2020 Copa Libertadores

2020 Copa Libertadores

The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores is the 61st edition of South America’s premier club football tournament. The final will be played at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 November 2020. Flamengo are the defending champions. The winners will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

About 2020 Copa Libertadores in brief

Summary 2020 Copa LibertadoresThe 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores is the 61st edition of South America’s premier club football tournament. The final will be played at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 November 2020. Flamengo are the defending champions. The winners will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earn the right to play in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. The tournament was suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed on 15 September 2020. The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 17 December 2019, 20: 30 PYST, at the CON MEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

The entry stage is determined as follows: The teams were seeded by their CONmeBOL ranking as of 15 December 2019, taking into account the following three factors: For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. For the second stage, the 16 teams were Drawn into eight ties, with the team from Pot1 hosting the first leg. In the third stage,  the eight winners of second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties.