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: Goal difference Away goals 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 GroupWinnersRunners-up1 Santos Internacional 2 Lanús Emelec3 Unión Española Bolívar4 Fluminense Boca Juniors5 Libertad Vasco da Gama6 Corinthians Cruz Azul 7 Vélez Sársfield Deportivo Quito8 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:
Higher position in the group Higher number of points (Pts) Better goal difference (GD) More goals scored (GS) More away goals scored (AG) Drawing of lots.
+Teams qualified as group winnersSeedTeam 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-upSeedTeam 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 Team 1 played the second leg at home.
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam 1Team 21st leg2nd leg Fluminense 4:1 Internacional0–02–1——— Corinthians 4:1 Emelec0–03–0——— Santos 3:3 Bolívar1–28–0 +7:−7—— Universidad de Chile 3:3 Deportivo Quito1–46–0 +3:−3—— Libertad 4:1 Cruz Azul1–12–0——— Vélez Sársfield 4:1 Atlético Nacional1–01–1——— Lanús 3:3 Vasco da Gama1–22–10:01:14–5 Unión Española 0:6 Boca Juniors1–22–3———
Match A
Fluminense won on points 4–1.
Match B
Corinthians won on points 4–1.
Match C
Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on goal difference.
Match D
Tied on points 3–3, Universidad de Chile won on goal difference.
Match E
Libertad won on points 4–1.
Match F
Vélez Sársfield won on points 4–1.
Match G
Tied on points 3–3, Vasco da Gama won on penalties.
Match H
Boca Juniors won on points 6–0.
Quarterfinals Team 1 played the second leg at home.
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam 1Team 21st leg2nd leg Fluminense 1:4 Boca Juniors0–11–1——— Corinthians 4:1 Vasco da Gama0–01–0——— Santos 3:3 Vélez Sársfield0–11–00:00:04–2 Universidad de Chile 2:2 Libertad1–11–10:01:15–3
Match S1
Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.
Match S2
Corinthians won on points 4–1.
Match S3
Tied on points 3–3, Santos won on penalties.
Match S4
Tied on points 2–2, Universidad de Chile won on penalties.
Semifinals Team 1 played the second leg at home.
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam 1Team 21st leg2nd leg Universidad de Chile 1:4 Boca Juniors0–20–0——— Corinthians 4:1 Santos1–01–1———
Match F1
Boca Juniors won on points 4–1.
Match F2
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.
Corinthians won on points 4–1.
References
External links Official webpage