=A |result10=D |result11=G |result12=B |result13=E |result14=H |result15=C |text_A=Match A |text_B=Match B |text_C=Match C |text_D=Match D |text_E=Match E |text_F=Match F |text_G=Match G |text_H=Match H Format In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners. In the event that the two Brazilian teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Grêmio in order to prevent three Brazilian teams from reaching the quarter-finals. If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions. If one or more games are settled in the quarter-finals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria. In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Vélez Sarsfield had to host the second leg in the round of 16. The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3). Bracket The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:https://www.spfcpedia.com.br/ebooks/2021-05-02_revista-conmebol_043.pdf Revista CONMEBOL N° 43 CONMEBOL 21 March 2023 es RoundMatchupsRound of 16(Second stage)(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L)) Match A: Team seeded 1 vs. Team seeded 11 (L) Match B: Team seeded 5 vs. Team seeded 15 (L) Match C: Team seeded 9 vs. Team seeded 19 (L) Match D: Team seeded 13 vs. Team seeded 3 (L) Match E: Team seeded 17 vs. Team seeded 7 (L) Match F: Team seeded 2 (L) vs. Team seeded 10 Match G: Team seeded 14 (L) vs. Team seeded 6 Match H: Team seeded 18 (L) vs. Grêmio (defending champions)Quarter-finals(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L)) Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner B (L) Match S2: Winner C vs. Winner D (L) Match S3: Winner E vs. Winner F (L) Match S4: Winner G vs. Winner H (L)Semi-finals(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L)) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 (L) Match F2: Winner S3 vs. Winner S4 (L)Finals(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L)) Winner F1 (L) vs. Winner F2 Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications: In the round of 16, Botafogo and San Lorenzo swapped positions. Botafogo had to faced Grêmio in order to avoid three possible Brazilians teams in the quarter-finals. In quarter-finals, the two Colombian teams, the two Brazilians teams and the two Argentine teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations. 2 y high Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 3 ECU ESPOLI 1 0 1 13 BRA Corinthians 3 2 5 15 BRA Botafogo 1 0 1 – BRA Grêmio 1 2 3 2 PAR 1990 Cerro Porteño 0 0 0 10 COL Junior 0 1 1 19 VEN 1930 Minervén 1 1 2 9 COL América de Cali 1 4 5 14 CHI Universidad de Chile 3 1 4 (7) 6 URU Defensor Sporting 2 2 4 (6) 11 BOL San José 1 1 2 (2) 1 ECU Barcelona 0 2 2 (4) 18 ARG San Lorenzo 3 5 8 5 URU Peñarol 2 1 3 7 PER Sporting Cristal 2 2 4 17 ARG River Plate 1 5 6 BRA Corinthians 0 1 1 BRA Grêmio 3 0 3 COL Junior 1 0 1 COL América de Cali 1 1 2 CHI Universidad de Chile 2 1 3 ECU Barcelona 0 1 1 ARG San Lorenzo 1 1 2 ARG River Plate 2 1 3 BRA Grêmio 1 1 2 COL América de Cali 0 3 3 CHI Universidad de Chile 2 0 2 ARG River Plate 2 1 3 COL América de Cali 1 0 1 ARG River Plate 0 2 2 Round of 16 The first legs were played on 30 April, 1 and 2 May. and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 May 1996. San José BOL 2–2 2–4 Barcelona ECU 1–0 1–2 San Lorenzo ARG 8–3 Peñarol URU 3–2 5–1 Minervén VEN 2–5 América de Cali COL 1–1 1–4 ESPOLI ECU 1–5 Corinthians BRA 1–3 0–2 Sporting Cristal PER 4–6 River Plate ARG 2–1 2–5 Cerro Porteño PAR 0–1 Junior COL 0–0 0–1 Universidad de Chile CHI 4–4 7–6 Defensor Sporting URU 3–2 1–2 Botafogo BRA 1–3 Grêmio BRA 1–1 0–2 |} Match A Match A.1 1996 5 1 y -4 San José BOL 1–0 ECU Barcelona Ferrufino 7 Estadio Jesús Bermúdez, Oruro 30,000 Luis Oliveto (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-club-san-jose-barcelona-sc/ Match A.2 1996 5 8 y -3 Barcelona ECU 2–1 BOL San José Gilson 67Tenorio 89 Rivera 82 4–2 Gilson Uquillas Villarreal Usuriaga Morales Paniagua Villegas Herrera Daza Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 45,000 Paolo Borgosano (Venezuela) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-barcelona-sc-club-san-jose/ Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Barcelona won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4). Match B Match B.1 1996 5 2 y -3 San Lorenzo ARG 3–2 URU Peñarol Arbarello 40Ruggeri 66Biaggio 74 Romero 48Aguirregaray 89 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires 20,000 Eduardo Gamboa (Chile) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-san-lorenzo-ca-penarol/ Match B.2 1996 5 8 y -3 Peñarol URU 1–5 ARG San Lorenzo Pacheco 54 Biaggio 19 66Monserrat 28 90Arbarello 87 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 32,400 Antônio Pereira (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-ca-penarol-san-lorenzo/ San Lorenzo won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3). Match C "Minevén v América de Cali" 1996 5 1 y -4 Minervén VEN 1930 1–1 COL América de Cali Are 48 Escobar 13 pen. Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana 12,000 César Córdova (Peru) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-minerven-fc-america-de-cali/ "América de Cali v Minervén" 1996 5 8 y -5 América de Cali COL 4–1 VEN 1930 Minervén De Ávila 5 60 73Zambrano 54 Rodallega 87 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 15,000 René Ortube (Bolivia) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-america-de-cali-minerven-fc/ América de Cali won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1). Match D Match D.1 1996 5 1 y -5 ESPOLI ECU 1–3 BRA Corinthians Jauch 2 Cris 4Ballesteros 44 o.g.García 75 o.g. Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 35,000 Armando Pérez (Paraguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-espoli-corinthians-sp/ Match D.2 1996 5 8 y -3 Corinthians BRA 2–0 ECU ESPOLI Marcelinho Carioca 26Tupãzinho 62 Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo 21,734 Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-corinthians-sp-espoli/ Corinthians won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2). Match E "Sporting Cristal v River Plate" 1996 5 1 y -5 Sporting Cristal PER 2–1 ARG River Plate Solano 18 pen.Julinho 36 Crespo 87 Estadio Nacional, Lima 27,274 Epifanio González (Paraguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-sporting-cristal-river-plate/ "River Plate v Sporting Cristal" 1996 5 8 y -3 River Plate ARG 5–2 PER Sporting Cristal Crespo 4 30Francescoli 22Ortega 33Cedrés 69 Solano 48 pen.Julinho 56 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 50,000 Eduardo Dluzniewski (Uruguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-river-plate-sporting-cristal/ River Plate won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S3). Match F Match F.1 1996 4 30 y -3 Cerro Porteño PAR 1990 0–0 COL Junior Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 15,000 Jorge Nieves (Uruguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-cerro-porteno-atletico-junior/ Match F.2 1996 5 8 y -3 Junior COL 1–0 PAR 1990 Cerro Porteño Valenciano 36 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla 12,000 Ángel Guevara (Ecuador) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-atletico-junior-cerro-porteno/ Junior won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S1). Match G Match G.1 1996 4 30 y -4 Universidad de Chile CHI 3–2 URU Defensor Sporting Rodriguez 20 pen.Salas 30Valencia 33 Abreu 18 66 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago 35,000 Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-universidad-de-chile-defensor-sporting/ Match G.2 1996 5 9 y -3 Defensor Sporting URU 2–1 CHI Universidad de Chile Abreu 16 48 pen. Rodriguez 27 6–7 Abreu Chilelli Romay Da Silva Hernández Silva Fleurquín Dos Santos Rodriguez Salas V. Castañeda Mardones Galdames Silvani Traverso Fuentes Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo 10,000 Hugo Cordero (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-defensor-sporting-universidad-de-chile/ Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Universidad de Chile won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S4). Match H Match H.1 1996 5 1 y -3 Botafogo BRA 1–1 BRA Grêmio Jamir 66 Jardel 71 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro 16,935 Sidrack Marinho (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-botafogo-rj-gremio-porto-alegre/ Match H.2 1996 5 8 y -3 Grêmio BRA 2–0 BRA Botafogo Luciano Dias 4Carlos Miguel 63 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 31,200 Oscar Roberto Godói (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-achtelfinale-gremio-porto-alegre-botafogo-rj/ Grêmio won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals (Match S2). Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 15 May, and the second legs were played on 22 and 24 May 1996. Junior COL 1–2 América de Cali COL 1–1 0–1 Corinthians BRA 1–3 Grêmio BRA 0–3 1–0 San Lorenzo ARG 2–3 River Plate ARG 1–2 1–1 Universidad de Chile CHI 3–1 Barcelona ECU 2–0 1–1 |} Match S1 "Junior v América de Cali" 1996 5 15 y -5 Junior COL 1–1 COL América de Cali Valenciano 56 Pérez 25 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla 25,000 Jorge Nieves (Uruguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-atletico-junior-america-de-cali/ "América de Cali v Junior" 1996 5 22 y -5 América de Cali COL 1–0 COL Junior De Ávila 57 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 40,000 Javier Castrilli (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-america-de-cali-atletico-junior/ América de Cali won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1). Match S2 Match S2.1 1996 5 15 y -3 Corinthians BRA 0–3 BRA Grêmio Jardel 14 50Paulo Nunes 43 Estádio Pacaembu, São Paulo 31,100 Antônio Pereira (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-corinthians-sp-gremio-porto-alegre/ Match S2.2 1996 5 24 y -3 Grêmio BRA 0–1 BRA Corinthians Edmundo 90 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 46,377 Cláudio Vinícius Cerdeira (Brazil) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-gremio-porto-alegre-corinthians-sp/ Grêmio won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F1). Match S3 "San Lorenzo v River Plate" 1996 5 15 y -3 San Lorenzo ARG 1–2 ARG River Plate Ruggeri 42 Crespo 3Ortega 80 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires 30,000 Roberto Ruscio (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-san-lorenzo-river-plate/ "River Plate v San Lorenzo" 1996 5 22 y -3 River Plate ARG 1–1 ARG San Lorenzo Crespo 55 Ruggeri 82 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 50,000 Daniel Giménez (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-river-plate-san-lorenzo/ River Plate won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2). Match S4 Match S4.1 1996 5 15 y -4 Universidad de Chile CHI 2–0 ECU Barcelona Salas 77V. Castañeda 81 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago 50,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-universidad-de-chile-barcelona-sc/ Match S4.2 1996 5 22 y -5 Barcelona ECU 1–1 CHI Universidad de Chile Uquillas 56 Mardones 90 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 85,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-viertelfinale-barcelona-sc-universidad-de-chile/ Universidad de Chile won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals (Match F2). Semi-finals The first legs were played on 9 August, and the second legs were played on 16 August 1995. Grêmio BRA 2–3 América de Cali COL 1–0 1–3 Universidad de Chile CHI 2–3 River Plate ARG 2–2 0–1 |} Match F1 "Grêmio v América de Cali" 1996 6 4 y -3 Grêmio BRA 1–0 COL América de Cali Goiano 31 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 37,500 Óscar Velázquez (Paraguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-halbfinale-gremio-porto-alegre-america-de-cali/ "América de Cali v Grêmio" 1996 6 12 y -5 América de Cali COL 3–1 BRA Grêmio Bermúdez 39 81Escobar 56 Jardel 16 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 40,000 Alberto Tejada (Peru) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-halbfinale-america-de-cali-gremio-porto-alegre/ América de Cali won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals. Match F2 "Universidad de Chile v River Plate" 1996 6 5 y -4 Universidad de Chile CHI 2–2 ARG River Plate Valencia 25Salas 89 Francescoli 23Sorín 79 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago 50,000 José da Rosa (Uruguay) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-halbfinale-universidad-de-chile-river-plate/ "River Plate v Universidad de Chile" 1996 6 12 y -3 River Plate ARG 1–0 CHI Universidad de Chile Almeyda 33 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 55,000 Alfredo de Jesús Rodas (Ecuador) https://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-libertadores-1996-halbfinale-river-plate-universidad-de-chile/ River Plate won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals. Finals 1996 Copa Libertadores finals The first leg was played on 19 June, and the second leg was played on 26 June 1996. 19 June 1996 First Leg 20:10 UTC-5 América de Cali COL 1–0 Report ARG River Plate De Ávila 26 Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali 45,326River Campeón de América El Gráfico June 1996 101 es 59 Óscar Velásquez (Paraguay) 26 June 1996 Second Leg 21:10 UTC-3 River Plate ARG 2–0 Report COL América de Cali Crespo 6 59 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 73,567River Campeón de América El Gráfico June 1996 101 es 8 Júlio Matto (Uruguay) References External links Copa Libertadores de América 1996, at RSSSF.org Category:April 1996 sports events in South America Category:May 1996 sports events in South America Category:June 1996 sports events in South America Category:1996 Copa Libertadores