The knockout stages of the 2013 Copa Libertadores de América were played from April 24 to July 24, 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stages.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the second stage qualified for the knockout stages.
GroupWinnersRunners-up1 Nacional Boca Juniors2 Palmeiras Tigre3 Atlético Mineiro São Paulo4 Vélez Sarsfield Emelec5 Corinthians Tijuana6 Santa Fe Real Garcilaso7 Olimpia Newell's Old Boys8 Fluminense Grêmio
Seeding The qualified teams were 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.
Format In the knockout stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules: Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals must be played in South America, i.e., a finalist from Mexico must host the first leg regardless of seeding. In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner. If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other.
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stages was determined by the seeding as follows: Round of 16: Match A: Seed 1 vs. Seed 16 Match B: Seed 2 vs. Seed 15 Match C: Seed 3 vs. Seed 14 Match D: Seed 4 vs. Seed 13 Match E: Seed 5 vs. Seed 12 Match F: Seed 6 vs. Seed 11 Match G: Seed 7 vs. Seed 10 Match H: Seed 8 vs. Seed 9 Quarterfinals: Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E Semifinals: (if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3 Finals: Winner F1 vs. Winner F2
Round of 16 The first legs were played on April 24–25 and April 30–May 2, and the second legs were played on May 8–9 and 14–16, 2013.
Match A
Atlético Mineiro won 6–2 on aggregate.
Match B
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on away goals.
Match C
Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Match D
Boca Juniors won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match E
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Newell's Old Boys won on away goals.
Match F
Fluminense won 3–2 on aggregate.
Match G
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Real Garcilaso won on penalties.
Match H
Tijuana won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on May 22–23, and the second legs were played on May 28–30, 2013.
Match S1
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on away goals.
Match S2
Santa Fe won 5–1 on aggregate.
Match S3
Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match S4
Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Newell's Old Boys won on penalties.
Semifinals The first legs were played on July 2–3, and the second legs were played on July 9–10, 2013.
Match F1
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on penalties.
Match F2
Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.
Finals
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. The teams tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time were played. A penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
The first leg was played on July 17, and the second leg was played on July 24, 2013.
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Mineiro won on penalties.
References
External links
Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL.com