Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 11 - May 14
Teams19 (from 9 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina Estudiantes (3rd title)
Runners-upUruguay Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored253 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Francisco Bertocchi (9 goals)
← 1969
1971 →

The 1970 Copa Libertadores de América was the 11th edition of CONMEBOL's top Association football club tournament. Estudiantes successfully defended their title for the second straight year by defeating Peñarol in the finals. Teams from Brazil did not participate in this year's tournament due to CBF still disagreeing with the format.[1]

Qualified teams

Country Team Qualification method
CONMEBOL
1 berth 		Estudiantes 1969 Copa Libertadores winners
 Argentina
2 berths 		Boca Juniors 1969 Primera División champion
River Plate 1969 Primera División runner-up
 Bolivia
2 berths 		Universitario de La Paz 1969 Primera División champion
Bolívar 1969 Primera División runner-up
 Brazil
2 berths 		(None) [1] –
 Chile
2 berths 		Universidad de Chile 1969 Primera División champion
Rangers 1969 Primera División runner-up
 Colombia
2 berths 		Deportivo Cali 1969 Campeonato Profesional champion
América de Cali 1969 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
 Ecuador
2 berths 		LDU Quito 1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A champion
América de Quito 1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A runner-up
 Paraguay
2 berths 		Guaraní 1969 Primera División champion
Olimpia 1969 Primera División runner-up
 Peru
2 berths 		Universitario 1969 Descentralizado champion
Defensor Arica 1969 Descentralizado runner-up
 Uruguay
2 berths 		Nacional 1969 Primera División champion
Peñarol 1969 Primera División runner-up
 Venezuela
2 berths 		Deportivo Galicia 1969 Primera División champion
Valencia 1969 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as Estudiantes was champion of the 1969 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Group Stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina BOC Argentina RIV Bolivia BOL Bolivia UNI
1 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 5 1 0 14 4 +10 11 Qualified to the Second phase 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 Argentina River Plate 6 3 1 2 15 6 +9 7 1–3 1–0 9–0
3 Bolivia Bolívar 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 4 2–3 1–1 2–0
4 Bolivia Universitario de La Paz 6 0 2 4 2 19 −17 2 0–0 0–2 2–2
Source:[citation needed]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay NAC Uruguay PEÑ Venezuela VAL Venezuela GAL
1 Uruguay Nacional 6 4 2 0 13 3 +10 10 Qualified to the Second phase 1–1 1–0 2–0
2 Uruguay Peñarol 6 3 3 0 17 4 +13 9 0–0 11–2 4–1
3 Venezuela Valencia 6 2 1 3 9 18 −9 5 2–5 0–0 3–1
4 Venezuela Deportivo Galicia 6 0 0 6 2 16 −14 0 0–4 0–1 0–2
Source:[citation needed]

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Paraguay GUA Chile UCH Paraguay OLI Colombia CAL Colombia AME Chile RAN
1 Paraguay Guaraní 10 5 5 0 12 4 +8 15 Qualified to the Second phase 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0
2 Chile Universidad de Chile 10 5 3 2 19 11 +8 13 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
3 Paraguay Olimpia 10 4 4 2 19 11 +8 12 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 5–1
4 Colombia Deportivo Cali 10 5 2 3 18 16 +2 12 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 3–2
5 Colombia América de Cali 10 1 3 6 12 22 −10 5 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–0
6 Chile Rangers 10 1 1 8 11 27 −16 3 0–1 1–7 4–4 0–2 2–0
Source:[citation needed]

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Peru UNI Ecuador LDU Peru DEF Ecuador CDA
1 Peru Universitario 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 Qualified to the Second Phase 2–0 2–1 3–0
2 Ecuador LDU Quito 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 2–0 1–2 4–1
3 Peru Defensor Arica 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 5 1–1 0–0 0–1
4 Ecuador América de Quito 6 1 1 4 4 14 −10 3 0–3 1–3 1–1
Source:[citation needed]

Second phase

From this phase onwards, the team that advances from groups that have two teams (including the winner of the finals) will be decided by points (two for a win, one for a draw). If after two games, no one team has the most points, a single-game playoff will be played on neutral grounds to determine who advances (or wins as is the case for the finals). If the playoff game ends in a draw, goal difference will be used a tie-breaker.

Zone 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina RIV Argentina BOC Peru UNI
1 Argentina River Plate 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Qualified to the Third phase 1–0 5–3
2 Argentina Boca Juniors 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5 1–1 1–0
3 Peru Universitario 4 0 0 4 5 11 −6 0 1–2 1–3
Source:[citation needed]
Universitario Peru1 – 3Argentina Boca Juniors
Lima, Peru
Universitario Peru1 – 2Argentina River Plate
Lima, Peru
River Plate Argentina1 – 0Argentina Boca Juniors
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Boca Juniors Argentina1 – 0Peru Universitario
Buenos Aires, Argentina
River Plate Argentina5 – 3Peru Universitario
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Boca Juniors Argentina1 – 1Argentina River Plate
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Zone 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay PEÑ Paraguay GUA Ecuador LDU
1 Uruguay Peñarol 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Qualified to the Third Phase 1–0 2–1
2 Paraguay Guaraní 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 2–0 1–1
3 Ecuador LDU Quito 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 3 1–3 1–0
Source:[citation needed]
LDU Quito Ecuador1 – 3Uruguay Peñarol
Quito, Ecuador
Guaraní Paraguay2 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Asunción, Paraguay
LDU Quito Ecuador1 – 0Paraguay Guaraní
Quito, Ecuador
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 0Paraguay Guaraní
Montevideo, Uruguay
Guaraní Paraguay1 – 1Ecuador LDU Quito
Asunción, Paraguay
Peñarol Uruguay2 – 1Ecuador LDU Quito
Montevideo, Uruguay

Zone 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Chile UCH Uruguay NAC
1 Chile Universidad de Chile 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 Qualified to the Third Phase 3–0
2 Uruguay Nacional 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
Universidad de Chile Chile3 – 0Uruguay Nacional
Santiago, Chile
Nacional Uruguay2 – 0Chile Universidad de Chile
Montevideo, Uruguay
Universidad de Chile Chile2 – 1Uruguay Nacional
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Third phase

Semi-final A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay PEÑ Chile UCH
1 Uruguay Peñarol 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2 Qualified to the Finals 2–0
2 Chile Universidad de Chile 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2 1–0
Source:[citation needed]
Universidad de Chile Chile1 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Santiago, Chile
Peñarol Uruguay2 – 0Chile Universidad de Chile
Montevideo, Uruguay
Peñarol Uruguay2 – 2Chile Universidad de Chile
Avellaneda, Argentina

Semi-final B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina EST Argentina RIV
1 Argentina Estudiantes 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualified to the Finals 3–1
2 Argentina River Plate 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
River Plate Argentina0 – 1Argentina Estudiantes
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estudiantes Argentina3 – 1Argentina River Plate
La Plata, Argentina

Finals

Main article: 1970 Copa Libertadores Finals
Estudiantes Argentina1 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
La Plata, Argentina
Peñarol Uruguay0 – 0Argentina Estudiantes
Montevideo, Uruguay

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América
1970 Champions
Argentina
Estudiantes
Third Title

References

  1. ^ a b Brazilian clubs in Copa Libertadores da América on RSSSF

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