The Copa Libertadores and a perfect group stage for Argentines: one by one, the 16 teams in the round of 16

Six out of six. The balance is perfect for Argentine teams in the 2022 edition of the Copa Libertadores. There are four preceding (Students, Boca, River and Colon) and the other two (Vélez and Talleres) are second. Yes, wonderful. All six advanced to the round of 16.

Of course, they will be looking forward to what happens this Friday, from 1:00 pm at the Conmebol headquarters in the city of Luque of Paraguayan, in the draw for the first round of the main continental tournament. There will be a presence of six Brazilians, two Paraguayans, one Colombian and one Ecuadorian.

The round of 16 will be played between June 28 and July 7. The quarters are scheduled to be played between August 2 and 11, while the semifinals will be between August 30 and September 8. The final, in Guayaquil, will be played in October 29.

In the draw, teams from pot 1 will face rivals from pot 2, they can be from the same country (also in the same group). The first defined local revenge.

The first

• -Palm trees
• -Students
• -Ilog
• -Flamingo
• -Colon
• -Athletic Mineiro
• -Freedom
• -Boca Juniors

The seconds

• -Emelec
• -Velez
• -Kuta
• -Workshops
• -Cerro Porteño
• -Sports Tolima
• -Athletico Paranaense
• -Corinthians

In addition, on Thursday night the eight who will fall in the South American Cup will be defined and measured among the winners of the eight groups, of which two Argentines have agreed: Lanús and Unión de Santa Fe -Racing, Independiente, Banfield were eliminated there and Defense and Justice-.

third party

• Sports Tachira
• The Strongest
• Montevideo National
• Malayang Lambak
• Deportivo Cali
• colo colo
• Olympia
• Catholic University of Chile

How will the draw be?

the round of 16

To determine the rivals of each key, two position tables will be compiled: one of the eight classified in first place in their groups (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H) will be occupied by 1 and the second of the eight classified in second place in their groups (positions 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H) to occupy pocket 2.

Their location at each table will give them an order from 1 to 8 for group winners and from 9 to 16 for seconds, according to performance in the GROUP PHASE. The teams with the best performance (lowest numbering in the ranking from 1 to 16) will determine their home games.

From Bolillero 2 (teams located in second place in groups) 8 balls will be drawn forming the keys A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. obtained from Bolillero 1 (s). teams located initially placed in groups) the balls along with the teams that complete the keys, thus determining the crosses for the Round of 16.

At this stage, teams from both countries will face each other, as well as those already facing each other in the Group Phase of the competition. For the following stages and up to and including the SEMIFINALS, the location in the matches will be subject to the numbering obtained by each team in the order of the GROUP PHASE location. In each key, the teams with the lowest number refer to the second leg as local.

the quarterfinals

The 8 winning teams of the Round of 16 confrontations will play in the QUARTER-FINALS in round-trip matches as follows: WINNER A vs. WINNER H (S1) WINNER B vs. WINNER G (S2) WINNER C vs. WINNER F (S3)) WINNER D vs WINNER E (S4).

The teams with the best performance (lower numbering in the ranking from 1 to 16 after the draw for ROUND OF 16) will determine their home games. At this stage, teams from the same country can face each other if the order established by the previous draw is determined.

the semifinals

The 4 winning teams of QUARTER-FINAL confrontations will play in the SEMIFINALS in round-trip matches as follows: S1 vs S4 (F1) S2 vs S3 (F2) The teams with the best performance (lowest number in order -sequence of 1 to 16 after the draw for the EIGHT FINAL), will determine their home games.

At this stage, teams from the same country can face each other if the order established by the previous draw is determined.

The final

It will be played on October 29 at the Monumental stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador, between the winning teams of the two SEMIFINALS. The teams will play one and final match for the tournament title championship.

F1 vs F2 The team with the best performance (lowest number in the ranking from 1 to 16 after the draw for ROUND OF 16) will be the “A” team for the final match. Teams from both countries will play in the final.