2008 Copa Libertadores knockout stage

Main article: 2008 Copa Libertadores

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:

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

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

11	LDU Quito	2	1	3
					11	LDU Quito (p)	1	1	2

					14	San Lorenzo	1	1	2
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. 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, 200820:10 (UTC-3)

Lanús	0 – 1	Atlas
	Report	Marioni 37'

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús - Néstor Díaz Pérez, LanúsAttendance: 6,104Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

April 29, 200820:30 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	2 – 0	Estudiantes
Guerrón 63' Manso 77'	Report

Estadio Casa Blanca, QuitoAttendance: 17,540Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

April 30, 200817:40 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 1	Cruzeiro
Riquelme 6' Dátolo 65'	Report	Fabrício 78'

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos AiresAttendance: 35,137Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

April 30, 200817:45 (UTC-5)

América	2 – 4	Flamengo
Cervantes 45' Esqueda 72'	Report	Marcinho 44', 70' Tardelli 89' Moura 90'

Estadio Azteca, México DFReferee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

April 30, 200819:45 (UTC-3)

San Lorenzo	2 – 1	River Plate
Silvera 27' González 87' (pen.)	Report	Falcao 30'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain (Nuevo Gasómetro), Buenos AiresAttendance: 25,337Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

April 30, 200820:00 (UTC-5)

Atlético Nacional	1 – 2	Fluminense
Arrué 53'	Report	Neves 22' (pen.) Conca 72'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, MedellínReferee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

April 30, 200822:00 (UTC-3)

Nacional	0 – 0	São Paulo
	Report

Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoReferee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

May 1, 200820:45 (UTC-3)

Santos	2 – 0	Cúcuta Deportivo
Lima 18' Molina 71'	Report

Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro), SantosAttendance: 17,282Referee: Marco Rodríguez (México)

Second leg

May 6, 200818:30 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	1 – 0	Atlético Nacional
Roger 53'	Report

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracana), Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 31,700Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Fluminense advanced 6–0 on points.

May 6, 200821:00 (UTC-3)

Estudiantes	2 – 1	LDU Quito
Alayes 46' Maggiolo 66'	Report	Bolaños 25'

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La PlataReferee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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

May 6, 200821:30 (UTC-5)

Atlas	2 – 2	Lanús
Marioni 29' Mendivil 78'	Report	Sand 64' Acosta 90'

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraReferee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Atlas advanced 4–1 on points.

May 7, 200819:10 (UTC-3)

Cruzeiro	1 – 2	Boca Juniors
Wágner 56'	Report	Palacio 36' Palermo 44'

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão), Belo HorizonteAttendance: 61,471Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Boca Juniors advanced 6–0 on points.

May 7, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

Flamengo	0 – 3	América
	Report	Cabañas 20', 77' Esqueda 38'

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracana), Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 47,115Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

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

May 7, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

São Paulo	2 – 0	Nacional
Adriano 37' Dagoberto 89'	Report

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbí), São PauloAttendance: 42,050Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

São Paulo advanced 4–1 on points.

May 8, 200820:30 (UTC-3)

River Plate	2 – 2	San Lorenzo
Abelairas 12' Abreu 62' (pen.)	Report	Bergessio 69', 72'

Estadio Antonio V. Liberti (Monumental), Buenos AiresAttendance: 56,938Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

San Lorenzo advanced 4–1 on points.

May 8, 200821:15 (UTC-5)

Cúcuta Deportivo	0 – 2	Santos
	Report	Kléber Pereira 40' Lima 53'

Estadio General Santander, CúcutaReferee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Santos advanced 6–0 on points.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played on May 14, 15, and May 21 and 22. 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, 200819:20 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 2	Atlas
Ayala 36' (o.g.) Cáceres 75'	Report	Flores 5' Torres 88'

Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos AiresAttendance: 51,000Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

May 14, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

São Paulo	1 – 0	Fluminense
Adriano 19'	Report

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo (Morumbí), São PauloAttendance: 61,593Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

May 15, 200819:00 (UTC-3)

San Lorenzo	1 – 1	LDU Quito
González 38'	Report	Bieler 36'

Estadio Pedro Bidegain (Nuevo Gasómetro), Buenos AiresAttendance: 35,000Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

May 15, 200819:20 (UTC-5)

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

Estadio Azteca, México DFAttendance: 105,000Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Second leg

May 21, 200817:20 (UTC-5)

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

Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 56,713Referee: Rubén Selman (Chile)

Boca Juniors advanced 4–1 on points.

May 21, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	3 – 1	São Paulo
Washington 11', 90+1' Dodô 71'	Report	Adriano 70'

Estádio Mario Filho (Maracaná), Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 68,191Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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

May 22, 200817:20 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	1 – 1	San Lorenzo
Manso 27'	Report	Bergessio 47'
Penalties
Urrutia Campos Vaca Guerrón Bieler	5 – 3	González D'Alessandro Torres Alvarado

Estadio Casa Blanca, QuitoAttendance: 55,000Referee: 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, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

Santos	1 – 0	América
Pereira 62'	Report

Estádio Urbano Caldeira (Vila Belmiro), SantosAttendance: 19,539Referee: 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. 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, 200820:10 (UTC-5)

América	1 – 1	LDU Quito
Esqueda 72'	Report	Bolaños 62'

Estadio Azteca, México DFAttendance: 105,000Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

May 28, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 2	Fluminense
Riquelme 12', 65'	Report	Silva 16' Neves 77'

Estadio Presidente Perón (El Cilindro), AvellanedaReferee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Second leg

June 3, 200820:10 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	0 – 0	América
	Report

Estadio Casa Blanca, QuitoAttendance: 55,336Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

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

June 4, 200821:50 (UTC-3)

Fluminense	3 – 1	Boca Juniors
Washington 63' Ibarra 71' (o.g.) Dodô 90+3'	Report	Palermo 58'

Estádio Mário Filho (Maracanã), Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 78,856Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Fluminense advanced 4–1 on points.

Finals

Main article: 2008 Copa Libertadores Final

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, 200819:50 (UTC-5)

LDU Quito	4 – 2	Fluminense
Bieler 2' Guerrón 29' Campos 34' Urrutia 45'	Report	Conca 12' Neves 52'

Estadio La Casa Blanca, QuitoAttendance: 55,359Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Second leg

July 2, 200821:50 (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 JaneiroAttendance: 86,027Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

References

^ "The 2008 Santander Libertadores Cup is already in play". conmebol.com. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
"Boca to play home game vs Atlas at Estadio Jose Amalfitani, home of Velez Sarzfield". 2008-05-08. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
"Boca to play home game vs Fluminense at Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, home of Racing". 2008-05-27. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

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