The First Stage of the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores de América ran from January 24 to February 2, 2012 (first legs: January 24–26; second legs: January 31–February 2).^[1]

Format

The twelve teams were drawn into six ties on November 25, 2011 in Asunción.^[2]

Teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis. Each team earned 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The following criteria were used for breaking ties on points:^[3]

1. Goal difference
2. Away goals
3. Penalty shootout (no extra time is played)

The six winners advanced to the second stage to join the 26 automatic qualifiers.

Matches

Team 1 played the second leg at home.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	AG	Pen.
Sport Huancayo	1:4	Arsenal	0–3	1–1	—	—	—
Flamengo	3:3	Real Potosí	1–2	2–0	+1:−1	—	—
Caracas	1:4	Peñarol	0–4	1–1	—	—	—
Libertad	3:3	El Nacional	0–1	4–1	+2:−2	—	—
Once Caldas	1:4	Internacional	0–1	2–2	—	—	—
UANL	1:4	Unión Española	0–1	2–2	—	—	—

Match G1

January 24, 2012

20:15 UTC−03:00

Arsenal	3–0	Sport Huancayo
Córdoba 21' Zelaya 35' Mosca 87'	Report

Estadio Julio Humberto Grondona, Sarandí

Referee: Paulo Oliveira (Brazil)

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January 31, 2012

20:30 UTC−05:00

Sport Huancayo	1–1	Arsenal
Ibarra 44'	Report	Leguizamón 85'

Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Arsenal won on points 4–1.

Match G2

January 25, 2012

20:00 UTC−04:00

Real Potosí	2–1	Flamengo
Centurión 30' Britez 57'	Report	Luiz Antônio 28'

Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte, Potosí

Referee: Líber Prudente (Uruguay)

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February 1, 2012

22:00 UTC−02:00

Flamengo	2–0	Real Potosí
Léo Moura 39' Ronaldinho 90+2'	Report

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Engenhão), Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 32,004

Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)

Tied on points 3–3, Flamengo won on goal difference.

Match G3

January 26, 2012

20:45 UTC−02:00

Peñarol	4–0	Caracas
Freitas 35' Zalayeta 38' João Pedro 63' Estoyanoff 70'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Federico Beligoy (Argentina)

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February 2, 2012

19:00 UTC−04:30

Caracas	1–1	Peñarol
Peraza 77'	Report	Estoyanoff 27'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Peñarol won on points 4–1.

Match G4

January 24, 2012

20:30 UTC−05:00

El Nacional	1–0	Libertad
J. L. Anangonó 43'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Referee: Víctor Rivera (Peru)

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January 31, 2012

20:00 UTC−03:00

Libertad	4–1	El Nacional
Velázquez 1' Núñez 29' Gamarra 34' Civelli 90+3'	Report	Minda 12'

Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz, Asunción

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Tied on points 3–3, Libertad won on goal difference.

Match G5

January 25, 2012

22:00 UTC−02:00

Internacional	1–0	Once Caldas
Leandro Damião 11'	Report

Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (Beira-Rio), Porto Alegre

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

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February 1, 2012

19:00 UTC−05:00

Once Caldas	2–2	Internacional
Núñez 2' (pen.) González 24'	Report	D'Alessandro 11' (pen.) Tinga 21'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)

Internacional won on points 4–1.

Match G6

January 25, 2012

18:50 UTC−03:00

Unión Española	1–0	UANL
Barriga 58'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago

Referee: Alfredo Intriago (Ecuador)

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February 2, 2012

20:00 UTC−06:00

UANL	2–2	Unión Española
Pulido 14', 22'	Report	Herrera 38' (pen.) Jaime 68'

Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza

Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

Unión Española won on points 4–1.

References

External links

• Official webpage Archived 2012-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)