The knockout stages of the 2014 Copa Libertadores de América were played from April 16 to August 13, 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stages.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the second stage qualified for the knockout stages.
GroupWinnersRunners-up1 Vélez Sarsfield The Strongest2 Unión Española San Lorenzo3 Cerro Porteño Lanús4 Atlético Mineiro Nacional5 Defensor Sporting Cruzeiro6 Grêmio Atlético Nacional7 Bolívar León8 Santos Laguna Arsenal
Seeding The qualified teams were seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the second stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16.
Format In the knockout stages, the 16 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. However, CONMEBOL required that the second leg of the finals must be played in South America, i.e., a finalist from Mexico must host the first leg regardless of seeding. In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner. If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other.
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stages was determined by the seeding as follows: Round of 16: Match A: Seed 1 vs. Seed 16 Match B: Seed 2 vs. Seed 15 Match C: Seed 3 vs. Seed 14 Match D: Seed 4 vs. Seed 13 Match E: Seed 5 vs. Seed 12 Match F: Seed 6 vs. Seed 11 Match G: Seed 7 vs. Seed 10 Match H: Seed 8 vs. Seed 9 Quarterfinals: Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E Semifinals: (if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they must play each other) Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4 Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3 Finals: Winner F1 vs. Winner F2
Round of 16 The first legs were played on April 16–17 and 23–24, and the second legs were played on April 22–23, 29–30, and May 1, 2014.
Match A
Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate.
Match B
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, San Lorenzo won on penalties.
Match C
Lanús won 4–1 on aggregate.
Match D
Atlético Nacional won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match E
Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Defensor Sporting won on penalties.
Match F
Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Bolívar won on away goals.
Match G
Cruzeiro won 3–1 on aggregate.
Match H
Arsenal won 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on May 7–8, and the second legs were played on May 14–15, 2014.
Match S1
Nacional won 1–0 on aggregate.
Match S2
San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match S3
Bolívar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match S4
Defensor Sporting won 3–0 on aggregate.
Semifinals The first legs were played on July 22–23, and the second legs were played on July 29–30, 2014.
Match F1
Nacional won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match F2
San Lorenzo won 5–1 on aggregate.
Finals
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was not used, and 30 minutes of extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
The first leg was played on August 6, and the second leg was played on August 13, 2014.
San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate.
References
External links
Copa Libertadores 2014, CONMEBOL.com