2012 Copa Libertadores knockout stages

The knockout stages of the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores de América consisted of four stages:

  • Round of 16 (first legs: April 25, May 1–3; second legs: May 8–10)[1]
  • Quarterfinals (first legs: May 16–17; second legs: May 23–24)[2]
  • Semifinals (first legs: June 13–14; second legs: June 20–21)[3]
  • Finals (first leg: June 27; second leg: July 4)[4]

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:[5]

  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
Group Winners Runners-up
1 Santos Internacional
2 Lanús Emelec
3 Unión Española Bolívar
4 Fluminense Boca Juniors
5 Libertad Vasco da Gama
6 Corinthians Cruz Azul
7 Vélez Sársfield Deportivo Quito
8 Universidad de Chile Atlético Nacional

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.[5] The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as group winners
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
1 Fluminense15+375
2 Corinthians14+11134
3 Santos13+7125
4 Universidad de Chile13+5112
5 Libertad13+4114
6 Vélez Sársfield12+4105
7 Lanús10+5113
8 Unión Española10+3105
Teams qualified as group runners-up
Seed Team Pts GD GF AG
9 Boca Juniors13+694
10 Vasco da Gama13+4104
11 Atlético Nacional11+8169
12 Cruz Azul11+7113
13 Deportivo Quito10+7111
14 Bolívar10+293
15 Emelec9−173
16 Internacional8+4102

Bracket

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

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                             
1 Fluminense 0 2  
16 Internacional 0 1  
  1 Fluminense 0 1  
  9 Boca Juniors 1 1  
8 Unión Española 1 2
9 Boca Juniors 2 3  
  9 Boca Juniors 2 0  
  4 U. de Chile 0 0  
4 U. de Chile 1 6  
13 Deportivo Quito 4 0  
  4 U. de Chile (p) 1 1 (5)
  5 Libertad 1 1 (3)  
5 Libertad 1 2
12 Cruz Azul 1 0  
  9 Boca Juniors 1 0
  2 Corinthians 1 2
2 Corinthians 0 3  
15 Emelec 0 0  
  2 Corinthians 0 1
  10 Vasco da Gama 0 0  
7 Lanús 1 2 (4)
10 Vasco da Gama (p) 2 1 (5)  
  2 Corinthians 1 1
  3 Santos 0 1  
3 Santos 1 8  
14 Bolívar 2 0  
  3 Santos (p) 0 1 (4)
  6 Vélez Sársfield 1 0 (2)  
6 Vélez Sársfield 1 1
11 Atlético Nacional 0 1  

Round of 16

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense 4:1 Internacional 0–0 2–1 — — —
Corinthians 4:1 Emelec 0–0 3–0 — — —
Santos 3:3 Bolívar 1–2 8–0 +7:−7 — —
Universidad de Chile 3:3 Deportivo Quito 1–4 6–0 +3:−3 — —
Libertad 4:1 Cruz Azul 1–1 2–0 — — —
Vélez Sársfield 4:1 Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–1 — — —
Lanús 3:3 Vasco da Gama 1–2 2–1 0:0 1:1 4–5
Unión Española 0:6 Boca Juniors 1–2 2–3 — — —

Match A
Internacional 0–0 Fluminense
Report
Attendance: 32.268
Fluminense 2–1 Internacional
Leandro Euzebio  15'
Fred  45'		 Report Leandro Damião  13'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 33.386

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B
Emelec 0–0 Corinthians
Report
Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)
Corinthians 3–0 Emelec
Fábio Santos  7'
Paulinho  64'
Alex  85'		 Report
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo
Attendance: 34.329

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C
Bolívar 2–1 Santos
Rafael  1' (o.g.)
Campos  74'		 Report Maranhão  34'
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Santos 8–0 Bolívar
Elano  6', 49'
Neymar  21' (pen.), 36'
Ganso  27', 52'
Alan Kardec  29'
Borges  60'		 Report

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.

Match D
Deportivo Quito 4–1 Universidad de Chile
Alustiza  30', 56'
Checa  45'
Martínez  82'		 Report Rodríguez  36'
Universidad de Chile 6–0 Deportivo Quito
Fernándes  20', 27'
Díaz  35'
Mena  56'
Henríquez  70', 73'		 Report

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

Match E

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F
Atlético Nacional 0–1 Vélez Sársfield
Report Bella  8'
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Vélez Sársfield 1–1 Atlético Nacional
Fernández  52' Report Mosquera  69'
Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G

Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.

Match H
Boca Juniors 2–1 Unión Española
Riquelme  24'
Silva  89'		 Report Jaime  72'
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Fluminense 1:4 Boca Juniors 0–1 1–1 — — —
Corinthians 4:1 Vasco da Gama 0–0 1–0 — — —
Santos 3:3 Vélez Sársfield 0–1 1–0 0:0 0:0 4–2
Universidad de Chile 2:2 Libertad 1–1 1–1 0:0 1:1 5–3

Match S1
Boca Juniors 1–0 Fluminense
Mouche  51' Report
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 45.000
Referee: José Buitrago (Colombia)
Fluminense 1–1 Boca Juniors
Thiago Carleto  16' Report Silva  90'
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 36.276
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2
Corinthians 1–0 Vasco da Gama
Paulinho  87' Report
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo
Attendance: 35.974

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3
Vélez Sársfield 1–0 Santos
Obolo  35' Report

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.

Match S4

Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Semifinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Universidad de Chile 1:4 Boca Juniors 0–2 0–0 — — —
Corinthians 4:1 Santos 1–0 1–1 — — —

Match F1
Boca Juniors 2–0 Universidad de Chile
Silva  15'
Sánchez Miño  55'		 Report
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 51.000

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2
Corinthians 1–1 Santos
Danilo  47' Report Neymar  39'
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo
Attendance: 37,978

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.[5]

Boca Juniors 1–1 Corinthians
Roncaglia  72' Report Romarinho  84'
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Corinthians 2–0 Boca Juniors
Emerson Sheik  53', 72' Report
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho (Pacaembu), São Paulo

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References
  1. "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa de octavos de final". CONMEBOL. April 19, 2012.
  2. "Libertadores: programa de 4tos de final". CONMEBOL. May 11, 2012.
  3. "Libertadores: las semis ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL. May 28, 2012.
  4. "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa con fechas y horarios de la final". CONMEBOL. June 22, 2012.
  5. "Copa Santander Libertadores 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
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