2015 Copa Libertadores first stage

The 2015 Copa Libertadores first stage was played from February 3 to February 12, 2015. A total of 12 teams competed in the first stage to decide six of the 32 places in the second stage of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.http://www.conmebol.com/sites/default/files/reglamento_copa_bridgestone_libertadores_2015.pdf Copa Bridgestone Libertadores 2015 – Reglamento Spanish CONMEBOL.com Draw The draw of the tournament was held on December 2, 2014, 21:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores. +Pots for the first stage drawPot APot BARG Huracán ARG Estudiantes BOL The Strongest COL Once Caldas PAR Cerro Porteño URU NacionalBRA Corinthians CHI Palestino ECU Independiente del Valle MEX Morelia PER Alianza Lima VEN Deportivo Táchira Format In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). The six winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers. Matches The first legs were played on February 3–5, and the second legs were played on February 10–12, 2015.http://www.conmebol.com/es/16092015-1654/se-establecio-el-calendario-de-la-bridgestone-libertadores-2015 Se estableció el calendario de la Bridgestone Libertadores 2015 Spanish December 29, 2014 CONMEBOL.com Alianza Lima PER 0–4 Huracán ARG 0–4 0–0 Independiente del Valle ECU 1–4 Estudiantes ARG 1–0 0–4 Deportivo Táchira VEN 4–3 Cerro Porteño PAR 2–1 2–2 Morelia MEX 1–3 The Strongest BOL 1–1 0–2 Palestino CHI 2–2 (a) Nacional URU 1–0 1–2 Corinthians BRA 5–1 Once Caldas COL 4–0 1–1 |} Match G1 "Alianza Lima v Huracán" February 3, 2015 19:15 UTC−5 Alianza Lima PER 0–4 Report ARG Huracán Ábila 4Gamarra 38Toranzo 75 79 Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) "Huracán v Alianza Lima" February 10, 2015 19:15 UTC−3 Huracán ARG 0–0 Report PER Alianza Lima Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires Oscar Maldonado (Bolivia) Huracán won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 3). Match G2 "Independiente del Valle v Estudiantes" February 5, 2015 20:00 UTC−5 Independiente del Valle ECU 1–0 Report ARG Estudiantes Pineida 79 Estadio Rumiñahui, Sangolquí Roberto García (Mexico) "Estudiantes v Independiente del Valle" February 12, 2015 21:45 UTC−3 Estudiantes ARG 4–0 Report ECU Independiente del Valle Desábato 12 50Carrillo 28Mina 90+1 o.g. Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata Enrique Osses (Chile) Estudiantes won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 7). Match G3 "Deportivo Táchira v Cerro Porteño" February 4, 2015 21:45 UTC−4:30 Deportivo Táchira VEN 2–1 Report PAR Cerro Porteño López 11Rojas 18 Fabbro 49 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal Víctor Carrillo (Peru) "Cerro Porteño v Deportivo Táchira" February 11, 2015 18:30 UTC−3 Cerro Porteño PAR 2–2 Report VEN Deportivo Táchira Fabbro 39 pen.Domínguez 60 Rivas 55 61 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción Leandro Vuaden (Brazil) Deportivo Táchira won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 8). Match G4 "Morelia v The Strongest" February 3, 2015 20:30 UTC−6 Morelia MEX 1–1 Report BOL The Strongest Depetris 35 Escobar 8 Estadio Morelos, Morelia Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) "The Strongest v Morelia" February 10, 2015 20:45 UTC−4 The Strongest BOL 2–0 Report MEX Morelia Escobar 85 88 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz Omar Ponce (Ecuador) The Strongest won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 4). Match G5 "Palestino v Nacional" February 5, 2015 19:45 UTC−3 Palestino CHI 1–0 Report URU Nacional Rosende 69 Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Independencia Antonio Arias (Paraguay) "Nacional v Palestino" February 12, 2015 20:15 UTC−2 Nacional URU 2–1 Report CHI Palestino Lanaro 41 o.g.Pereiro 44 Ramos 37 Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Héber Lopes (Brazil) Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Group 5). Match G6 "Corinthians v Once Caldas" February 4, 2015 22:00 UTC−2 Corinthians BRA 4–0 Report COL Once Caldas Emerson 1Felipe 54Elias 69Fagner 78 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo 36,236 Patricio Loustau (Argentina) "Once Caldas v Corinthians" February 11, 2015 19:00 UTC−5 Once Caldas COL 1–1 Report BRA Corinthians Arango 57 Elias 14 Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay) Corinthians won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Group 2). References External links http://www.bridgestonelibertadores.com/ Copa Bridgestone Libertadores es Copa Libertadores 2015, CONMEBOL.com es *1