🏆 Conmebol to draw pre-Libertadores this Thursday, see the details | OneFootball

Conmebol will draw, this Thursday (18), the matchups for the preliminary rounds of the 2026 Libertadores.

The event takes place at 12 p.m. (Brasília time), at the entity's headquarters in Paraguay, when Bahia and Botafogo will find out their opponents.

The draw will determine the brackets for the first three phases of the 2026 Libertadores.

Four teams will join the 28 that already have a guaranteed spot in the group stage.

The Brazilian teams already assured in the group stage are Flamengo, Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Mirassol, and Fluminense.

The regulations bring no changes compared to the last edition of the tournament.

20 teams are involved in the preliminary rounds of the Libertadores, which will go through three qualifying rounds until only four remain to advance to the group stage.

Neither Bahia nor Botafogo will participate in the first phase of the pre-Libertadores, which will determine three participants for the second phase, which includes 13 other teams. 

The Brazilian clubs are in pot 1 and need to overcome two opponents to achieve their ultimate goal.

In all phases, opponents face each other in home-and-away matches.

Away goals are not a tiebreaker, and in case of a tie on aggregate over the two matches, the decision will go to a penalty shootout.

1st phase

Alianza Lima (PER), Deportivo Táchira (VEN), 2 de Mayo (PER), Juventud de Las Piedas (URU), Universidad Católica (ECU), and Bolivia 4 (The Strongest, Blooming, or San Antonio Bulo Bulo)

2nd phase

Argentinos Juniors (ARG), Bahia, Botafogo, Carabobo (VEN), Guaraní (PAR), Huachipato (CHI), Independiente Medellín (COL), Liverpool (URU), O'Higgins (CHI), Sporting Cristal (PER), Bolivia 3 (The Strongest, Blooming, or Nacional Potosí), Colombia 3 (Tolima or Independiente Medellín), Colombia 4 (Independiente Medellín or Atlético Nacional), and Ecuador 3 (Barcelona or LDU).

Pots

Pot 1: Botafogo, Sporting Cristal, Guaraní-PAR, Colombia 3, Colombia 4, Argentinos Juniors, Bahia, and Huachipato

Pot 2: Liverpool-URU, Carabobo, O'Higgins, Bolivia 3, Ecuador 3, and the three clubs coming from the first phase.

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