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 through the annual table for the Copa Libertadores will take the playoff spot in Phase 2 and potentially Phase 3.

The decision was made in Ezeiza following 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 finishing 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 Apertura 2026; Argentina 2, the champion of the Clausura; 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 qualified through the general table, which will go to the playoffs.

For the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, the six best teams from the Annual Table that have not entered the Libertadores and maintain their category will qualify.

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

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