The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007, and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by Boca Juniors, who earned their 6th Copa Libertadores title. They won the Libertadores with Miguel Angel Russo.
Qualified teams AssociationTeam (berth)Qualification method Argentina5 berths Boca Juniors 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion Gimnasia y Esgrima 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table River Plate 2005–06 2nd best placed team on aggregate table Banfield 2005–06 3rd best placed team on aggregate table Vélez Sársfield 2005–06 4th best placed team on aggregate table Bolivia3 berths Blooming 2005–06 Apertura champion Bolívar 2005–06 Clausura champion Real Potosí 2005–06 Clausura runner-up Brazil5 + 1 berths Internacional 2006 Copa Libertadores champion Flamengo 2006 Copa do Brasil champion São Paulo 2006 Série A champion Grêmio 2006 Série A 3rd place Santos 2006 Série A 4th place Paraná 2006 Série A 5th place Chile3 berths Colo-Colo 2006 Apertura and 2006 Clausura champion Audax Italiano 2006 Clausura finalist Cobreloa Best-placed team in the 2006 Clausura classification stage Colombia3 berths Deportivo Pasto 2006 Apertura champion Cúcuta Deportivo 2006 Clausura champion Deportes Tolima 2006 best placed team on aggregate table Ecuador3 berths El Nacional 2006 Seria A champion Emelec 2006 Seria A runner-up LDU Quito 2006 Seria A 3rd place Paraguay3 berths Libertad 2006 Primera División champion Cerro Porteño 2006 Primera División runner-up Tacuary 2006 best placed team on aggregate table Peru3 berths Alianza Lima 2006 Apertura winner Cienciano 2006 Clausura winner Sporting Cristal 2006 best placed team on aggregate table Uruguay3 berths Nacional 2005–06 Primera División champion Defensor Sporting 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner Danubio 2006 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up Venezuela3 berths Caracas 2005–06 Primera División champion Unión Atlético Maracaibo 2005–06 Primera División runner-up Deportivo Táchira 2005–06 best placed team on aggregate table Mexico(CONCACAF)3 invitees Toluca 2005 Apertura champion Necaxa 2007 InterLiga winner América 2007 InterLiga runner-up
First stage
Second stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Knockout stages
The teams were seeded 1 to 8 (first placed teams of each group) and 9 to 16 (second placed teams of each group); the best seeds played the worst seeds. To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Santos with Grêmio and Boca Juniors with Cúcuta Deportivo in the semifinals.
Seeding +Teams qualified as a group winnerSeedTeam 1 Santos 18 +11 12 5 2 Flamengo 16 +6 10 5 3 Libertad 13 +5 12 6 4 Toluca 12 +4 10 4 5 Necaxa 12 +2 9 3 6 Vélez Sársfield 11 +3 6 1 7 Grêmio 10 0 4 2 8 Colo-Colo 9 +5 12 5+Teams qualified as a runner-upSeedTeam 9 América 12 +2 12 5 10 São Paulo 11 +7 11 2 11 Boca Juniors 10 +6 11 0 12 Nacional 10 +4 9 1 13 Cúcuta Deportivo 9 +2 9 5 14 Paraná 9 +1 9 5 15 Defensor Sporting 9 +1 8 2 16 Caracas 9 −3 7 3
Bracket
Finals
Top goalscorers PosNameTeamGoals1 Salvador Cabañas América 102 Blas Pérez Cúcuta Deportivo 8 Juan Román Riquelme Boca Juniors 84 Zé Roberto Santos 75 Renato Flamengo 5 Humberto Suazo Colo-Colo 57 Damián Escudero Vélez Sársfield 4 Juan Manuel Martínez Cúcuta Deportivo 4 Carlos Eduardo Monteiro Real Potosí 4 Rodolfo Moya Audax Italiano 4 Rodrigo Palacio Boca Juniors 4 Martín Palermo Boca Juniors 4 Kléber Pereira Necaxa 4 Juan Manuel Salgueiro Necaxa 4 Vicente Sánchez Toluca 4 Diego Vera Nacional 4
See also 2007 FIFA Club World Cup 2008 Recopa Sudamericana
References
External links Copa Toyota Libertadores at CONMEBOL.com Interliga Official Site