2026 Copa Libertadores

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:^[4]

• Copa Libertadores champions
• Copa Sudamericana champions
• Brazil: 7 berths
• Argentina: 6 berths
• All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:

• Group stage: 28 teams
  • Copa Libertadores champions
  • Copa Sudamericana champions
  • Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
  • Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
• Second stage: 13 teams
  • Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
  • Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
  • Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
  • Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
• First stage: 6 teams
  • Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

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Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 + 1 berths)	Lanús (Copa Sudamericana)	Group stage	2025 Copa Sudamericana champions
	Platense (Argentina 1)		2025 Apertura champions[5]
	Estudiantes (Argentina 2)		2025 Clausura champions[5]
	Independiente Rivadavia (Argentina 3)		2025 Copa Argentina champions[5]
	Rosario Central (Argentina 4)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[5]
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 5)		2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[5]
	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 6)	Second stage	2025 Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[5]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Always Ready (Bolivia 1)	Group stage	2025 División Profesional champions[6]
	Bolívar (Bolivia 2)		2025 División Profesional runners-up[6]
	Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 3)	Second stage	2025 Copa Bolivia champions[6]
	The Strongest (Bolivia 4)	First stage	2025 División Profesional best team not yet qualified[6]
Brazil (7 + 1 berths)	Flamengo (Title holders)	Group stage	2025 Copa Libertadores champions
	Corinthians (Brazil 1)		2025 Copa do Brasil champions[7]
	Palmeiras (Brazil 2)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up[7]
	Cruzeiro (Brazil 3)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[7]
	Mirassol (Brazil 4)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[7]
	Fluminense (Brazil 5)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place[7]
	Botafogo (Brazil 6)	Second stage	2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place[7]
	Bahia (Brazil 7)		2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place[7]
Chile (4 berths)	Coquimbo Unido (Chile 1)	Group stage	2025 Liga de Primera champions[8]
	Universidad Católica (Chile 2)		2025 Liga de Primera runners-up[8]
	O'Higgins (Chile 3)	Second stage	2025 Liga de Primera 3rd place[8]
	Huachipato (Chile 4)		2025 Copa Chile champions[8]
Colombia (4 berths)	Santa Fe (Colombia 1)	Group stage	2025 Apertura champions[9]
	Junior (Colombia 2)		2025 Finalización champions[9]
	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3)	Second stage	2025 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[9]
	Independiente Medellín (Colombia 4)		2025 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[9]
Ecuador (4 berths)	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1)	Group stage	2025 Serie A champions[10]
	LDU Quito (Ecuador 2)		2025 Serie A runners-up[10]
	Barcelona (Ecuador 3)	Second stage	2025 Serie A best team not yet qualified[10]
	Universidad Católica (Ecuador 4)	First stage	2025 Copa Ecuador champions[10]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	Group stage	2025 Copa de Primera (Apertura or Clausura) champions with better record in aggregate table[11]
	Libertad (Paraguay 2)		2025 Copa de Primera tournament (Apertura or Clausura) champions with worse record in aggregate table[11]
	Guaraní (Paraguay 3)	Second stage	2025 Copa de Primera aggregate table best team not yet qualified[11]
	2 de Mayo (Paraguay 4)	First stage	2025 Copa Paraguay runners-up[Note PAR][11]
Peru (4 berths)	Universitario (Peru 1)	Group stage	2025 Liga 1 champions[12]
	Cusco (Peru 2)		2025 Liga 1 runners-up[12]
	Sporting Cristal (Peru 3)	Second stage	2025 Liga 1 3rd place[12]
	Alianza Lima (Peru 4)	First stage	2025 Liga 1 4th place[12]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	Group stage	2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya champions[13]
	Peñarol (Uruguay 2)		2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya runners-up[13]
	Liverpool (Uruguay 3)	Second stage	2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table best team not yet qualified[13]
	Juventud (Uruguay 4)	First stage	2025 Liga AUF Uruguaya aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Venezuela (4 berths)	Universidad Central (Venezuela 1)	Group stage	2025 Liga FUTVE champions[14]
	Deportivo La Guaira (Venezuela 2)		2025 Liga FUTVE aggregate table 1st place[14]
	Carabobo (Venezuela 3)	Second stage	2025 Liga FUTVE runners-up[14]
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 4)	First stage	2025 Liga FUTVE aggregate table best team not yet qualified[14]

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Notes

The schedule of the competition is as follows:^[1][15]

Buenos Aires

Estudiantes

Ind. Rivadavia

Rosario Central

La Paz

Nacional Potosí

Bahia

Cruzeiro

Mirassol

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

Coquimbo Unido

Huachipato

O'Higgins

Univ. Católica

Dep. Tolima

Ind. Medellín

Junior

Santa Fe

Barcelona

Quito

2 de Mayo

Asunción

Cusco

Lima

Montevideo

Carabobo

Caracas

Dep. Táchira

Quito teams
Indep. del Valle
LDU Quito
Universidad Católica
Lima teams
Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
La Paz teams
Always Ready
Bolívar
The Strongest

Caracas teams
Deportivo La Guaira
Universidad Central
Rio de Janeiro teams
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
São Paulo teams
Corinthians
Palmeiras

Asunción teams
Cerro Porteño
Guaraní
Libertad
Greater Montevideo teams
Juventud
Liverpool
Nacional
Peñarol
Greater Buenos Aires teams
Argentinos Juniors
Boca Juniors
Lanús
Platense

Location of teams of the 2026 Copa Libertadores.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: Play-off rounds.

The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 18 December 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[15][16]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 15 December 2025 (shown in parentheses),^[17] taking into account the following three factors:^[18]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2016–2025.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2015 and 2002–2015 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.^[19]

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.^[19]

For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.^[19]

• Second stage winner C1 vs. Second stage winner C8
• Second stage winner C2 vs. Second stage winner C7
• Second stage winner C3 vs. Second stage winner C6
• Second stage winner C4 vs. Second stage winner C5

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 March 2026, 20:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[20][21] For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.^[22]

Notes

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 29 May 2026, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3) at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[23][24] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).^[4]

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3). 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.

First stage

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
The Strongest	2–2 (3–5 p)	Deportivo Táchira	2–1	0–1
Juventud	4–4 (4–3 p)	Universidad Católica	0–1	4–3
2 de Mayo	2–1	Alianza Lima	1–0	1–1

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Second stage

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventud	2–1	Guaraní	0–0	2–1
Deportivo Táchira	1–1 (0–3 p)	Deportes Tolima	0–1	1–0
2 de Mayo	2–2 (4–5 p)	Sporting Cristal	2–2	0–0
Barcelona	1–1 (5–4 p)	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	1–0
Nacional Potosí	1–2	Botafogo	1–0	0–2
Carabobo	3–1	Huachipato	1–0	2–1
O'Higgins	2–2 (4–3 p)	Bahia	1–0	1–2
Liverpool	1–2	Independiente Medellín	1–2	0–0

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Third stage

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventud	2–3	Independiente Medellín	1–1	1–2
O'Higgins	1–2	Deportes Tolima	1–0	0–2
Carabobo	2–2 (2–3 p)	Sporting Cristal	0–1	2–1
Barcelona	2–1	Botafogo	1–1	1–0

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In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the knockout round play-offs of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	EST	DIM	CUS
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–1	3–0
2	Estudiantes	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9			1–1	—	1–0	2–1
3	Independiente Medellín	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–3[a]	1–1	—	1–0
4	Cusco	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1			0–2	1–1	2–3	—

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Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. [a]

   The Independiente Medellín v Flamengo match was suspended at 0–0 in the 5th minute of play due to disturbances by Independiente Medellín fans.^[25] The match was subsequently abandoned after a one-hour wait, with CONMEBOL confirming its cancellation and referring the matter to its Disciplinary Commission,^[26][27] which subsequently awarded Flamengo a 3–0 win.^[28]

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COQ	TOL	NAC	UNI
1	Coquimbo Unido	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Round of 16		—	3–0	1–1	2–1
2	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8[a]			3–0	—	3–0	0–0
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8[a]	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Universitario	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			0–2	0–0	4–2	—

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Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. [a]

   Head-to-head goal difference: Deportes Tolima +1, Nacional −1.

Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IRI	FLU	BOL	DLG
1	Independiente Rivadavia	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	4–1
2	Fluminense	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			1–2	—	2–1	3–1
3	Bolívar	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5	Copa Sudamericana		1–3	2–0	—	1–1
4	Deportivo La Guaira	6	0	3	3	6	13	−7	3			2–4	0–0	1–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UCA	CRU	BOC	BSC
1	Universidad Católica	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Round of 16		—	0–0	1–2	2–0
2	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11			1–2	—	1–0	4–0
3	Boca Juniors	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	Barcelona	6	1	0	5	2	12	−10	3			1–2	0–1	1–0	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	PLA	SFE	PEÑ
1	Corinthians	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Round of 16		—	0–2	2–0	2–0
2	Platense	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			0–2	—	2–1	1–1
3	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–1	—	1–1
4	Peñarol	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3			1–1	1–2	0–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CCP	PAL	CRI	JUN
1	Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13	Round of 16		—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	Palmeiras	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11			0–1	—	2–1	4–1
3	Sporting Cristal	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	0–2	—	2–0
4	Junior	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4			0–1	1–1	3–2	—

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Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LDQ	MIR	LAN	CAR
1	LDU Quito	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	2–0	3–2
2	Mirassol	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12			2–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Lanús	6	3	0	3	3	7	−4	9	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	1–0	—	1–0
4	Always Ready	6	1	0	5	7	9	−2	3			0–1	1–2	4–0	—

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Group H

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IDV	ROS	UCV	LIB
1	Independiente del Valle	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13[a]	Round of 16		—	1–0	3–1	4–1
2	Rosario Central	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	13[a]			0–0	—	4–0	1–0
3	Universidad Central	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9	Copa Sudamericana		2–0	0–3	—	3–1
4	Libertad	6	0	0	6	4	13	−9	0			2–3	0–1	0–1	—

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Source: CONMEBOL
Notes:

1. [a]

   Head-to-head points: Independiente del Valle 4, Rosario Central 1.

Starting from the round of 16, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[4]

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2). If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.3).
• The final is played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.3.5). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).

Qualified teams

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Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Flamengo	Estudiantes
B	Coquimbo Unido	Deportes Tolima
C	Independiente Rivadavia	Fluminense
D	Universidad Católica	Cruzeiro
E	Corinthians	Platense
F	Cerro Porteño	Palmeiras
G	LDU Quito	Mirassol
H	Independiente del Valle	Rosario Central

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Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.

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Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	A	Flamengo	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	16	Pot 1
2	C	Independiente Rivadavia	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16
3	H	Independiente del Valle	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13
4	D	Universidad Católica	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13
5	F	Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	6	2	+4	13
6	G	LDU Quito	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3	12
7	E	Corinthians	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
8	B	Coquimbo Unido	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
9	H	Rosario Central	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	13	Pot 2
10	G	Mirassol	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12
11	F	Palmeiras	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
12	D	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11
13	E	Platense	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
14	A	Estudiantes	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9
15	B	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
16	C	Fluminense	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8

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Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Red cards; 5) Yellow cards; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 2.4.2).^[4]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 29 May 2026.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

14

Estudiantes

4

Universidad Católica

Winner A

Winner H

9

Rosario Central

7

Corinthians

Winner S1

Winner S4

15

Deportes Tolima

3

Independiente del Valle

Winner D

Winner E

12

Cruzeiro

28 November – Montevideo

1

Flamengo

Winner F1

Winner F2

10

Mirassol

6

LDU Quito

Winner B

Winner G

11

Palmeiras

5

Cerro Porteño

Winner S2

Winner S3

16

Fluminense

2

Independiente Rivadavia

Winner C

Winner F

13

Platense

8

Coquimbo Unido

Round of 16

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Estudiantes	A	Universidad Católica	11 Aug	18 Aug
Mirassol	B	LDU Quito	13 Aug	20 Aug
Fluminense	C	Independiente Rivadavia	11 Aug	18 Aug
Deportes Tolima	D	Independiente del Valle	11 Aug	18 Aug
Cruzeiro	E	Flamengo	12 Aug	19 Aug
Platense	F	Coquimbo Unido	12 Aug	19 Aug
Palmeiras	G	Cerro Porteño	12 Aug	19 Aug
Rosario Central	H	Corinthians	13 Aug	20 Aug

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner H	S1[†]	Winner A	8–10 Sep	15–17 Sep
Winner G	S2[†]	Winner B	8–10 Sep	15–17 Sep
Winner F	S3[†]	Winner C	8–10 Sep	15–17 Sep
Winner E	S4[†]	Winner D	8–10 Sep	15–17 Sep

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1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the higher-seeded team in each tie hosting the second leg.

As of 28 May 2026

Top scorers

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Rank	Player	Team	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	3Q1	3Q2	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Álex Arce	Independiente Rivadavia								1	3	1	3									8
2	Carlos González	Independiente del Valle								2	3		1									6
3	Lorenzo Melgarejo	Libertad							1		2		1									4
	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo							1	1				2
	Matheus Pereira	Cruzeiro							1	1				2
	Francisco Fydriszewski	Independiente Medellín			1			1			1		1
7	Tiago Palacios	Estudiantes							1	1		1										3
	Federico Barrandeguy	Juventud		1		1		1
	Fernando Zampedri	Universidad Católica									1		2
	Franco Zapiola	Platense								1				2
	Gustavo Henrique	Corinthians								1	1	1
	Jhon Arias	Palmeiras									1			2
	Juan Manuel Cuesta	Universidad Central							1			1		1
	Luis Muriel	Junior											2	1
	Maximiliano Gómez	Nacional								1	1			1
	Pablo Vegetti	Cerro Porteño										1	1	1
	Sebastián Villa	Independiente Rivadavia									1		1	1
	Yoshimar Yotún	Sporting Cristal			1		1						1

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Source: CONMEBOL Libertadores^[29]

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