2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages
The 2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 7 February to 16 March 2023. A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022, taking into account the following three factors:
- Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2013–2022.
- Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2012 and 2002–2012 respectively.
- Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties, with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.
- 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
Format
In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams had been tied on aggregate, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner.
Bracket
The qualifying stages were structured as follows:
- First stage : 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 : The eight winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage.
- Third stage : The four winners of the third stage advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The four teams eliminated in the third stage entered the 2023 Copa Sudamericana group stage.
First stage
Summary
The first legs were played on 7–9 February, and the second legs were played on 14–16 February 2023.Matches
Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.----
El Nacional won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.
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''Boston River won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage.''
Second stage
Summary
The first legs were played on 21–23 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February – 2 March 2023.Matches
Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.----
Sporting Cristal won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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Fortaleza won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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Independiente Medellín won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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Magallanes won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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Huracán won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.
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''Millonarios won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage.''
Third stage
The first legs were played on 8–9 March, and the second legs were played on 15–16 March 2023.Matches
Atlético Mineiro won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.----
Sporting Cristal won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
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Cerro Porteño won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
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''Independiente Medellín won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.''