2009 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

Format

The remaining stages of the tournament constitute a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, the teams will play an opponent in a two-legged tie on a home-away basis. Each team will earn three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of each tie will advance.

Tie-breaking

The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points:

1. Goal difference
2. Goals scored
3. Away goals
4. Penalty shootout

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams in the knockout round will be seeded according to their results in the group stage. The top teams from each group are 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 are seeded 9-16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Teams with a higher seed will play the second leg of each tie at home.

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Bracket

|RD1-seed01=1 |RD1-team01=BRA Grêmio |RD1-score01-1=3 |RD1-score01-2=2 |RD1-seed02=16 |RD1-team02=PER U. San Martín |RD1-score02-1=1 |RD1-score02-2=0 |RD1-seed03=8 |RD1-team03=VEN Caracas |RD1-score03-1=1 |RD1-score03-2=4 |RD1-seed04=9 |RD1-team04=ECU Cuenca |RD1-score04-1=2 |RD1-score04-2=0 |RD1-seed05=4 |RD1-team05=BRA São Paulo |RD1-score05-1=– |RD1-score05-2=– |RD1-score05-agg=– |RD1-seed06=13 |RD1-team06=MEX Guadalajara |RD1-score06-1=– |RD1-score06-2=– |RD1-seed07=5 |RD1-team07=BRA Cruzeiro |RD1-score07-1=2 |RD1-score07-2=1 |RD1-seed08=12 |RD1-team08=CHI U. de Chile |RD1-score08-1=1 |RD1-score08-2=0 |RD1-seed09=3 |RD1-team09=URU Nacional |RD1-score09-1=– |RD1-score09-2=– |RD1-score09-agg=– |RD1-seed10=14 |RD1-team10=MEX San Luis |RD1-score10-1=– |RD1-score10-2=– |RD1-score10-agg=– |RD1-seed11=6 |RD1-team11=BRA Sport Recife |RD1-score11-1=0 |RD1-score11-2=1 (1) |RD1-seed12=11 |RD1-team12=BRA Palmeiras (p) |RD1-score12-1=1 |RD1-score12-2=0 (3) |RD1-seed13=7 |RD1-team13=PAR Libertad |RD1-score13-1=0 |RD1-score13-2=0 |RD1-seed14=10 |RD1-team14=ARG Estudiantes |RD1-score14-1=3 |RD1-score14-2=0 |RD1-seed15=2 |RD1-team15=ARG Boca Juniors |RD1-score15-1=2 |RD1-score15-2=0 |RD1-seed16=15 |RD1-team16=URU Defensor S. |RD1-score16-1=2 |RD1-score16-2=1 |RD2-seed01=1 |RD2-team01=BRA Grêmio (a) |RD2-score01-1=1 |RD2-score01-2=0 |RD2-seed02=8 |RD2-team02=VEN Caracas |RD2-score02-1=1 |RD2-score02-2=0 |RD2-seed03=4 |RD2-team03=BRA São Paulo |RD2-score03-1=1 |RD2-score03-2=0 |RD2-seed04=5 |RD2-team04=BRA Cruzeiro |RD2-score04-1=2 |RD2-score04-2=2 |RD2-seed05=3 |RD2-team05=URU Nacional (a) |RD2-score05-1=1 |RD2-score05-2=0 |RD2-seed06=11 |RD2-team06=BRA Palmeiras |RD2-score06-1=1 |RD2-score06-2=0 |RD2-seed07=10 |RD2-team07=ARG Estudiantes |RD2-score07-1=1 |RD2-score07-2=1 |RD2-seed08=15 |RD2-team08=URU Defensor Sporting |RD2-score08-1=0 |RD2-score08-2=0 |RD3-seed01=1 |RD3-team01=BRA Grêmio |RD3-score01-1=1 |RD3-score01-2=2 |RD3-seed02=5 |RD3-team02=BRA Cruzeiro |RD3-score02-1=3 |RD3-score02-2=2 |RD3-seed03=3 |RD3-team03=URU Nacional |RD3-score03-1=0 |RD3-score03-2=1 |RD3-seed04=10 |RD3-team04=ARG Estudiantes |RD3-score04-1=1 |RD3-score04-2=2 |RD4-seed01=5 |RD4-team01=BRA Cruzeiro |RD4-score01-1=0 |RD4-score01-2=1 |RD4-seed02=10 |RD4-team02=ARG Estudiantes |RD4-score02-1=0 |RD4-score02-2=2

Round of 16

The Round of 16 began on May 5. Team #1, as the higher seeded team, played the second leg at home.

• Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament after an agreement on an alternative venue for the first legs, both scheduled to be played in Mexico, was unable to be agreed upon following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the Swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

First leg

López

Villalba

Boselli

Marquinhos Paraná

Mora Palacio

Second leg

Igor Fumagalli Dutra Marcão Danilo Armero }} Sport Recife 3–3 Palmeiras on points, Sport Recife & Palmeiras tied on goal difference and goals scored. Palmeiras won 3–1 on penalties.

Prieto Rentería Rey Caracas 3–3 Deportivo Cuenca on points. Caracas won +3 on goal difference.

Herrera Grêmio won 6–0 on points.

Cruzeiro won 6–0 on points.

Estudiantes won 4–1 on points.

Defensor Sporting won 4–1 on points.

Quarterfinals

Team #1, as the higher seed, will play the second leg at home.

First leg

Zé Carlos

Second leg

Nacional 2–2 Palmeiras on points. Nacional and Palmeiras tied on goal difference and goals scored. Nacional advances on away goals.

Grêmio 2−2 Caracas on points. Grêmio and Caracas tied on goal difference and goals scored. Grêmio advances on away goals.

Estudiantes advances 6–0 on points.

Kléber Cruzeiro advances 6–0 on points.

Semifinals

First leg

Wágner
Fabinho

Second leg

Estudiantes advances 6–0 on points.

Souza Cruzeiro advances 4–1 on points.

Finals

Main article: 2009 Copa Libertadores Finals

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First leg

Second leg

Boselli

Footnotes

:A. Guadalajara and San Luis withdrew from the tournament following concerns raised by both Nacional and São Paulo over the H1N1 flu outbreak in Mexico, South American teams refused to travel to Mexico to play the match; no agreement was reached on alternative venues for the first-leg matches, both scheduled to be played in Mexico. Both Guadalajara and San Luis were later secured a place in the round of 16 for the 2010 Copa Libertadores. l.

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