2020 Copa Libertadores


The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores is the 61st edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the final will be played at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 November 2020. The winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. Flamengo are the defending champions.
In March 2018, the Liga MX President, Enrique Bonilla, said that Liga MX and Major League Soccer were open to start talks to have Mexican teams return and MLS teams from Canada and the United States to join if they could agree on terms with the CONMEBOL officials. Teams from Mexico have withdrawn from the Copa Libertadores since 2017, but may return in the future if the issue of schedule conflicts can be solved.
On 21 May 2019, CONMEBOL announced that clubs must pass certain eligibility requirements in order to compete in the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. One of the original requirements was that teams must be in the top division of their member association, but this was removed after many associations stated that they had not adapted the regulations of their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
The tournament have been suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will resume on 15 September 2020, with the final rescheduled to be played in late January 2021.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:
The entry stage is determined as follows:
AssociationTeam Entry stageQualification method

Racing Group stage2018–19 Superliga Argentina champions

Defensa y Justicia Group stage2018–19 Superliga Argentina runners-up

River Plate Group stage2018–19 Copa Argentina champions

Tigre Group stage2019 Copa de la Superliga champions

Boca Juniors Group stage2018–19 Superliga Argentina 3rd place

Atlético Tucumán Second stage2018–19 Superliga Argentina 5th place

Bolívar Group stage2019 Apertura champions

Jorge Wilstermann Group stage2019 Clausura champions

The Strongest Second stage2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified

San José First stage2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Flamengo Group stage2019 Copa Libertadores and 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions

Athletico Paranaense Group stage2019 Copa do Brasil champions

Santos Group stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up

Palmeiras Group stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place

Grêmio Group stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place

São Paulo Group stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place

Internacional Second stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place

Corinthians Second stage2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place

Universidad Católica Group stage2019 Primera División champions

Colo-Colo Group stage2019 Primera División runners-up

Palestino Second stage2019 Primera División 3rd place

Universidad de Chile Second stage2019 Copa Chile runners-up

Junior Group stage2019 Apertura champions

América de Cali Group stage2019 Finalización champions

Deportes Tolima Second stage2019 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Independiente Medellín Second stage2019 Copa Colombia champions

Independiente del Valle Group stage2019 Copa Sudamericana champions

Delfín Group stage2019 Serie A champions

LDU Quito Group stage2019 Serie A runners-up

Macará Second stage2019 Serie A classification table best team not yet qualified

Barcelona First stage2019 Serie A classification table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Olimpia Group stage2019 Apertura and 2019 Clausura champions

Libertad Group stage2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Cerro Porteño Second stage2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Guaraní First stage2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified

Binacional Group stage2019 Liga 1 champions

Alianza Lima Group stage2019 Liga 1 runners-up

Sporting Cristal Second stage2019 Liga 1 3rd place

Universitario First stage2019 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Nacional Group stage2019 Primera División champions

Peñarol Group stage2019 Primera División runners-up

Cerro Largo Second stage2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Progreso First stage2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Caracas Group stage2019 Primera División champions

Estudiantes de Mérida Group stage2019 Primera División runners-up

Deportivo Táchira Second stage2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified

Carabobo First stage2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.
On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date yet to be confirmed. On 18 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended until 5 May 2020. On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely, and no date had been set for its resumption. On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.

Draws

Qualifying stages

First stage

Second stage

Third stage

Copa Sudamericana qualification

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final stages

Statistics

Top scorers