The
2009 Copa Libertadores de América (officially
the
2009 Copa Santander Libertadores de América
for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of the
Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier
annual international club tournament.
The
tournament was won by Argentine
club Estudiantes
de La Plata, who achieved their fourth Copa Libertadores title
and first in 39 years. Since the inception of the
preliminary round in 2004, they are the first club to start in that
round and win the Copa Libertadores. Estudiantes earned a berth in
the
2009 FIFA Club World
Cup and
2010 Recopa
Sudamericana.
Qualified teams
Teams' starting round
Round and draw dates
The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw.
| Event |
Date |
| The draw took place |
November 25, 2008 |
| First Stage |
January 27 & February 4, 2009 |
| Second Stage |
February 11, 18, & 25; March 4, 11, 18, & 25; April 8,
15, 22, & 29 |
| Round of 16 |
May 6 & 13 |
| Quarterfinals |
May 20 & 27 |
| Semifinals |
June 17 & 24 |
| Finals |
July 1 & 8 |
Tie-breaking criteria
Teams at every stage of the tournament will be awarded points
depending on the result of a game: 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for
a loss. The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on
points:
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Away goals
- Draw
For the First Stage, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals,
the fourth criteria is replaced by a penalty shoot-out if
necessary. The Finals have their own set of criteria; see the
finals section for more details.
First stage
In the First Stage, twelve teams played a
two-legged tie (one game at home and one game
away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to
the Second Stage.
Team #1 played the first leg at
home.
Second stage
A total of 26 teams qualified directly to this phase and were
joined by six teams from the First Stage, bringing the total to 32
teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Round of
16.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Knockout stages
The last four stages of the tournament (round of 16, quarterfinals,
semifinals, and finals) form a
single-elimination tournament,
commonly known as a knockout stage. Sixteen teams advanced into the
first of these stages: the round of 16.
Seeding
The 16 qualified teams were seeded according to their results in
the Second Stage. The top teams from each group were seeded 1-8,
with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the
least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group were seeded
9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team
with the least as seed 16.
|
Teams qualified as a group winner |
|
Teams qualified as a group runner-up |
Tie-breaking rules (based on Second Stage
games): 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored;
4th away-goals.
Bracket
Round of 16
The first match of the Round of 16 began on May 5th, with the last
match played on May 21st. Team #1 were the higher seeded teams and
they played the second leg match at home.
Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament
following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the
H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico;
no agreement was reached on alternative venues for the first-leg
matches, both scheduled to be played in Mexico.
Quarterfinals
Team #1, as the higher seed, played the second leg at home.
Semifinals
Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at
home.
Finals
The Finals were played on July 8th and 15th. Team #1, as the higher
seeded team, played the second leg at home.
Copa Santander Libertadores de América
2009 Champion |
Estudiantes
Fourth Title
|
Top goalscorers
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