The 2023 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages were played from 7 February to 16 March 2023. A total of 19 teams competed in the qualifying stages to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.
<section begin=Draw /> The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST (), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022 (shown in parentheses), taking into account the following three factors:
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1âÂÂE3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.
For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1âÂÂC8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.
For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1âÂÂG4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.
<section begin=Format /> In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the teams had been tied on aggregate, extra time would not have been played, and a penalty shoot-out would have been used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).<section end=Format />
<section begin=Bracket /> The qualifying stages were structured as follows:
The bracket was decided based on the first stage draw and second stage draw, which was held on 21 December 2022.
The first legs were played on 7âÂÂ9 February, and the second legs were played on 14âÂÂ16 February 2023. <section begin=First stage />
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Nacional won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C2).
El Nacional won 9âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C4).
Boston River won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second stage (Match C7).
The first legs were played on 21âÂÂ23 February, and the second legs were played on 28 February â 2 March 2023. <section begin=Second stage />
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Atlético Mineiro won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).
Sporting Cristal won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).
Fortaleza won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).
Independiente MedellÃÂn won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).
Magallanes won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G4).
Cerro Porteño won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G3).
Huracán won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G2).
Millonarios won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the third stage (Match G1).
The first legs were played on 8âÂÂ9 March, and the second legs were played on 15âÂÂ16 March 2023. <section begin=Third stage />
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Atlético Mineiro won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
Sporting Cristal won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
Cerro Porteño won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
Independiente MedellÃÂn won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.