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The knockout stages of the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores de América consisted of four stages:

• Round of 16 (first legs: April 25, May 1–3; second legs: May 8–10)
• Quarterfinals (first legs: May 16–17; second legs: May 23–24)
• Semifinals (first legs: June 13–14; second legs: June 20–21)
• Finals (first leg: June 27; second leg: July 4)

Format

The group winners and runners-up of the second stage qualified for the knockout stages. The sixteen teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points, except for the final:

1. Goal difference
2. Away goals
3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

For the final, the first tiebreaker was goal difference. If tied on goal difference, the away goals rule would not be applied, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

If two teams from the same association reached the semifinals, they would be forced to play each other.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	Santos	Internacional
2	Lanús	Emelec
3	Unión Española	Bolívar
4	Fluminense	Boca Juniors
5	Libertad	Vasco da Gama
6	Corinthians	Cruz Azul
7	Vélez Sársfield	Deportivo Quito
8	Universidad de Chile	Atlético Nacional

Seeding

The 16 qualified teams are 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. The teams were ranked by: 1. Points (Pts); 2. Goal difference (GD); 3. Goals scored (GF); 4. Away goals (AG); 5. Drawing of lots.

Teams qualified as group winners Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 1 Fluminense 15 +3 7 5 2 Corinthians 14 +11 13 4 3 Santos 13 +7 12 5 4 Universidad de Chile 13 +5 11 2 5 Libertad 13 +4 11 4 6 Vélez Sársfield 12 +4 10 5 7 Lanús 10 +5 11 3 8 Unión Española 10 +3 10 5

Teams qualified as group runners-up Seed Team Pts GD GF AG 9 Boca Juniors 13 +6 9 4 10 Vasco da Gama 13 +4 10 4 11 Atlético Nacional 11 +8 16 9 12 Cruz Azul 11 +7 11 3 13 Deportivo Quito 10 +7 11 1 14 Bolívar 10 +2 9 3 15 Emelec 9 −1 7 3 16 Internacional 8 +4 10 2

Bracket

In each tie, the higher-seeded team played the second leg at home.

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	1	Fluminense	0	2
	16	Internacional	0	1
							1	Fluminense	0	1
							9	Boca Juniors	1	1
	8	Unión Española	1	2
	9	Boca Juniors	2	3
													9	Boca Juniors	2	0
													4	U. de Chile	0	0
	4	U. de Chile	1	6
	13	Deportivo Quito	4	0
							4	U. de Chile (p)	1	1 (5)
							5	Libertad	1	1 (3)
	5	Libertad	1	2
	12	Cruz Azul	1	0
																			9	Boca Juniors	1	0
																			2	Corinthians	1	2
	2	Corinthians	0	3
	15	Emelec	0	0
							2	Corinthians	0	1
							10	Vasco da Gama	0	0
	7	Lanús	1	2 (4)
	10	Vasco da Gama (p)	2	1 (5)
													2	Corinthians	1	1
													3	Santos	0	1
	3	Santos	1	8
	14	Bolívar	2	0
							3	Santos (p)	0	1 (4)
							6	Vélez Sársfield	1	0 (2)
	6	Vélez Sársfield	1	1
	11	Atlético Nacional	0	1

Round of 16

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Fluminense	4:1	Internacional	0–0	2–1	—	—	—
Corinthians	4:1	Emelec	0–0	3–0	—	—	—
Santos	3:3	Bolívar	1–2	8–0	+7:−7	—	—
Universidad de Chile	3:3	Deportivo Quito	1–4	6–0	+3:−3	—	—
Libertad	4:1	Cruz Azul	1–1	2–0	—	—	—
Vélez Sársfield	4:1	Atlético Nacional	1–0	1–1	—	—	—
Lanús	3:3	Vasco da Gama	1–2	2–1	0:0	1:1	4–5
Unión Española	0:6	Boca Juniors	1–2	2–3	—	—	—

Match A

Internacional	0–0	Fluminense
	Report

Fluminense	2–1	Internacional
Leandro Euzebio 15' Fred 45'	Report	Leandro Damião 13'

Fluminense won on points 4–1.

Match B

Emelec	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

Corinthians	3–0	Emelec
Fábio Santos 7' Paulinho 64' Alex 85'	Report

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match C

Bolívar	2–1	Santos
Rafael 1' (o.g.) Campos 74'	Report	Maranhão 34'

Santos	8–0	Bolívar
Elano 6', 49' Neymar 21' (pen.), 36' Ganso 27', 52' Alan Kardec 29' Borges 60'	Report

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.

Match D

Deportivo Quito	4–1	Universidad de Chile
Alustiza 30', 56' Checa 45' Martínez 82'	Report	Rodríguez 36'

Universidad de Chile	6–0	Deportivo Quito
Fernándes 20', 27' Díaz 35' Mena 56' Henríquez 70', 73'	Report

Tied on points 3–3, Universidad de Chile won on goal difference.

Match E

Cruz Azul	1–1	Libertad
Orozco 26'	Report	Velázquez 70'

Libertad	2–0	Cruz Azul
Núñez 9' Cáceres 49'	Report

Libertad won on points 4–1.

Match F

Atlético Nacional	0–1	Vélez Sársfield
	Report	Bella 8'

Vélez Sársfield	1–1	Atlético Nacional
Fernández 52'	Report	Mosquera 69'

Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.

Match G

Vasco da Gama	2–1	Lanús
Alecsandro 25' Diego Souza 42'	Report	Regueiro 62'

Lanús	2–1	Vasco da Gama
Pavone 60' Gutiérrez 78'	Report	Nilton 18'
Penalties
Regueiro Romero Velázquez Camoranesi Fritzler	4–5	Felipe Juninho Pernambucano Carlos Alberto Renato Silva Alecsandro

Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.

Match H

Boca Juniors	2–1	Unión Española
Riquelme 24' Silva 89'	Report	Jaime 72'

Unión Española	2–3	Boca Juniors
Pineda 61' Jaime 70'	Report	Insaurralde 25' Mouche 49' Riquelme 67'

Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Fluminense	1:4	Boca Juniors	0–1	1–1	—	—	—
Corinthians	4:1	Vasco da Gama	0–0	1–0	—	—	—
Santos	3:3	Vélez Sársfield	0–1	1–0	0:0	0:0	4–2
Universidad de Chile	2:2	Libertad	1–1	1–1	0:0	1:1	5–3

Match S1

Boca Juniors	1–0	Fluminense
Mouche 51'	Report

Fluminense	1–1	Boca Juniors
Thiago Carleto 16'	Report	Silva 90'

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match S2

Vasco da Gama	0–0	Corinthians
	Report

Corinthians	1–0	Vasco da Gama
Paulinho 87'	Report

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Match S3

Vélez Sársfield	1–0	Santos
Obolo 35'	Report

Santos	1–0	Vélez Sársfield
Alan Kardec 77'	Report
Penalties
Alan Kardec Ganso Elano Léo	4–2	J. Martínez Canteros Papa Domínguez

Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.

Match S4

Libertad	1–1	Universidad de Chile
Cáceres 7'	Report	Lorenzetti 55'

Universidad de Chile	1–1	Libertad
Díaz 17'	Report	González 22' (o.g.)
Penalties
Aránguiz Díaz Ruidíaz Rodríguez Lorenzetti	5–3	Velázquez Cáceres Ayala Muñoz

Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Semifinals

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Universidad de Chile	1:4	Boca Juniors	0–2	0–0	—	—	—
Corinthians	4:1	Santos	1–0	1–1	—	—	—

Match F1

Boca Juniors	2–0	Universidad de Chile
Silva 15' Sánchez Miño 55'	Report

Universidad de Chile	0–0	Boca Juniors
	Report

Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.

Match F2

Santos	0–1	Corinthians
	Report	Emerson Sheik 28'

Corinthians	1–1	Santos
Danilo 47'	Report	Neymar 39'

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

Finals

The Finals were played over two legs, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home. If the teams were tied on points and goal difference at the end of regulation in the second leg, the away goals rule would not be applied and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the title would be decided by penalty shootout.

Boca Juniors	1–1	Corinthians
Roncaglia 72'	Report	Romarinho 84'

Corinthians	2–0	Boca Juniors
Emerson Sheik 53', 72'	Report

Corinthians won on points 4–1.

References

1. "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa de octavos de final". CONMEBOL. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
2. "Libertadores: programa de 4tos de final". CONMEBOL. May 11, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
3. "Libertadores: las semis ya tienen fecha". CONMEBOL. May 28, 2012. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
4. "Copa Santander Libertadores: programa con fechas y horarios de la final". CONMEBOL. June 22, 2012.
5. ^ "Copa Santander Libertadores 2012: reglamento del torneo" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.

External links

• Official webpage Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

• 2012 Copa Libertadores