The 2016 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2016 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th edition of the
Copa Libertadores de América
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level ...
,
South America
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's premier club
football
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tournament organized by
CONMEBOL
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.
In the
finals
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, Colombian club
Atlético Nacional
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defeated Ecuadorian club
Independiente del Valle
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by an aggregate score of 2–1 to win their second tournament title in team history and qualify for the
2016 FIFA Club World Cup
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in Japan, their
first appearance
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in the
FIFA Club World Cup
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. They also earned the right to play against the winners of the
2016 Copa Sudamericana
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The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Ch ...
in the
2017 Recopa Sudamericana
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.
They also automatically qualified for the
2017 Copa Libertadores group stage.
River Plate were the defending champions, but were eliminated by
Independiente del Valle
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in the round of 16.
Teams
The following 38 teams from 11 associations (the 10 CONMEBOL members plus Mexico which were invited to compete) qualified for the tournament:
*Title holders
*Argentina and Brazil: 5 berths each
*All other associations: 3 berths each
The entry stage is determined as follows:
*Second stage: 26 teams (top four teams from Argentina and Brazil, and top two teams from all other associations)
*First stage: 12 teams (team with the lowest berth from each association, plus team with the second lowest berth from association of title holders)
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (
UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in
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Paraguay
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.
Starting from this season, teams were seeded by the newly established ''CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores'' (except for teams from Mexico which were not ranked and thus seeded last in all draws),
taking into account of the following three factors:
#Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2006–2015
#Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2005
#Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well). There is a one-month break between the quarterfinals and semifinals due to the
Copa América Centenario
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held in June.
;Notes
First stage
Second stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Final stages
Seeding
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Top assists
Prize money dispute
In January 2016, several clubs threatened to withdraw from the competition due a disagreement regarding prize money. CONMEBOL had offered a 40% increase on what was given in the 2015 edition but clubs wanted a 150% increase. On 2 February, CONMEBOL announced that the prize money paid to each club was doubled from the previous amount.
See also
*
2016 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2016 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 presented by Alibaba YunOS Auto for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament ...
*
2016 Copa Sudamericana
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana ( pt, Copa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 15th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Ch ...
*
2017 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2017 CONMEBOL Recopa was the 25th edition of the Recopa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Recopa (also referred to as the ''Recopa Sudamericana'', or pt, Recopa Sul-Americana), the association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL betwee ...
References
External links
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Copa Libertadores 2016 CONMEBOL.com
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