2018 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).^[2]

The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

• First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 13 teams which were given byes to the second stage.
• Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
• Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which were held on 20 December 2017.^[4]

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Santiago Wanderers			Bye
							Santiago Wanderers	1	1	2
							Melgar	1	0	1
	Melgar			Bye
													Santiago Wanderers	1	0	1
													Santa Fe	2	3	5
	Macará	1	0	1
	Deportivo Táchira (a)	1	0	1
							Deportivo Táchira	2	0	2
							Santa Fe	3	0	3
	Santa Fe			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Banfield			Bye
							Banfield (a)	1	2	3
							Independiente del Valle	1	2	3
	Independiente del Valle			Bye
													Banfield	2	0	2
													Nacional	2	1	3
	Chapecoense			Bye
							Chapecoense	0	0	0
							Nacional	1	1	2
	Nacional			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Universidad de Concepción			Bye
							Universidad de Concepción	0	0	0
							Vasco da Gama	4	2	6
	Vasco da Gama			Bye
													Vasco da Gama (p)	4	0	4 (3)
													Jorge Wilstermann	0	4	4 (2)
	Oriente Petrolero (a)	2	1	3
	Universitario	0	3	3
							Oriente Petrolero	1	2	3
							Jorge Wilstermann	2	2	4
	Jorge Wilstermann			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Montevideo Wanderers	0	0	0
	Olimpia	0	2	2
							Olimpia	1	1	2
							Junior	0	3	3
	Junior			Bye
													Junior	1	0	1
													Guaraní	0	0	0
	Carabobo			Bye
							Carabobo	1	0	1
							Guaraní	0	6	6
	Guaraní			Bye

The first legs were played on 22 January, and the second legs were played on 26 January 2018.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montevideo Wanderers	0–2	Olimpia	0–0	0–2
Macará	1–1 (a)	Deportivo Táchira	1–1	0–0
Oriente Petrolero	3–3 (a)	Universitario	2–0	1–3

22 January 2018 (2018-01-22)

19:15 UTC−3

Montevideo Wanderers	0–0	Olimpia
	Report

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)

20:15 UTC−3

Olimpia	2–0	Montevideo Wanderers
Camacho 55' Giménez 87'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 33,376

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Olimpia won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C5).

22 January 2018 (2018-01-22)

18:00 UTC−5

Macará	1–1	Deportivo Táchira
Patta 16'	Report	Pérez Greco 68'

Estadio Bellavista, Ambato

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)

20:15 UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	0–0	Macará
	Report

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportivo Táchira won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C1).

22 January 2018 (2018-01-22)

21:15 UTC−4

Oriente Petrolero	2–0	Universitario
Sánchez 27' Freitas 79'	Report

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)

20:45 UTC−5

Universitario	3–1	Oriente Petrolero
Corzo 7', 60' Chávez 65'	Report	Paredes 84'

Estadio Monumental "U", Lima

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Oriente Petrolero won on away goals and advanced to the second stage (Match C3).

The first legs were played on 30–31 January and 1 February, and the second legs were played on 6–8 February 2018.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Táchira	2–3	Santa Fe	2–3	0–0
Chapecoense	0–2	Nacional	0–1	0–1
Oriente Petrolero	3–4	Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	2–2
Carabobo	1–6	Guaraní	1–0	0–6
Olimpia	2–3	Junior	1–0	1–3
Universidad de Concepción	0–6	Vasco da Gama	0–4	0–2
Banfield	3–3 (a)	Independiente del Valle	1–1	2–2
Santiago Wanderers	2–1	Melgar	1–1	1–0

1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)

18:15 UTC−4

Deportivo Táchira	2−3	Santa Fe
Granados 10' Almirón 21'	Report	Morelo 6', 50' Tesillo 30'

Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

19:00 UTC−5^{[note 3]}

Santa Fe	0−0	Deportivo Táchira
	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 9,668

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Santa Fe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

21:45 UTC−2

Chapecoense	0–1	Nacional
	Report	Romero 73'

Arena Condá, Chapecó

Attendance: 11,367

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

20:45 UTC−3

Nacional	1–0	Chapecoense
Romero 5'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Nacional won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)

20:30 UTC−4

Oriente Petrolero	1–2	Jorge Wilstermann
Áñez 37'	Report	Lucas Gaúcho 63' (pen.) Serginho 90+2'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Gustavo Murillo (Colombia)

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

20:30 UTC−4

Jorge Wilstermann	2–2	Oriente Petrolero
Serginho 21' Meleán 39'	Report	Freitas 58', 83'

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

Jorge Wilstermann won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)

18:15 UTC−4

Carabobo	1–0	Guaraní
Mago 18'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano de Mérida, Mérida^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

19:15 UTC−3

Guaraní	6–0	Carabobo
Morel 2', 39' Bogarín 46' Imperiale 53' Gamarra 70' Marín 87'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Guaraní won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

1 February 2018 (2018-02-01)

21:30 UTC−3

Olimpia	1–0	Junior
Santa Cruz 36'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 32,743

Referee: Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (Brazil)

8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)

21:15 UTC−5^{[note 7]}

Junior	3–1	Olimpia
González 30' Ruiz 57' T. Gutiérrez 74'	Report	Camacho 44'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 15,604

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Junior won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31)

20:45 UTC−3

Universidad de Concepción	0–4	Vasco da Gama
	Report	Evander 2', 15' Yago Pikachu 78' Rildo 81'

Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción

Attendance: 11,455

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07)

21:45 UTC−2

Vasco da Gama	2–0	Universidad de Concepción
Paulinho 5' Yago Pikachu 41'	Report

Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 11,424

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Vasco da Gama won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)

21:30 UTC−3

Banfield	1–1	Independiente del Valle
Cvitanich 70' (pen.)	Report	Barreiro 90+1' (pen.)

Estadio Florencio Sola, Banfield

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	2–2	Banfield
Barreiro 28' B. Arce 64'	Report	Dátolo 23' Sperduti 90'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito^{[note 8]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Banfield won on away goals and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)

21:30 UTC−3

Santiago Wanderers	1–1	Melgar
Viotti 1'	Report	Cuesta 45+2'

Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso

Attendance: 7,435

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)

19:30 UTC−5

Melgar	0–1	Santiago Wanderers
	Report	Medel 44'

Estadio Monumental de la UNSA, Arequipa

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)

Santiago Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

The first legs were played on 13–15 February, and the second legs were played on 20–22 February 2018.^{[8][9][12][13]}

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santiago Wanderers	1–5	Santa Fe	1–2	0–3
Banfield	2–3	Nacional	2–2	0–1
Vasco da Gama	4–4 (3–2 p)	Jorge Wilstermann	4–0	0–4
Junior	1–0	Guaraní	1–0	0–0

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)

21:30 UTC−3

Santiago Wanderers	1–2	Santa Fe
Cerezo 86'	Report	Morelo 29', 36' (pen.)

Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso

Attendance: 9,793

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)

19:30 UTC−5

Santa Fe	3–0	Santiago Wanderers
Morelo 18', 71' Tesillo 78'	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Attendance: 7,443

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Santa Fe won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group D).

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)

19:00 UTC−3

Banfield	2–2	Nacional
Bertolo 57' Cvitanich 90+2'	Report	Fernández 49' Espino 81'

Estadio Florencio Sola, Banfield

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

21:45 UTC−3

Nacional	1–0	Banfield
Zunino 90+4'	Report

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group F).

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)

21:45 UTC−2

Vasco da Gama	4–0	Jorge Wilstermann
Paulão 17' Paulinho 40' Yago Pikachu 87' Rildo 90+3'	Report

Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 10,919

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

21 February 2018 (2018-02-21)

20:45 UTC−4

Jorge Wilstermann	4–0	Vasco da Gama
Zenteno 5', 70' Pedriel 6' Chávez 16'	Report
Penalties
Lucas Gaúcho Melgar Meleán Ortiz Alex Silva	2–3	Ríos Yago Pikachu Desábato Wellington Rildo

Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Vasco da Gama won on penalties and advanced to the group stage (Group E).

15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)

17:15 UTC−5

Junior	1–0	Guaraní
Chará 80'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 14,617

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

22 February 2018 (2018-02-22)

21:30 UTC−3

Guaraní	0–0	Junior
	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Junior won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group H).

The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.

Pos	Match	Third stage losers	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G3	Jorge Wilstermann	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	G2	Banfield	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	G4	Guaraní	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
4	G1	Santiago Wanderers	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0