1971 Copa Libertadores

1971 Copa Libertadores de América 1971 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	February 13 - June 9
Teams	21 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Nacional (1st title)
Runners-up	Estudiantes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	195 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer	Luis Artime (10 goals)
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TheCopa Libertadores 1971 was the 12th edition of theCopa Libertadores,CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament.Nacional won the competition, defeating in the final the defending championsEstudiantes, who were seeking a fourth consecutive title.

Country	Team	Qualify method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Estudiantes	1970 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina 2 berths	Boca Juniors	1970 National Championship winners
	Rosario Central	1970 National Championship winners
Bolivia 2 berths	Chaco Petrolero	1970Bolivian Primera División winners
	The Strongest	1970Bolivian Primera División runners-up
Brazil 2 berths	Fluminense	1970 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winners
	Palmeiras	1970 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
Chile 2 berths	Colo-Colo	1970 Primera División winners
	Unión Española	1970 Primera División runners-up
Colombia 2 berths	Deportivo Cali	1970Campeonato Profesional winners
	Junior	1970Campeonato Profesional runners-up
Ecuador 2 berths	Barcelona	1970 Ecuadorian Serie A winners
	Emelec	1970 Ecuadorian Serie A runners-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Cerro Porteño	1970Primera División winners
	Guaraní	1970Primera División runners-up
Peru 2 berths	Sporting Cristal	1970 Torneo Descentralizado winners
	Universitario	1970 Torneo Descentralizado runners-up
Uruguay 2 berths	Nacional	1970 Primera División winners
	Peñarol	1970 Primera División runners-up
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Galicia	1970 Venezuelan Primera División winners
	Deportivo Italia	1970 Venezuelan Primera División runners-up

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed asEstudiantes was champion of the1970 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		UNI	ROS	BOC	CRI
1	Universitario	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	9	Qualified to theSemifinals			3–2	0–0	3–0
2	Rosario Central	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	7			2–2		w.o.	4–0
3	Boca Juniors	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	4			w.o.	2–1		2–2
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	4			0–0	1–2	2–0

• The match between Boca Juniors and Sporting Cristobal on the 17th of March was abandoned after fighting resulted in three players being injured and sixteen arrested by police. Boca were removed from the competition, with their next two opponents receivingwalk-over victories.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		NAC	PEÑ	CHA	STR
1	Nacional	6	5	1	0	14	2	+12	11	Qualified to theSemifinals			2–1	3–0	5–0
2	Peñarol	6	3	1	2	14	6	+8	7			0–2		1–0	9–0
3	Chaco Petrolero	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	3			0–1	1–1		1–2
4	The Strongest	6	1	1	4	5	21	−16	3			1–1	1–2	1–3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		PAL	FLU	ITA	GAL
1	Palmeiras	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	10	Qualified to theSemifinals			0–2	1–0	3–0
2	Fluminense	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	8			1–3		0–1	4–1
3	Deportivo Italia	6	2	1	3	7	15	−8	5			0–3	0–6		3–2
4	Deportivo Galicia	6	0	1	5	9	19	−10	1			2–3	1–3	3–3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		UES	COL	CER	GUA
1	Unión Española	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7	Qualified to theSemifinals			1–1	0–0	2–1
2	Colo-Colo	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	6			1–2		1–0	3–2
3	Cerro Porteño	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	6			2–1	0–0		1–1
4	Guaraní	6	1	3	2	9	9	0	5			1–1	2–0	2–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		BAR	EME	CAL	JUN
1	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	7	Qualified to theSemifinals			0–1	1–0	3–1
2	Emelec	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	7			1–1		3–1	1–1
3	Deportivo Cali	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1	6			3–1	1–0		2–0
4	Junior	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	4			0–2	0–0	2–1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Barcelona	3–0	Emelec

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		NAC	PAL	UNI
1	Nacional	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Qualified to theFinal			3–1	3–0
2	Palmeiras	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	4			0–3		3–0
3	Universitario	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1			0–0	1–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		EST	BAR	UES
1	Estudiantes	4	3	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Qualified to theFinal			0–1	2–1
2	Barcelona	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	4			0–1		1–0
3	Unión Española	4	1	0	3	4	5	−1	2			0–1	3–1

May 26, 1971

Estudiantes	1 – 0	Nacional

June 2, 1971

Nacional	1 – 0	Estudiantes

Replay match atEstadio Nacional (Lima, Peru)

June 9, 1971

Nacional	2 – 0	Estudiantes

Estadio Nacional,Peru

Copa Libertadores 1971 Champions
Nacional First Title

• Little Maracanazo

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