2018 Copa Libertadores group stage


The 2018 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 27 February to 24 May 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Libertadores.

Draw


The draw for the group stage was held on 20 December 2017, 20:00 PYST, at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, 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 group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups 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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

;Notes

The following were the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.
MatchThird stage winners
G1 Santa Fe
G2 Nacional
G3 Vasco da Gama
G4 Junior

Format


In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Goal difference; 2. Goals scored; 3. Away goals scored; 4. CONMEBOL ranking.
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.

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 27–28 February, 1, 13–15 March, 3–5, 11, 17–19, 24–26 April, 1–3, 15–17 and 22–24 May 2018.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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