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1. What is this tournament?2. Brief review of its history3. Format4. Fun Facts5. Imagery

1. What is this tournament?

◼It is an international football tournament organized by the South American Football Confederation.

◼It is the most important and prestigious cup at club level football in America.

◼It is held annually from January to July.◼It could be called "the Champions

League in South America"

2. Brief review of its history

◼1960: is created with the name of Copa America Champions

◼1965: adopted its current name in honor of the leaders of emancipation of South America.

◼1966: began participating runners◼2000: more quotas for the following

national league teams were added.

2. Brief review of its history

◼From 1969 to 1998: disputing the Interamerican Cup champion with the winner of the Champions Cup CONCACAF.

◼And since 2005: the winner agrees to the Club World Cup, which brings together championship teams continental competitions of the six confederations affiliated to FIFA.

3. Format

◼Classification :▪From the 2005 season until the

current quota is 38 teams.▪Champions and the best teams in

the tournament last season in each country are classified, in addition to the reigning champions of that Cup and the Copa Sudamerican.

3. Format

◼First phase:▪ Of the 38 teams ranked 12 will start with

a first phase which sleeps 6 will be played. 6 clubs arising out of this first phase will complete the composition of the groups of the second phase.

▪ The first phase will play the 5th -ranked Argentina and Brazil, and 3rd place in each of the remaining nine Associations ,, plus an additional Association team which comes the ultimate champion

3. Format

◼Second phase:▪ The 32 clubs qualified for the second

phase will be divided into eight groups of four teams each, playing all against all to return

▪ A seed is the defending champion , and the remaining 7 clubs representing Argentina and Brazil.

▪ The teams finishing first and second in each group qualify for the knockout stages .

3. Format

◼Knockout: The 16 teams will play playoff knockout.

◼Quarterfinals: The 8 teams in the second round will play the quarterfinals.

◼Semifinal: 4 qualifiers are formed, to qualify for the finals.

3. Format◼ The Finals:

▪ The two winners of the semifinal stage clubs play each other two games ( round trip) for the title of champion.

▪ At the end of the cup the team that started in the first phase and leaves champion will have played 16 games in total ( First Phase , Phase , Final Round , Quarterfinal , Semifinal and Final).

▪ And the team that started in the second phase and leaves champion will have played 14 games in total ( Second Phase , Final Round , Quarterfinal , Semifinal and Final).

4. Fun facts

◼ Highest Team Copa Libertadores:AC Independent with 7 titles followed by C.A. Boca Juniors with 6.

◼ Top Scorer:Alberto Spencer with 54 goals.

◼ Top scorer in an edition:Daniel Onega , with 17 goals in the 1966 edition.

◼ Record of matches: Ever Hugo Almeida with 113 games in Olympia.

5. Imagery

◼Ronaldinho celebrating the conquest of the 2013 Copa Libertadores

◼1987 Libertadores Cup Peñarol won