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The 1998 Copa Libertadores final stages were played from 15 April to 26 August 1998 and consisted of the round of 16 (or second stage), quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 1998 Copa Libertadores.

The final stages had a one-month break between the quarter-finals and semi-finals due to the 1998 FIFA World Cup held from 10 June to 12 July 1998.^[1]^[2]

Qualified teams[edit]

The winners, runners-up and third placed teams of each of the five groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, alongside defending champions Cruzeiro, who received a directly bye to this round.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third-placed teams
1	América de Cali	Barcelona	Atlético Bucaramanga
2	Grêmio	Vasco da Gama	América
3	Olimpia	Colo-Colo	Cerro Porteño
4	Bolívar	Peñarol	Nacional
5	River Plate	Alianza Lima	Colón

Seeding[edit]

In the final stages, the teams were seeded according to the pre-established numbering they received according to the final position they occupied in their respective group. Numbers 1, 5, 9, 13 and 17 correspond to each group winners; numbers 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 to runners-up; and 3, 7, 11 15 and 19 to third placed teams.^[3]

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Round of 16
1	1	América de Cali	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Match A
2	1	Barcelona	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9	Match F
3	1	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7	Match D

5	2	Grêmio	6	4	0	2	6	5	+1	12	Match B
6	2	Vasco da Gama	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8	Match G
7	2	América	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Match E

9	3	Olimpia	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Match C
10	3	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Match F
11	3	Cerro Porteño	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Match A

13	4	Bolívar	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Match D
14	4	Peñarol	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7	10	Match G
15	4	Nacional	6	2	0	4	11	12	−1	6	Match B

17	5	River Plate	6	5	1	0	15	6	+9	16	Match E
18	5	Alianza Lima	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	Match H
19	5	Colón	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7	Match C

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Format[edit]

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:

In the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on points after the two legs the goal difference would be applied. if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.
In the event that the two Brazilian teams from the group stage qualify for the round of 16, the lower-seeded team between these two would face defending champion Cruzeiro in order to prevent three Brazilian teams from reaching the quarter-finals.
If two teams from the same national association reached the quarter-finals, they had to face each other, and those teams that had to face them formed another tie under the same conditions.
If one or more games are settled in the quarterfinals between clubs belonging to the same national association, the Match S1 would correspond to the pair including the lower-seeding team. The following matches would be determined according to the same criteria.
In all cases in which the order of legs could not be determined, the lower-seeding team had to host the first leg. Defending champions Cruzeiro had to host the second leg in the round of 16.

The above criteria were established to ensure that the four semifinalists would be of different nationalities (Regulations Section III, Article 3).^[3]

Bracket[edit]

The original bracket for the final stages was determined as follows:^[4]

Round

Matchups

Round of 16
(Second stage)

(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))

Match A: Team seeded 1 vs. Team seeded 11 (L)
Match B: Team seeded 5 vs. Team seeded 15 (L)
Match C: Team seeded 9 vs. Team seeded 19 (L)
Match D: Team seeded 13 vs. Team seeded 3 (L)

Match E: Team seeded 17 vs. Team seeded 7 (L)
Match F: Team seeded 2 (L) vs. Team seeded 10
Match G: Team seeded 14 vs. Team seeded 6 (L)
Match H: Team seeded 18 (L) vs. Cruzeiro (defending champions)

Quarter-finals

(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))

Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner B (L)
Match S2: Winner C vs. Winner D (L)

Match S3: Winner E (L) vs. Winner F
Match S4: Winner G (L) vs. Winner H

Semi-finals

(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))

Match F1: Winner S1 (L) vs. Winner S2

Match F2: Winner S3 vs. Winner S4 (L)

Finals

(Home team in the first leg are marked with (L))

Winner F1 (L) vs. Winner F2

Per regulations, the original bracket had the following modifications:

In the round of 16, Vasco da Gama and Alianza Lima swapped positions. Vasco da Gama had to faced Cruzeiro in order to avoid three possible Brazilian teams in the quarter-finals.
In quarter-finals, the two Brazilians teams and the two Argentine teams had to face each other, and the order of the ties was rearranged according to the regulations.

Round of 16					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals

15	Nacional	1	0	1

5	Grêmio	1	4	5
					Grêmio	1	0	1

					Vasco da Gama	1	1	2
6	Vasco da Gama	2	0	2

–	Cruzeiro	1	0	1
									Vasco da Gama	1	1	2

									River Plate	0	1	1
7	América	1	0	1

17	River Plate	1	1	2
					River Plate	2	3	5

					Colón	1	1	2
19	Colón (p)	3	0	3 (2)

9	Olimpia	2	1	3 (1)
													Vasco da Gama	2	2	4

													Barcelona	0	1	1
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	1	0	1

13	Bolívar	2	1	3
					Bolívar	1	0	1

					Barcelona	1	4	5
2	Barcelona	2	2	4

10	Colo-Colo	1	2	3
									Barcelona	1	1	2 (4)

									Cerro Porteño	0	2	2 (3)
18	Alianza Lima	1	1	2 (1)

14	Peñarol (p)	0	2	2 (3)
					Peñarol	2	0	2

					Cerro Porteño	0	3	3
11	Cerro Porteño	1	2	3

1	América de Cali	0	1	1

Round of 16[edit]

The first legs were played on 15, 22 and 23 April. and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April and 2 and 7 May 1998.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerro Porteño	3–1	América de Cali	1–0	2–1
Nacional	1–5	Grêmio	1–1	0–4
Colón	3–3 (2–1 p)	Olimpia	3–2	0–1
Atlético Bucaramanga	1–3	Bolívar	1–2	0–1
América	1–2	River Plate	1–1	0–1
Barcelona	4–3	Colo-Colo	2–1	2–2
Alianza Lima	2–2 (1–3 p)	Peñarol	1–0	1–2
Vasco da Gama	2–1	Cruzeiro	2–1	0–0

Match A[edit]

15 April 1998

Qualified teams[edit]

Seeding[edit]

Format[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

Match A[edit]

Match B[edit]

Match C[edit]

Match D[edit]

Match E[edit]

Match F[edit]

Match G[edit]

Match H[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Match S1[edit]

Match S2[edit]

Match S3[edit]

Match S4[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Match F1[edit]

Match F2[edit]

Finals[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]