After Phase 2 exits, Argentina’s Libertadores 2027 spot is changed | OneFootball

The Executive Committee of the Professional Football League unanimously approved a change in the qualification system for the 2027 international cups. The last team to qualify for the Copa Libertadores via the annual table will take the playoff spot in Phase 2 and, if necessary, Phase 3.

The decision was made in Ezeiza after recent eliminations at that stage. In the last three years, Godoy Cruz (2024), Boca Juniors (2025), and Argentinos Juniors (2026) were eliminated in Phase 2. The reasoning was to prevent teams that finish third or fourth in the season from missing out on international competition the following year.

With the new scheme, Argentina 1 will be the champion of the 2026 Apertura; Argentina 2, the Clausura champion; Argentina 3, the winner of the Copa Argentina; Argentina 4, the first in the Annual Table; Argentina 5, the next best placed; and Argentina 6, the last to qualify via the general table, who will go to the playoff.

For the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, the top six teams in the Annual Table that have not qualified for the Libertadores and that remain in the division will qualify.

The change will take effect next season and modifies the criteria that in recent years allowed some teams to access the playoff after spots were freed up due to championships won by other clubs.

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