The draw for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores-2023 will take place this Monday, March 27 at 20:00. (19:00 Ecuadorian time) at the Conmebol Center in Luque, Paraguay.

32 teams (28 qualified directly, plus 4 qualified from stage 3 of the playoffs: Atlético Mineiro, Sporting Cristal, Cerro Porteño and Deportivo Independiente Medellín), which will be divided into eight groups of four clubs each, will play the group stage.

Aucas, Barcelona SC and Independiente del Valle can increase revenues in the Copa Libertadores per game won

The composition of the groups will be determined according to the champions of Libertadores-2022 (Flamengo), Sudamericana-2022 (Independiente del Valle) and ranking of Conmebol clubs on December 9, 2022.

Lead the lines River Plate (Argentina)while Valley Independent is the best positioned Ecuadorian club in twelfth place, followed by Barcelona SC nineteenth and closes the national representative office today in one hundred and twelfth place.

In accordance with the draw criteria for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores-2023. established by the Conmebol Competitions and Operations Department, the champion team of the 2022 edition. Flamengo will be set directly as Group A holderswhile the monarch of South America-2022. Independiente del Valle, integrates the second line.

Thus, the Ecuadorian teams that are placed in the Libertadores-2023 group stage are distributed as follows in the draw drums: in bolillero 1 Independiente del Valle, in bolillero 2 Barcelona SC and in bolillero 3 Aucas.

*Group A: flamenco

bolillero 1

Bolillero 2

Bolillero 3

Bolillero 4

Copa Libertadores-2023 group stage draw criteria:

to) The champion of Libertadores-2022 will be set directly as the holder of Group A.

b) In order to determine the seeds of the remaining seven groups (B to H), the ranking of Conmebol clubs on December 9, 2022. The seven seeded clubs from groups B to H will be the teams placed in the first seven positions according to the order, excluding the place of champion of Libertadores-2022.

c) The second line will consist of the last champion of the South American League in 2022, plus the following seven teams ranking Conmebol on December 9, 2022.

d) The third line will be formed by the following eight teams ranking.

and) The fourth line will be composed of the four teams from stage 3 of the playoffs (G1, G2, G3 and G4) plus the following four teams from ranking.

F) In the group stage, each team will play one home game and one away game against every other team in the same group.

Mr) The teams in first and second place in each group will qualify for the round of 16.

h) The eight teams placed third in their groups will qualify for the playoffs round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana-2023.

In the event that the champion of South America-2022 – due to its position in ranking of Conmebol clubs from December 9, 2022 – should be holders, the specified position and the privilege to assign ranking Considering his status as the champion of South America, he was ranked among the first-line clubs.

The monarch of that competition is Independiente del Valle, who also won the Recopa Sudamericana-2023 against the Libertadores champions, Flamengo.

Copa Libertadores-2023 group stage draw methodology:

Exception to the rule: Two clubs from the same country will be admitted to the group, only if one of the clubs comes from stage 3 of the tournament playoffs, which can be Atlético Mineiro (G1), Sporting Cristal (G2), Cerro Porteño (G3) and DIM (G4).

The 32 teams that will play in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores-2023:

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