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Copa Libertadores 1996

1996 Copa Libertadores de América
Libertadores 1996
Tournament details
Dates March 13 - June 26
Teams 21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Argentina River Plate (2nd title)
Runners-up Colombia América
Tournament statistics
Matches played 90
Goals scored 252 (2.8 per match)
1995
1997

The 1996 edition of Copa Libertadores was the 37th in the tournament's history. Twenty-one teams participated in the competition. River Plate, of Argentina, won the tournament for their second time. The tournament began on March 13 and ended on June 26.

Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four teams each for the Group Stage. The top three teams of each group, as well as Grêmio (who received a bye as winners of the previous year's edition of the tournament) qualified to the Round of 16.

First leg matches were played between April 30 and May 2. Second leg matches were played on May 8 and May 9.

First leg matches were played on May 15. Second leg matches were played on May 22 and May 24.


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