CONMEBOL Libertadores group places and the knockout route

Find how the club reached the group draw

The 2026 manual identifies 28 direct group entrants and four winners from Phase 3. Those two routes fill the same 32-team draw. A club’s early qualification matches can therefore appear in its season record before its group opponents are known. Check the phase label when looking for the result that moved it forward.

Each group contains four clubs and has six matchdays. Use the group letter to find the relevant table. A club’s home and away meetings give individual results, and its final place determines the next competition entry. A club can sit third after five matchdays and still have one group game to play. Another result in the same group can also change its place. Use the completed table when transferring a team to a knockout bracket. The draw list establishes the participants before the table establishes the outcome.

Read the final position before following the bracket

Use the competition name on the new fixture

If Blue finishes second in its group, look for Blue in the Libertadores round-of-16 bracket. If Blue finishes third, look for the Sudamericana play-off entry. The same club badge can appear in the two competition records. Its final group position and new stage tell you where to look next.

The knockout schedule describes pairs of legs in the later rounds before the final. The 2026 manual specifies a single final at a site designated by CONMEBOL. Read the stage and leg together when checking whether a score has settled the tie. The final uses its own single-match entry, while the preceding tie has its first and return match. Check the organiser’s accepted result before updating the next round in a saved bracket.