2010 Copa Libertadores Has Its Groups

There’s a lot to be decided in terms of which teams will play the continental competition, but the groups are already known. They are:

Playoffs
Game 1: Deportivo Táchira-VEN x Paraguai 3
Game 2: Peru 3 x Mexico 3
Game 3: Argentina 5 x Chile 3
Game 4: Brazil 5 (4th in the Brasileiro) x Bolivia 3
Game 5: Argentina 6 x Ecuador 3
Game 6: Colombia 3 x Racing-URU

Group 1
Corinthians-BRA
Cerro Porteño-PAR
Colombia 2
Winner Game 6

Group 2
Brazil 4 (3° colocado no Brasileiro)
Paraguay 2
Once Caldas-COL
Mexico 2

Group 3
Estudiantes-ARG
Bolívar-BOL
Peru 2
Winner Game 2

Group 4
Argentina 4
Blooming-BOL
Peru 1
Winner Game 1

Group 5
Brazil 3 (2nd in the Brasileiro)
Cerro-URU
Ecuador 1
Winner Game 5

Grup 6
Argentina 3
Nacional-URU
Ecuador 2
Morelia-MEX

Group 7
Vélez Sarsfield-ARG
Chile 2
Deportivo Italia-VEN
Winner Game 4

Group 8
Brazil 2 (Brasileiro Champion)
Universidad de Chile-CHI
Caracas-VEN
Winner Match 3

The big surprise so far is how Corinthians became the head of the group. This year, Sport, which qualified to the tournament as Copa do Brasil champion just like Corinthians, wasn’t the head of its groups. It must be the Ronaldo effect.

Related posts:

1. World Cup Groups Are In
2. Copa Sudamericana Starts for Brazil. See Schedule
3. Brazil, the new England
4. Copa Libertadores Schedule
5. Copa Libertadores Schedule 2010