🏆 All you need to know about the 2026 Libertadores group stage draw
The fate of Brazilian clubs in the main competition of the Americas begins to be determined this Thursday (19).Starting at 8 PM, Conmebol will hold the draw at its headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, whi...
🏆 All you need to know about the 2026 Libertadores group stage draw The fate of Brazilian clubs in the main competition of the Americas begins to be determined this Thursday (19). Starting at 8 PM, Conmebol will hold the draw at its headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, which will divide the 32 teams into eight groups. The event will be broadcast live on ge TV, ESPN, and Disney+, but you can follow all the details here on OneFootball !
In addition to the Libertadores, Conmebol will also determine the groups for the Copa Sudamericana during the same ceremony. Six Brazilian clubs enter directly at this stage: Flamengo, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, and the big surprise, Mirassol. The number could have been higher, but Bahia and Botafogo were eliminated in the preliminary phase.
Conmebol divided the draw pots according to its ranking, with each group having one team from each of the four pots. It's worth remembering the only restriction rule of the draw: teams from the same country cannot be in the same group unless one of them came from the pre-Libertadores (which does not apply to Brazilians this year). Therefore, we will not have national classics in the group stage.
Pot Division Pot 1 (Top seeds): Flamengo, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Boca Juniors, Peñarol, Nacional-URU, LDU, and Independiente Del Valle. Pot 2: Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Libertad, Estudiantes, Cerro Porteño, Lanús, Bolívar, and Universitario. Pot 3: Junior Barranquilla, Univ.