2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

The last four stages of the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores are the knockout stages: the Round of 16, the Quarterfinals, the Semifinals, and the Finals.

Format

The remaining stages of the tournament constitute a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, the teams will play an opponent in a two-legged tie on a home-away basis. Each team will earn three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of each tie will advance.

Tie-breaking

The following criteria will be used for breaking ties on points^[1]:

Goal difference
Goals scored
Away goals
Penalty shoot-out

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams in the knockout round will be seeded according to their results in the group stage. The top teams from each group are seeded 1–8, with the team with the most points as seed 1 and the team with the least as seed 8. The second-best teams from each group are seeded 9–16, with the team with the most points as seed 9 and the team with the least as seed 16. Teams with a higher seed will play the second leg of each tie at home.

Teams qualified as a group winner
Seed	Team	Pts	GD	GF	AG
1	Fluminense	13	+8	11	2
2	Flamengo	13	+4	8	3
3	River Plate	12	+6	14	5
4	Atlas	11	+5	11	2
5	Cruzeiro	11	+4	11	2
6	Estudiantes	11	+4	9	5
7	Cúcuta Deportivo	11	+3	7	6
8	São Paulo	11	+2	6	2

Teams qualified as a runner-up
Seed	Team	Pts	GD	GF	AG
9	Nacional	12	+4	9	2
10	Santos	10	+7	13	3
11	LDU Quito	10	+5	10	2
12	Boca Juniors	10	+3	12	2
13	Lanús	10	+3	9	3
14	San Lorenzo	10	+1	8	4
15	América	9	0	10	1
16	Atlético Nacional	8	+3	8	3

Bracket

Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Fluminense	2	1	3

16	Atlético Nacional	1	0	1
					1	Fluminense	0	3	3

					8	São Paulo	1	1	2
8	São Paulo	0	2	2

9	Nacional	0	0	0
										1	Fluminense	2	3	5

										12	Boca Juniors	2	1	3
5	Cruzeiro	1	1	2

12	Boca Juniors	2	2	4
					12	Boca Juniors	2	3	5

					4	Atlas	2	0	2
4	Atlas	1	2	3

13	Lanús	0	2	2
															1	Fluminense	2	3	5 [1]

															11	LDU Quito (p)	4	1	5 [3]
6	Estudiantes	0	2	2

11	LDU Quito	2	1	3
					11	LDU Quito (p)	1	1	2 [5]

					14	San Lorenzo	1	1	2 [3]
3	River Plate	1	2	3

14	San Lorenzo	2	2	4
										11	LDU Quito (a)	1	0	1

										15	América	1	0	1
7	Cúcuta Deportivo	0	0	0

10	Santos	2	2	4
					10	Santos	0	1	1

					15	América	2	0	2
2	Flamengo	4	0	4

15	América	2	3	5

Round of 16

The Round of 16 was played between April 29 and 30, and May 1, 6, and 8.^[1] Team #1 played the second leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	6–0	Atlético Nacional	2–1	1–0
Flamengo	3–3 (gd)	América	4–2	0–3
River Plate	1–4	San Lorenzo	1–2	2–2
Atlas	4–1	Lanús	1–0	2–2
Cruzeiro	0–6	Boca Juniors	1–2	1–2
Estudiantes	3–3 (gd)	LDU Quito	0–2	2–1
Cúcuta Deportivo	0–6	Santos	0–2	0–2
São Paulo	4–1	Nacional	0–0	2–0

First leg

April 29, 2008

20:10 (UTC-3)

Lanús	0 – 1	Atlas
	Report	Marioni 37'

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez, Lanús

Attendance: 6,104

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

April 29, 2008

20:30 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	2 – 0	Estudiantes
Guerrón 63' Manso 77'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 17,540

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

April 30, 2008

17:40 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 1	Cruzeiro
Riquelme 6' Dátolo 65'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Fabrício 78'

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires

Attendance: 35,137

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

April 30, 2008

17:45 (UTC-5)

América	2 – 4	Flamengo
Cervantes 45' Esqueda 72'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Marcinho 44', 70' Tardelli 89' Moura 90'

Estadio Azteca, México DF

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

April 30, 2008

19:45 (UTC-3)

San Lorenzo	2 – 1	River Plate
Silvera 27' González 87' (pen.)	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Falcao 30'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain (Nuevo Gasómetro), Buenos Aires

Attendance: 25,337

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

April 30, 2008

20:00 (UTC-5)

Atlético Nacional	1 – 2	Fluminense
Arrué 53'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Neves 22' (pen.) Conca 72'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

April 30, 2008

22:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0 – 0	São Paulo
	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

May 1, 2008

20:45 (UTC-3)

Santos	2 – 0	Cúcuta Deportivo
Lima 18' Molina 71'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro), Santos

Attendance: 17,282

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (México)

Second leg

May 6, 2008

18:30 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	1 – 0	Atlético Nacional
Roger 53'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracana), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 31,700

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Fluminense advanced 6–0 on points.

May 6, 2008

21:00 (UTC-3)

Estudiantes	2 – 1	LDU Quito
Alayes 46' Maggiolo 66'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Bolaños 25'

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

LDU Quito 3–3 Estudiantes on points. LDU Quito advanced on better goal difference (+1).

May 6, 2008

21:30 (UTC-5)

Atlas	2 – 2	Lanús
Marioni 29' Mendivil 78'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Sand 64' Acosta 90'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Atlas advanced 4–1 on points.

May 7, 2008

19:10 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	1 – 2	Boca Juniors
Wágner 56'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Palacio 36' Palermo 44'

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 61,471

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Boca Juniors advanced 6–0 on points.

May 7, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Flamengo	0 – 3	América
	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Cabañas 20', 77' Esqueda 38'

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracana), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 47,115

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

América 3–3 Flamengo on points. América advanced on better goal difference (+1).

May 7, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

São Paulo	2 – 0	Nacional
Adriano 37' Dagoberto 89'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbí), São Paulo

Attendance: 42,050

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

São Paulo advanced 4–1 on points.

May 8, 2008

20:30 (UTC-3)

River Plate	2 – 2	San Lorenzo
Abelairas 12' Abreu 62' (pen.)	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Bergessio 69', 72'

Estadio Antonio V. Liberti (Monumental), Buenos Aires

Attendance: 56,938

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

San Lorenzo advanced 4–1 on points.

May 8, 2008

21:15 (UTC-5)

Cúcuta Deportivo	0 – 2	Santos
	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Kléber Pereira 40' Lima 53'

Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Santos advanced 6–0 on points.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played on May 14, 15, and May 21 and 22.^[1] Team #1 played the second leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	(gd) 3–3	São Paulo	0–1	3–1
Santos	3–3 (gd)	América	0–2	1–0
LDU Quito	2–2 (5–3 p)	San Lorenzo	1–1	1–1
Atlas	1–4	Boca Juniors	2–2	0–3

First leg

May 14, 2008

19:20 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 2	Atlas
Ayala 36' (o.g.) Cáceres 75'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Flores 5' Torres 88'

Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires^[2]

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

May 14, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

São Paulo	1 – 0	Fluminense
Adriano 19'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbí), São Paulo

Attendance: 61,593

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

May 15, 2008

19:00 (UTC-3)

San Lorenzo	1 – 1	LDU Quito
González 38'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Bieler 36'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain (Nuevo Gasómetro), Buenos Aires

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

May 15, 2008

19:20 (UTC-5)

América	2 – 0	Santos
Cabañas 25', 62'	Report

Estadio Azteca, México DF

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Second leg

May 21, 2008

17:20 (UTC-5)

Atlas	0 – 3	Boca Juniors
	Report	Palermo 20', 34', 38'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 56,713

Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

Boca Juniors advanced 4–1 on points.

May 21, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	3 – 1	São Paulo
Washington 11', 90+1' Dodô 71'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Adriano 70'

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracaná), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 68,191

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Fluminense and São Paulo tied 3–3 on points. Fluminense advanced on goal difference (+1).

May 22, 2008

17:20 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	1 – 1	San Lorenzo
Manso 27'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Bergessio 47'
Penalties
Urrutia Campos Vaca Guerrón Bieler	5 – 3	González D'Alessandro Torres Alvarado

Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (México)

LDU Quito and San Lorenzo tied 2–2 on points, and tied 0 on goal difference. LDU Quito advanced 5–3 on penalties.

May 22, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Santos	1 – 0	América
Pereira 62'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro), Santos

Attendance: 19,539

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

América and Santos tied 3–3 on points. América advanced on goal difference (+1).

Semifinals

The Semifinals were played between May 27, 28, and June 3, 4.^[1] Team #1 played the second leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fluminense	4–1	Boca Juniors	2–2	3–1
LDU Quito	(a) 2–2	América	1–1	0–0

First leg

May 27, 2008

20:10 (UTC-5)

América	1 – 1	LDU Quito
Esqueda 72'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Bolaños 62'

Estadio Azteca, México DF

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

May 28, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 2	Fluminense
Riquelme 12', 65'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Silva 16' Neves 77'

Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda^[3]

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Second leg

June 3, 2008

20:10 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	0 – 0	América
	Report^{[permanent dead link]}

Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 55,336

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

LDU Quito 2–2 América on points. LDU Quito advanced on away goals.

June 4, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	3 – 1	Boca Juniors
Washington 63' Ibarra 71' (o.g.) Dodô 90+3'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Palermo 58'

Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 78,856

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Fluminense advanced 4–1 on points.

Finals

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
LDU Quito	3–3 a.e.t. (3–1 p)	Fluminense	4–2	1–3

First leg

June 25, 2008

19:50 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	4 – 2	Fluminense
Bieler 2' Guerrón 29' Campos 34' Urrutia 45'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Conca 12' Neves 52'

Estadio La Casa Blanca, Quito

Attendance: 55,359

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Second leg

July 2, 2008

21:50 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	LDU Quito
Neves 12', 28', 56'	Report	Bolaños 6'
Penalties
Conca Neves Cícero Washington	1 – 3	Urrutia Campos Salas Guerrón

Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 86,027

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

References

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