🏆 Libertadores: 40 through, 7 spots left, 3 Brazilians in Pot 1 | OneFootball

The 2026 Copa Libertadores already has 40 clubs qualified and only seven spots open.

A projection places THREE Brazilian teams as top seeds for the draw: Flamengo, Palmeiras, and Fluminense.

In addition to them, Boca Juniors, Nacional-URU, Peñarol, LDU, and Racing (or Independiente del Valle) are also expected to be in Pot 1.

LDU already has a spot in the pre-Libertadores guaranteed and is aiming for a direct spot. If they don't succeed, they will enter Pot 4.

Check out the list of qualified teams and then the spots still available.

Brazil 🇧🇷

Flamengo

Palmeiras

Cruzeiro

Mirassol

Fluminense

Botafogo

Bahia

Argentina 🇦🇷

Lanús

Platense

Independiente Rivadavia

Rosario Central

Boca Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Bolivia 🇧🇴

Always Ready

The Strongest

Bolívar

Chile 🇨🇱

Coquimbo Unido

O'Higgins

Universidad Católica-CHI

Colombia 🇨🇴

Independiente Santa Fe

Tolima

Ecuador 🇪🇨

Independiente del Valle

LDU

Universidad Católica-EQU

Paraguay 🇵🇾

Cerro Porteño

Libertad

2 de Mayo

Guaraní-PAR

Peru 🇵🇪

Universitario

Alianza Lima

Cusco

Sporting Cristal

Uruguay 🇺🇾

Nacional-URU

Peñarol

Liverpool-URU

Juventud Las Piedras

Venezuela 🇻🇪

Universidad Central

Deportivo La Guaira

Deportivo Táchira

Carabobo

Open Spots 👀

There are SEVEN remaining spots. One will go to the winner of the Copa do Brasil.

Cruzeiro and Corinthians face off in one semifinal. Fluminense and Vasco in another.

Cruzeiro and Flu, however, are already guaranteed in the Libertadores. So, if one of them wins, the spot will go to São Paulo (eighth in the Brasileirão).

The other spots in the Libertadores will be allocated to: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia (two).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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