2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

Format

The group winners and runners-up of the second stage qualified for the knockout stages. The sixteen teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points, except for the final:

1. Goal difference
2. Away goals
3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played) For the final, the first tiebreaker was goal difference. If tied on goal difference, the away goals rule would not be applied, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

If two teams from the same association reached the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Qualified teams

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16. The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

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Bracket

In each tie, the higher-seeded team played the second leg at home.

|RD1-seed01=1 |RD1-team01=BRA Fluminense |RD1-score01-1=0 |RD1-score01-2=2 |RD1-seed02=16 |RD1-team02=BRA Internacional |RD1-score02-1=0 |RD1-score02-2=1

|RD1-seed03=8 |RD1-team03=CHI Unión Española |RD1-score03-1=1 |RD1-score03-2=2 |RD1-seed04=9 |RD1-team04=ARG Boca Juniors |RD1-score04-1=2 |RD1-score04-2=3

|RD1-seed05=4 |RD1-team05=CHI U. de Chile |RD1-score05-1=1 |RD1-score05-2=6 |RD1-seed06=13 |RD1-team06=ECU Deportivo Quito |RD1-score06-1=4 |RD1-score06-2=0

|RD1-seed07=5 |RD1-team07=PAR Libertad |RD1-score07-1=1 |RD1-score07-2=2 |RD1-seed08=12 |RD1-team08=MEX Cruz Azul |RD1-score08-1=1 |RD1-score08-2=0

|RD1-seed09=2 |RD1-team09=BRA Corinthians |RD1-score09-1=0 |RD1-score09-2=3 |RD1-seed10=15 |RD1-team10=ECU Emelec |RD1-score10-1=0 |RD1-score10-2=0

|RD1-seed11=7 |RD1-team11=ARG Lanús |RD1-score11-1=1 |RD1-score11-2=2 (4) |RD1-seed12=10 |RD1-team12=BRA Vasco da Gama (p) |RD1-score12-1=2 |RD1-score12-2=1 (5)

|RD1-seed13=3 |RD1-team13=BRA Santos |RD1-score13-1=1 |RD1-score13-2=8 |RD1-seed14=14 |RD1-team14=BOL Bolívar |RD1-score14-1=2 |RD1-score14-2=0

|RD1-seed15=6 |RD1-team15=ARG Vélez Sársfield |RD1-score15-1=1 |RD1-score15-2=1 |RD1-seed16=11 |RD1-team16=COL Atlético Nacional |RD1-score16-1=0 |RD1-score16-2=1

|RD2-seed01=1 |RD2-team01=BRA Fluminense |RD2-score01-1=0 |RD2-score01-2=1 |RD2-seed02=9 |RD2-team02=ARG Boca Juniors |RD2-score02-1=1 |RD2-score02-2=1

|RD2-seed03=4 |RD2-team03=CHI U. de Chile (p) |RD2-score03-1=1 |RD2-score03-2=1 (5) |RD2-seed04=5 |RD2-team04=PAR Libertad |RD2-score04-1=1 |RD2-score04-2=1 (3)

|RD2-seed05=2 |RD2-team05=BRA Corinthians |RD2-score05-1=0 |RD2-score05-2=1 |RD2-seed06=10 |RD2-team06=BRA Vasco da Gama |RD2-score06-1=0 |RD2-score06-2=0

|RD2-seed07=3 |RD2-team07=BRA Santos (p) |RD2-score07-1=0 |RD2-score07-2=1 (4) |RD2-seed08=6 |RD2-team08=ARG Vélez Sársfield |RD2-score08-1=1 |RD2-score08-2=0 (2)

|RD3-seed01=9 |RD3-team01=ARG Boca Juniors |RD3-score01-1=2 |RD3-score01-2=0 |RD3-seed02=4 |RD3-team02=CHI U. de Chile |RD3-score02-1=0 |RD3-score02-2=0

|RD3-seed03=2 |RD3-team03=BRA Corinthians |RD3-score03-1=1 |RD3-score03-2=1 |RD3-seed04=3 |RD3-team04=BRA Santos |RD3-score04-1=0 |RD3-score04-2=1

|RD4-seed01=9 |RD4-team01=ARG Boca Juniors |RD4-score01-1=1 |RD4-score01-2=0 |RD4-seed02=2 |RD4-team02=BRA Corinthians |RD4-score02-1=1 |RD4-score02-2=2

Round of 16

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Match A

Fred Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B

Paulinho Alex Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C

Campos

Neymar Ganso Alan Kardec Borges Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.

Match D

Checa Martínez

Díaz Mena Henríquez Tied on points 3–3, Universidad de Chile won on goal difference.

Match E

Cáceres Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F

Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G

Diego Souza

Gutiérrez Romero Velázquez Camoranesi Fritzler Juninho Pernambucano Carlos Alberto Renato Silva Alecsandro Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.

Match H

Silva

Jaime Mouche Riquelme Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Match S1

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3

Ganso Elano Léo Canteros Papa Domínguez Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.

Match S4

Díaz Ruidíaz Rodríguez Lorenzetti Cáceres Ayala Muñoz Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Semifinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Match F1

Sánchez Miño

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals

Main article: 2012 Copa Libertadores Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References

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