2015 Copa Libertadores second stage
The 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage was played from February 17 to April 22, 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the 2015 [Copa Libertadores final stages|final stages] of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on December 2, 2014, 21:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their association and qualifying berth. Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 2 could not be drawn into the same group. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
San [Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo] FormatIn the second stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the 2015 Copa [Libertadores final stages|round of 16].TiebreakersThe teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
GroupsThe matches were played on February 17–19, 24–26, March 3–5, 10–12, 17–19, April 1, 7–9, 14–16, and 21–22, 2015.Group 1---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 3---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 4---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 5---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 6---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 7---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 8---- ---- ---- ---- ---- |