The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 63rd edition of the
CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''),
South America
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's premier club
football
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tournament organized by
CONMEBOL
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.
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals. On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the
final
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would be played at the
Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in
Guayaquil
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, Ecuador on 29 October 2022.
On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the
away goals rule
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in all of its club competitions including the Copa Libertadores, which had been used since 2005. Accordingly, if in a
two-legged tie
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two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a
penalty shoot-out
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.
Brazilian club
Flamengo
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were the champions, winning their third Copa Libertadores title after beating fellow Brazilian side
Athletico Paranaense in the final by a 1–0 score. As winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo earned the right to play against the winners of the
2022 Copa Sudamericana
The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 21st edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana''), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced t ...
in the
2023 Recopa Sudamericana and also automatically qualified for both the
2022 FIFA Club World Cup and the
2023 Copa Libertadores
The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 64th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The final was played at the Estádio ...
group stage.
Palmeiras were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Athletico Paranaense in the semi-finals.
Teams
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:
*Copa Libertadores champions
*Copa Sudamericana champions
*Brazil: 7 berths
*Argentina: 6 berths
*All other associations: 4 berths each
The entry stage is determined as follows:
*Group stage: 28 teams
**Copa Libertadores champions
**Copa Sudamericana champions
**Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
**Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
*Second stage: 13 teams
**Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
**Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
**Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
**Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
*First stage: 6 teams
**Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows:
Draws
Qualifying stages
First stage
Second stage
Third stage
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Final stages
Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the
group stage
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advanced to the round of 16.
Seeding
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top scorers
Team of the tournament
The CONMEBOL technical study group selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament.
See also
*
2022 Copa Sudamericana
The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 21st edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana''), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced t ...
References
External links
CONMEBOL Libertadores 2022 CONMEBOL.com
CONMEBOL Libertadores
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