The 2016
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
second stage was played from 16 February to 21 April 2016. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the
final stages
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of the
2016 Copa Libertadores
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, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
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Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 22 December 2015, 20:30 PYST (
UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in
Luque
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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
The six winners of the
first stage which joined the 26 direct entrants were as follows:
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Winner G1:
Santa Fe
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Winner G2:
Huracán
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Winner G3:
Racing
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Winner G4:
River Plate
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Winner G5:
Independiente del Valle
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Founded in 1958, the club play ...
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Winner G6:
São Paulo
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Format
Groups
The fixture list was determined by the draw as follows:
*Round 1: Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
*Round 2: Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
*Round 3: Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 4
*Round 4: Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 3
*Round 5: Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
*Round 6: Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4
The matches were played on 16–18, 23–25 February, 1–3, 8–10, 15–17 March, 5–7, 12–14 and 19–21 April 2016.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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References
External links
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Copa Libertadores 2016 CONMEBOL.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
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