2021 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule will be used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).^[2]

The qualifying stages are structured as follows:

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

The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 5 February 2021.

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Liverpool	2	0	2
	Universidad Católica	1	3	4
							Universidad Católica	0	2	2
							Libertad	1	2	3
	Libertad			Bye
													Libertad	1	1	2
													Atlético Nacional	0	4	4
	Royal Pari	1	1	2
	Guaraní	4	1	5
							Guaraní	0	0	0
							Atlético Nacional	2	3	5
	Atlético Nacional			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Unión Española			Bye
							Unión Española	1	2	3
							Independiente del Valle	0	6	6
	Independiente del Valle			Bye
													Independiente del Valle	2	2	4
													Grêmio	1	1	2
	Grêmio			Bye
							Grêmio	6	2	8
							Ayacucho	1	1	2
	Ayacucho			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Montevideo Wanderers			Bye
							Montevideo Wanderers	1	0	1
							Bolívar	0	5	5
	Bolívar			Bye
													Bolívar	2	0	2
													Junior	1	3	4
	Universidad César Vallejo	0	0	0
	Caracas	0	2	2
							Caracas	1	1	2
							Junior	2	3	5
	Junior			Bye

	First stage						Second stage						Third stage
	Universidad de Chile			Bye
							Universidad de Chile	1	0	1
							San Lorenzo	1	2	3
	San Lorenzo			Bye
													San Lorenzo	1	2	3
													Santos	3	2	5
	Santos			Bye
							Santos	2	1	3
							Deportivo Lara	1	1	2
	Deportivo Lara			Bye

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 February, and the second legs were played on 2 and 3 March 2021.^[5][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–4	Universidad Católica	2–1	0–3
Universidad César Vallejo	0–2	Caracas	0–0	0–2
Royal Pari	2–5	Guaraní	1–4	1–1

23 February 2021 (2021-2-23)

21:30 UTC−3

Liverpool	2–1	Universidad Católica
Dávila 68' Correa 90+1'	Report	Tévez 27'

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

2 March 2021 (2021-3-2)

19:30 UTC−5

Universidad Católica	3–0	Liverpool
Tévez 37' Chalá 44' De los Santos 74'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Universidad Católica won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C1).

24 February 2021 (2021-2-24)

17:15 UTC−5

Universidad César Vallejo	0–0	Caracas
	Report

Estadio Monumental, Lima^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)

3 March 2021 (2021-3-3)

18:15 UTC−4

Caracas	2–0	Universidad César Vallejo
Echeverría 20' (pen.) R. Celis 90+5'	Report

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Attendance: 0

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Caracas won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C6).

24 February 2021 (2021-2-24)

20:30 UTC−4

Royal Pari	1–4	Guaraní
Castillo 72'	Report	Marín 3', 45' Florentín 19' F. Fernández 74'

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

3 March 2021 (2021-3-3)

21:30 UTC−3

Guaraní	1–1	Royal Pari
Benítez 58'	Report	Florentín 74' (o.g.)

Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Rafael Traci (Brazil)^{[note 4]}

Guaraní won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C8).

The first legs were played on 9–11 March, and the second legs were played on 16–18 March 2021.^[5][9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad Católica	2–3	Libertad	0–1	2–2
Grêmio	8–2	Ayacucho	6–1	2–1
Montevideo Wanderers	1–5	Bolívar	1–0	0–5
Universidad de Chile	1–3	San Lorenzo	1–1	0–2
Santos	3–2	Deportivo Lara	2–1	1–1
Caracas	2–5	Junior	1–2	1–3
Unión Española	3–6	Independiente del Valle	1–0	2–6
Guaraní	0–5	Atlético Nacional	0–2	0–3

10 March 2021 (2021-3-10)

17:15 UTC−5

Universidad Católica	0–1	Libertad
	Report	Bogarín 38'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

17 March 2021 (2021-3-17)

19:15 UTC−3

Libertad	2–2	Universidad Católica
Ferreira 32', 64'	Report	Chalá 61' Tévez 82' (pen.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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

10 March 2021 (2021-3-10)^{[note 6]}

21:30 UTC−3

Grêmio	6–1	Ayacucho
Braz 4' Ferreira 28' Diego Souza 33' (pen.), 41', 86' Azevedo 79'	Report	Quina 73'

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

16 March 2021 (2021-3-16)

19:30 UTC−5

Ayacucho	1–2	Grêmio
Sosa 40'	Report	Ferreira 41' Ricardinho 87'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (Ecuador)^{[note 7]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Grêmio won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

9 March 2021 (2021-3-9)

19:15 UTC−3

Montevideo Wanderers	1–0	Bolívar
Rolón 55'	Report

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, Montevideo

Attendance: 0

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

16 March 2021 (2021-3-16)

18:15 UTC−4

Bolívar	5–0	Montevideo Wanderers
Ramos 4', 52' Miranda 40' Macaluso 57' (o.g.) Ábrego 90+4'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 0

Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

Bolívar won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

10 March 2021 (2021-3-10)

21:30 UTC−3

Universidad de Chile	1–1	San Lorenzo
Henríquez 76'	Report	Di Santo 78'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Attendance: 0

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

17 March 2021 (2021-3-17)

21:30 UTC−3

San Lorenzo	2–0	Universidad de Chile
Di Santo 13' Á. Romero 59'	Report

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

San Lorenzo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).

9 March 2021 (2021-3-9)

19:15 UTC−3

Santos	2–1	Deportivo Lara
Vinicius 50' Kaiky 70'	Report	Anzola 52'

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

16 March 2021 (2021-3-16)

18:15 UTC−4

Deportivo Lara	1–1	Santos
Anzola 62'	Report	Soteldo 37'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas^{[note 8]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

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

10 March 2021 (2021-3-10)

20:30 UTC−4

Caracas	1–2	Junior
Akinyoola 35'	Report	Borja 69' Ditta 90+1'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

17 March 2021 (2021-3-17)

19:30 UTC−5

Junior	3–1	Caracas
Borja 41' Gutiérrez 75' Pajoy 90+1'	Report	Akinyoola 86' (pen.)

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Junior won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).

9 March 2021 (2021-3-9)

21:30 UTC−3

Unión Española	1–0	Independiente del Valle
Caicedo 56' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

16 March 2021 (2021-3-16)

19:30 UTC−5

Independiente del Valle	6–2	Unión Española
Vite 3' Montenegro 15', 39', 90+9' Faravelli 30' (pen.), 57'	Report	Méndez 56' Rubio 61'

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Independiente del Valle won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).

11 March 2021 (2021-3-11)

21:30 UTC−3

Guaraní	0–2	Atlético Nacional
	Report	Barrera 22' Rovira 90+8'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

18 March 2021 (2021-3-18)

19:30 UTC−5

Atlético Nacional	3–0	Guaraní
Andrade 24', 52' Barrera 39'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Atlético Nacional won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).

The first legs were played on 6–9 April, and the second legs were played on 13–15 April 2021.^[18][19]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Libertad	2–4	Atlético Nacional	1–0	1–4
Independiente del Valle	4–2	Grêmio	2–1	2–1
Bolívar	2–4	Junior	2–1	0–3
San Lorenzo	3–5	Santos	1–3	2–2

7 April 2021 (2021-4-7)

20:30 UTC−4

Libertad	1–0	Atlético Nacional
Báez 78'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 5]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

14 April 2021 (2021-4-14)

19:30 UTC−5

Atlético Nacional	4–1	Libertad
Barrera 16' Perlaza 51' Álvez 58' Duque 74'	Report	Enciso 2'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 0

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Atlético Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group F).

9 April 2021 (2021-4-9)^{[note 10]}

18:15 UTC−4

Independiente del Valle	2–1	Grêmio
Faravelli 53', 61' (pen.)	Report	Diego Souza 9'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (Paraguay)^{[note 10]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

14 April 2021 (2021-4-14)

19:15 UTC−3

Grêmio	1–2	Independiente del Valle
Jean Pyerre 22'	Report	Ortiz 45+3', 66'

Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 0

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Independiente del Valle won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group A).

8 April 2021 (2021-4-8)

20:30 UTC−4

Bolívar	2–1	Junior
Ramos 4' Bejarano 48'	Report	Mera 10'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

15 April 2021 (2021-4-15)

19:30 UTC−5

Junior	3–0	Bolívar
Borja 12' Pajoy 81' Hinestroza 90+6'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 0

Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

Junior won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group D).

6 April 2021 (2021-4-6)

21:30 UTC−3

San Lorenzo	1–3	Santos
Á. Romero 72'	Report	Lucas Braga 7' Marinho 45+1' (pen.) Ângelo 90+4'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

13 April 2021 (2021-4-13)

21:30 UTC−3

Santos	2–2	San Lorenzo
Marcos Leonardo 22' Pará 57'	Report	Di Santo 59' Á. Romero 78'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 0

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Santos won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage (Group C).