The 2004 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 45th edition of the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. The tournament was won by

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n club

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defeating defending champions

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2–0 on a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. This was the second time, in the history of the tournament, that a team from

won the Copa Libertadores. The first time was during

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's successful campaign. This was the last Copa Libertadores in which the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

would not be used in every two-legged knockout round. However, starting in the

2008 Copa Libertadores The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Grupo Santander, Santander. As ...

, the away goals rule was removed from the finals.

Group stage

*Teams in green qualified directly to the Round of 16 *Teams in yellow qualified to the playoff round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Playoff round

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

First leg matches were played between May 4, 2004, and May 6, 2004. Second leg matches were played between May 11, 2004, and May 13, 2004.

Quarterfinals

First leg matches were played on May 20, 2004, and May 21, 2004. Second leg matches were played between May 25, 2004, and May 27, 2004.

Semifinals

First leg matches were played on June 9, 2004, and June 10, 2004. Second leg matches were played on June 16, 2004, and June 17, 2004.

Finals

First leg match was played on June 23, 2004. Second leg match was played on July 2, 2004.

References

* http://www.colombia.com/futbol/copa_libertadores/2004/resultados/

External links

*http://www.conmebol.com - Official Site of the

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, who organized the

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