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2018 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018
La Bombonera in Buenos Aires (top) and Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid (bottom), venues for the final
Tournament details
Dates	22 January – 9 December 2018
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (4th title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	156
Goals scored	353 (2.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miguel Borja Wilson Morelo (9 goals each)
Best player(s)	Gonzalo Martínez
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The 2018 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 59th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

River Plate defeated Boca Juniors in the finals by an aggregate score of 5–3 to win their fourth tournament title. As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana in the 2019 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage. Grêmio were the defending champions, but were defeated by River Plate in the semifinals.

The first leg of the final was played at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 November 2018, while the second leg took place outside South America at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain (a neutral venue) on 9 December 2018. The New York Times reported that the second leg was referred to as the "Final to End All Finals" and the biggest game in Argentine sport history but it was postponed and moved due to violence against the Boca Juniors team.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:

• Copa Libertadores champions
• Copa Sudamericana champions
• Brazil: 7 berths
• Argentina: 6 berths
• All other associations: 4 berths each

Teams from Mexico, as they did in 2017, withdrew from the 2018 Copa Libertadores, citing schedule conflicts.

The entry stage was determined as follows:

• Group stage: 28 teams
  • Copa Libertadores champions
  • Copa Sudamericana champions
  • Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
  • Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
• Second stage: 13 teams
  • Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
  • Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
  • Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
  • Teams which qualified for berths 3 from all other associations
• First stage: 6 teams
  • Teams which qualified for berths 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 + 1 berths)	Independiente (Argentina 1; Copa Sudamericana)	Group stage	2017 Copa Sudamericana champions
	Boca Juniors (Argentina 2)		2016–17 Primera División champions
	River Plate (Argentina 3)		2016–17 Primera División runners-up
	Atlético Tucumán (Argentina 4)		2016–17 Copa Argentina runners-up
	Estudiantes (Argentina 5)		2016–17 Primera División 3rd place
	Racing (Argentina 6)		2016–17 Primera División 4th place
	Banfield (Argentina 7)	Second stage	2016–17 Primera División 5th place
Bolivia (4 berths)	The Strongest (Bolivia 1)	Group stage	2016 Apertura champions
	Bolívar (Bolivia 2)		2017 Apertura champions
	Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia 3)	Second stage	2017 Clausura best team not yet qualified
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 4)	First stage	2016–17 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Brazil (7 + 1 berths)	Grêmio (Brazil 1; Title holders)	Group stage	2017 Copa Libertadores champions
	Corinthians (Brazil 2)		2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions
	Cruzeiro (Brazil 3)		2017 Copa do Brasil champions
	Palmeiras (Brazil 4)		2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
	Santos (Brazil 5)		2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place
	Flamengo (Brazil 6)		2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place
	Vasco da Gama (Brazil 7)	Second stage	2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place
	Chapecoense (Brazil 8)		2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place
Chile (4 berths)	Universidad de Chile (Chile 1)	Group stage	2017 Clausura champions
	Colo-Colo (Chile 2)		2017 Transición champions
	Santiago Wanderers (Chile 3)	Second stage	2017 Copa Chile champions
	Universidad de Concepción (Chile 4)		2017 Primera División runners-up playoff winners
Colombia (4 berths)	Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1)	Group stage	2017 Apertura champions
	Millonarios (Colombia 2)		2017 Finalización champions
	Santa Fe (Colombia 3)	Second stage	2017 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Junior (Colombia 4)		2017 Copa Colombia champions
Ecuador (4 berths)	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	Group stage	2017 Serie A champions
	Delfín (Ecuador 2)		2017 Serie A runners-up
	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 3)	Second stage	2017 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Macará (Ecuador 4)	First stage	2017 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Paraguay (4 berths)	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	Group stage	2017 Primera División tournament champions with better record in aggregate table
	Libertad (Paraguay 2)		2017 Primera División tournament champions with worse record in aggregate table
	Guaraní (Paraguay 3)	Second stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Olimpia (Paraguay 4)	First stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Peru (4 berths)	Alianza Lima (Peru 1)	Group stage	2017 Torneo Descentralizado champions
	Real Garcilaso (Peru 2)		2017 Torneo Descentralizado runners-up
	Melgar (Peru 3)	Second stage	2017 Torneo de Verano winners
	Universitario (Peru 4)	First stage	2017 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Uruguay (4 berths)	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	Group stage	2017 Primera División champions
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 2)		2017 Primera División runners-up
	Nacional (Uruguay 3)	Second stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay 4)	First stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Venezuela (4 berths)	Monagas (Venezuela 1)	Group stage	2017 Primera División champions
	Deportivo Lara (Venezuela 2)		2017 Primera División runners-up
	Carabobo (Venezuela 3)	Second stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 4)	First stage	2017 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. The first stage matches were played on Monday and Friday, instead of the usual midweek of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The finals were initially scheduled for 7 and 28 November, but were moved to 10 and 24 November after the finalists were confirmed.

Draws

The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores (shown in parentheses), taking into account of the following three factors:

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 2008–2017
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores results in the period 1960–2007
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years

For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the winners of the first stage, which were unseeded and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

Notes

1. The identity of the team Chile 4 was not known at the time of the draw, and was unseeded in the second stage draw.

For the third stage, no draw was made, and the eight teams were allocated into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg. As the identity of the winners of the second stage was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

• Second stage winner C1 vs. Second stage winner C8
• Second stage winner C2 vs. Second stage winner C7
• Second stage winner C3 vs. Second stage winner C6
• Second stage winner C4 vs. Second stage winner C5

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H, also denoted as Groups 1–8) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Notes

1. Defending Copa Libertadores champion, automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to Group A in the group stage draw.
2. Defending Copa Sudamericana champion, automatically seeded into Pot 2 in the group stage draw.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie.

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).

The qualifying stages were structured as follows:

• First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 13 teams which were given byes to the second stage.
• Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
• Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

First stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montevideo Wanderers	0–2	Olimpia	0–0	0–2
Macará	1–1 (a)	Deportivo Táchira	1–1	0–0
Oriente Petrolero	3–3 (a)	Universitario	2–0	1–3

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Táchira	2–3	Santa Fe	2–3	0–0
Chapecoense	0–2	Nacional	0–1	0–1
Oriente Petrolero	3–4	Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	2–2
Carabobo	1–6	Guaraní	1–0	0–6
Olimpia	2–3	Junior	1–0	1–3
Universidad de Concepción	0–6	Vasco da Gama	0–4	0–2
Banfield	3–3 (a)	Independiente del Valle	1–1	2–2
Santiago Wanderers	2–1	Melgar	1–1	1–0

Third stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santiago Wanderers	1–5	Santa Fe	1–2	0–3
Banfield	2–3	Nacional	2–2	0–1
Vasco da Gama	4–4 (3–2 p)	Jorge Wilstermann	4–0	0–4
Junior	1–0	Guaraní	1–0	0–0

Copa Sudamericana qualification

The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.

Pos	Third stage losers v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jorge Wilstermann	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	Copa Sudamericana
2	Banfield	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	Guaraní	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
4	Santiago Wanderers	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria were used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the Copa Sudamericana second stage.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	CPO	DEF	MON
1	Grêmio	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14	Round of 16		—	5–0	1–0	4–0
2	Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	8	8	0	13			0–0	—	2–1	3–2
3	Defensor Sporting	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Monagas	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			1–2	0–2	1–0	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATN	CCL	BOL	DEL
1	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	9	3	+6	10	Round of 16		—	0–0	4–1	4–0
2	Colo-Colo	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8			0–1	—	2–0	0–2
3	Bolívar	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Delfín	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			1–0	1–2	1–1	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIB	ATU	PEÑ	STR
1	Libertad	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Round of 16		—	0–0	2–1	3–0
2	Atlético Tucumán	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			0–2	—	1–0	3–0
3	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9	Copa Sudamericana		2–0	3–1	—	2–0
4	The Strongest	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3			1–3	1–2	1–0	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	FLA	SFE	EME
1	River Plate	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12	Round of 16		—	0–0	0–0	2–1
2	Flamengo	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	10			2–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Santa Fe	6	1	4	1	5	3	+2	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Emelec	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			0–1	1–2	0–3	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	RAC	VAS	UCH
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	15	5	+10	11	Round of 16		—	2–1	0–0	7–0
2	Racing	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11			4–2	—	4–0	1–0
3	Vasco da Gama	6	1	2	3	3	10	−7	5	Copa Sudamericana		0–4	1–1	—	0–1
4	Universidad de Chile	6	1	2	3	2	11	−9	5			0–0	1–1	0–2	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAN	EST	NAC	RGA
1	Santos	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10	Round of 16		—	2–0	3–1	0–0
2	Estudiantes	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8			0–1	—	3–1	3–0
3	Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	Copa Sudamericana		1–0	0–0	—	4–0
4	Real Garcilaso	6	1	3	2	2	7	−5	6			2–0	0–0	0–0	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	IND	MIL	LAR
1	Corinthians	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10	Round of 16		—	1–2	0–1	2–0
2	Independiente	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10			0–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Millonarios	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8	Copa Sudamericana		0–0	1–1	—	4–0
4	Deportivo Lara	6	2	0	4	5	16	−11	6			2–7	1–0	2–1	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	BOC	JUN	ALI
1	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11	16	Round of 16		—	1–1	3–1	2–0
2	Boca Juniors	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9			0–2	—	1–0	5–0
3	Junior	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	1	5	1	13	−12	1			1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the 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 (Regulations Article 23).
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 30).

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1 in round of 16 draw) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2 in round of 16 draw) seeded 9–16.

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16 draw
1	H	Palmeiras	6	5	1	0	14	3	+11	16	Pot 1
2	A	Grêmio	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14
3	C	Libertad	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13
4	D	River Plate	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	12
5	E	Cruzeiro	6	3	2	1	15	5	+10	11
6	G	Corinthians	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10
7	B	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	9	3	+6	10
8	F	Santos	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
9	A	Cerro Porteño	6	4	1	1	8	8	0	13	Pot 2
10	E	Racing	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11
11	D	Flamengo	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	10
12	G	Independiente	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
13	C	Atlético Tucumán	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
14	H	Boca Juniors	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9
15	F	Estudiantes	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8
16	B	Colo-Colo	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 4 June 2018.

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	14	Boca Juniors	2	4	6
	3	Libertad	0	2	2
								14	Boca Juniors	2	1	3
								5	Cruzeiro	0	1	1
	11	Flamengo	0	1	1
	5	Cruzeiro	2	0	2
															14	Boca Juniors	2	2	4
															1	Palmeiras	0	2	2
	16	Colo-Colo (a)	1	1	2
	6	Corinthians	0	2	2
								16	Colo-Colo	0	0	0
								1	Palmeiras	2	2	4
	9	Cerro Porteño	0	1	1
	1	Palmeiras	2	0	2
																						14	Boca Juniors	2	1	3
																						4	River Plate	2	3	5
	12	Independiente	3	0	3
	8	Santos	0	0	0
								12	Independiente	0	1	1
								4	River Plate	0	3	3
	10	Racing	0	0	0
	4	River Plate	0	3	3
															4	River Plate (a)	0	2	2
															2	Grêmio	1	1	2
	13	Atlético Tucumán	2	0	2
	7	Atlético Nacional	0	1	1
								13	Atlético Tucumán	0	0	0
								2	Grêmio	2	4	6
	15	Estudiantes	2	1	3 (3)
	2	Grêmio (p)	1	2	3 (5)

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Racing	0–3	River Plate	0–0	0–3
Colo-Colo	2–2 (a)	Corinthians	1–0	1–2
Flamengo	1–2	Cruzeiro	0–2	1–0
Estudiantes	3–3 (3–5 p)	Grêmio	2–1	1–2
Atlético Tucumán	2–1	Atlético Nacional	2–0	0–1
Boca Juniors	6–2	Libertad	2–0	4–2
Cerro Porteño	1–2	Palmeiras	0–2	1–0
Independiente	3–0	Santos	3–0	0–0

Notes

1. CONMEBOL awarded Independiente a 3–0 win as a result of Santos fielding the ineligible player Carlos Sánchez. The match originally ended 0–0.
2. Match abandoned after 81 minutes due to crowd trouble, with the score 0–0 at the time.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente	1–3	River Plate	0–0	1–3
Colo-Colo	0–4	Palmeiras	0–2	0–2
Boca Juniors	3–1	Cruzeiro	2–0	1–1
Atlético Tucumán	0–6	Grêmio	0–2	0–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–2 (a)	Grêmio	0–1	2–1
Boca Juniors	4–2	Palmeiras	2–0	2–2

Finals

Boca Juniors	2–2	River Plate
Ábila 34' Benedetto 45+1'	Report	Pratto 35' Izquierdoz 61' (o.g.)

River Plate	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Boca Juniors
Pratto 68' Quintero 109' G. Martínez 120+2'	Report	Benedetto 44'

River Plate won 5–3 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	3Q1	3Q2	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Miguel Borja	Palmeiras							1	1			1	3	2			1					9
	Wilson Morelo	Santa Fe			2		2	2	1		1			1
3	Jádson	Corinthians								x	1	1	3			1							6
4	Ramón Ábila	Boca Juniors							x					2	1	x	x			1	1		5
	Darío Benedetto	Boca Juniors							x	x	x	x	x	x	x			x	2	1	1	1
	Óscar Cardozo	Libertad							x	x	1		2			2
	Éverton	Grêmio								1		2	x	x	x	1	1		x
	Lautaro Martínez	Racing							3		1	1
	Lucas Pratto	River Plate										1	1			1					1	1
	Sassá	Cruzeiro							x			2	2		x	x	x	1
	Thiago Neves	Cruzeiro										2	1	1	1

Source: CONMEBOL.com

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Egídio	Cruzeiro	6
2	Cristian Pavón	Boca Juniors	5
	Serginho	Jorge Wilstermann
4	Anderson Plata	Santa Fe	4
	Moisés	Palmeiras
6	Alisson	Grêmio	3
	Antonio Bareiro	Libertad
	Ricardo Centurión	Racing
	Yimmi Chará	Junior
	Luan	Grêmio
	Gonzalo Martínez	River Plate
	Pablo Pérez	Boca Juniors
	Sebastián Villa	Boca Juniors
	Matías Zunino	Nacional

Source: CONMEBOL.com

Notes

1. The Boca Juniors v River Plate match, originally scheduled on 10 November 2018, 17:00 UTC−3, was postponed to the following day due to a waterlogged pitch.
2. The River Plate v Boca Juniors match, originally scheduled on 24 November 2018, 17:00 UTC−3, was postponed to 9 December 2018 due to an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus when several players were injured.
3. The River Plate v Boca Juniors match, originally scheduled to be hosted by River Plate at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, took place in Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid due to safety concerns.

References

1. "¡River Plate campeón!". CONMEBOL.com. 9 December 2018.
2. ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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External links

• CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018, CONMEBOL.com

• 2018 Copa Libertadores
• 2018 in South American football