1970 Copa Libertadores

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]

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

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 BOC RIV BOL UNI
1 Boca Juniors 6 5 1 0 14 4 +10 11 Qualified to the Second phase 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 River Plate 6 3 1 2 15 6 +9 7 1–3 1–0 9–0
3 Bolívar 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 4 2–3 1–1 2–0
4 Universitario de La Paz 6 0 2 4 2 19 −17 2 0–0 0–2 2–2
Source:

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

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GUA UCH OLI CAL AME RAN
1 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 Universidad de Chile 10 5 3 2 19 11 +8 13 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
3 Olimpia 10 4 4 2 19 11 +8 12 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 5–1
4 Deportivo Cali 10 5 2 3 18 16 +2 12 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 3–2
5 América de Cali 10 1 3 6 12 22 −10 5 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–0
6 Rangers 10 1 1 8 11 27 −16 3 0–1 1–7 4–4 0–2 2–0
Source:

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

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 RIV BOC UNI
1 River Plate 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Qualified to the Third phase 1–0 5–3
2 Boca Juniors 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 5 1–1 1–0
3 Universitario 4 0 0 4 5 11 −6 0 1–2 1–3
Source:
Universitario 1 – 3 Boca Juniors
Universitario 1 – 2 River Plate
River Plate 1 – 0 Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors 1 – 0 Universitario
River Plate 5 – 3 Universitario
Boca Juniors 1 – 1 River Plate

Zone 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PEÑ GUA LDU
1 Peñarol 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Qualified to the Third Phase 1–0 2–1
2 Guaraní 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 3 2–0 1–1
3 LDU Quito 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 3 1–3 1–0
Source:
LDU Quito 1 – 3 Peñarol
Guaraní 2 – 0 Peñarol
LDU Quito 1 – 0 Guaraní
Peñarol 1 – 0 Guaraní
Guaraní 1 – 1 LDU Quito
Peñarol 2 – 1 LDU Quito

Zone 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UCH NAC
1 Universidad de Chile 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 2 Qualified to the Third Phase 3–0
2 Nacional 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2 2–0
Source:
Universidad de Chile 3 – 0 Nacional
Nacional 2 – 0 Universidad de Chile
Universidad de Chile 2 – 1 Nacional

Third phase

Semi-final A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PEÑ UCH
1 Peñarol 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2 Qualified to the Finals 2–0
2 Universidad de Chile 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2 1–0
Source:
Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 Peñarol
Peñarol 2 – 0 Universidad de Chile
Peñarol 2 – 2 Universidad de Chile

Semi-final B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST RIV
1 Estudiantes 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualified to the Finals 3–1
2 River Plate 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 0–1
Source:
River Plate 0 – 1 Estudiantes
Estudiantes 3 – 1 River Plate

Finals
Main article: 1970 Copa Libertadores Finals
Estudiantes 1 – 0 Peñarol
Peñarol 0 – 0 Estudiantes

Champion
Copa Libertadores de América
1970 Champions

Estudiantes
Third Title

References
  1. Brazilian clubs in Copa Libertadores da América on RSSSF
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