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The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores will be the 63rd edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage.

On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals. On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the final will be played at the Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 29 October 2022.

On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the away goals rule in all of its club competitions including the Copa Libertadores, which had been used since 2005. Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams score the same amount of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a penalty shoot-out.

Palmeiras will be the defending champions.

Teams
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:
 * Copa Libertadores champions
 * Copa Sudamericana champions
 * Brazil: 7 berths
 * Argentina: 6 berths
 * All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:
 * Group stage: 28 teams
 * Copa Libertadores champions
 * Copa Sudamericana champions
 * Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
 * Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
 * Second stage: 13 teams
 * Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
 * Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
 * Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
 * Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
 * First stage: 6 teams
 * Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows:

Draws
The draw for the group stage will be held on 23 March 2022. Teams will also be seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2021, taking into account the same three factors. For the group stage, the 32 qualified teams will be drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots.

Group stage
The following 32 teams will be involved in the group stage (CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2021 shown in parentheses):


 * Palmeiras (2)
 * River Plate (1)
 * Boca Juniors (3)
 * Flamengo (4)
 * Nacional (6)
 * Peñarol (7)
 * Atlético Mineiro (11)
 * Athletico Paranaense (12)
 * Cerro Porteño (15)
 * Libertad (16)
 * Independiente del Valle (21)
 * Universidad Católica (26)
 * Emelec (28)
 * Corinthians (29)
 * Colo-Colo (32)
 * Vélez Sarsfield (33)
 * Sporting Cristal (35)
 * Deportivo Cali (44)
 * Red Bull Bragantino (45)
 * Deportivo Táchira (46)
 * Alianza Lima (54)
 * Deportes Tolima (60)
 * Colón (64)
 * Caracas (67)
 * Always Ready (86)
 * Talleres (105)
 * Independiente Petrolero (178)
 * Fortaleza (229)
 * Third stage winner G1 (?)
 * Third stage winner G2 (?)
 * Third stage winner G3 (?)
 * Third stage winner G4 (?)


 * Notes