Copa Libertadores 2022: Barcelona SC vs. Montevideo City Torque in Phase 1; and U. Católica could face Deportivo Lara or Bolívar in stage 2

Barcelona Sporting Club and U. Católica de Quito already know their future rivals in the early stages of the Copa Libertadores 2022. Ecuadorian teams will be the first clubs for our country to debut in the Ecuador tournament, while the national champion Independiente del Valle and vice-champion Emelec must wait for the round of 16 to start their competition.

The canaries, like Ecuador 4, will face Montevideo City Torque of Uruguay for Phase 1; For February 9 and 16, the round trip matches are scheduled, respectively.

If the bullfighters outperform the Charrúa they enter the next stage as E1 and their opponent will be the University of Sports of Peru.

U. Católica, Ecuador 3, will debut in Phase 2 and its rival will come out of the winner of the E2 key between Deportivo Lara from Venezuela and Bolívar from La Paz from Bolivia.

Conmebol scheduled the first leg and rematch matches for stage 2 for February 23 and March 2.

The March 23 will be the draw to make up the group stage of the Libertadores. In this instance, Independiente del Valle, as national monarch, and Emelec, runner-up, will begin their participation.

These are the pairings of the first and second phase of the Copa Libertadores de América-2022:

First phase

E1: Montevideo City Torque (URU) vs. Barcelona (ECU)

E2: Deportivo Lara (VEN) vs. Bolivar (BOL)

E3: César Vallejo (PER) vs. Olympia (PAR)

Second level

C1: Colombia 3 vs. Fluminense (BRA)

C2: Audax Italiano (CHI) vs. Students (ARG)

C3: Catholic University (ECU) vs. Winner of Deportivo Lara / Bolívar

C4: America Mineiro (BRA) vs. Guaraní (PAR)

C5: Winner of Montevideo City Torque / Barcelona vs. University (PER)

C6: Plaza Colonia (URU) vs. The Strongest (BOL)

C7: Everton (CHI) vs. Monagas (VEN)

C8: Winner of César Vallejo / Olimpia vs. National Athletic (COL)

Libertadores format

Phase 1 (6 teams)

1 team from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The first leg matches will be from February 8 to 10 and rematches from February 15 to 17.

Phase 2 (16 teams)

• 2 squads from Brazil, Chile and Colombia; 1 from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Plus 3 winners from phase 1. It will be played from February 22 to 24 and March 1 to 3.

Phase 3 (8 teams)

• 8 winners of phase 2. Matches will be played from March 8 to 10 and from March 15 to 17.

32 teams They compete in the group stage (only the 8 leaders and their escorts advance to the eighth). The draw for the duels will be March 23.

• 5 casts from Brazil and Argentina
• 2 teams from Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
• The champion of the Copa Libertadores 2021
• The champion of the South American Cup 2021
• Plus 4 winners from phase 3

Dates to play the group stage

• Date 1: from April 5 to 7
• Date 2: from April 12 to 14
• Date 3: from April 26 to 28
• Date 4: from May 3 to 5
• Date 5: May 17-19
• Date 6: May 24-26

Draw for the eighth, quarterfinals, semifinals and the final will be on June 1

Dates to be played

• Eighths: from June 28 to 30, the first leg and the rematch from July 5 to 7.
• Rooms: from August 2 to 4, the first leg and the rematch from August 9 to 11.
• Semifinals: from August 30 to 31 the first leg and the rematch from September 6 to 8.

Final

On Saturday, October 29 at the Monumental Banco Pichincha stadium in Barcelona SC, in Guayaquil. (D)