1994 Copa Libertadores

1994 Copa Libertadores de América
Libertadores 1994
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 13 – August 31
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Vélez Sársfield (1st title)
Runners-up São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played90
Goals scored205 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s) Stalin Rivas (7 Goals)
1993
1995

The 1994 Copa Libertadores was the 35th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international competition. Vélez Sársfield won the tournament for their first title against São Paulo in a penalty shootout with a score of 5–3. Vélez's goalkeeper José Chilavert scored one of the penalty kicks and saved another one. The top scorer of the tournament was Stalin Rivas of Minervén S.C., with 7 goals.

First Phase

Legend: Pts: Points; P: Played games; W: Won games; D: Drawn games; L: Lost games; F: Goals in favor; A: Goals against; D: Difference.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 6 1 +5 8
Olimpia 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8
Junior 6 2 1 3 4 5 -1 5
Cerro Porteño 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 3
  OLI CPO JUN MED
Olimpia 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 2
Cerro Porteño 1 - 3 1 - 0 0 - 0
Junior 0 - 0 3 - 2 0 - 1
I. Medellín 0 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vélez Sarsfield 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8
Cruzeiro 6 3 1 2 7 8 -1 7
Palmeiras 6 3 0 3 14 7 +7 6
Boca Juniors 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 3
  VEL BOC PAL CRU
Vélez Sarsfield 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 0
Boca Juniors 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2
Palmeiras 4 - 1 6 - 1 2 - 0
Cruzeiro 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 1

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Emelec 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 7
Barcelona 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 6
Universitario 6 2 2 2 4 5 -1 6
Alianza Lima 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 5
  EME BSC UNI ALI
Emelec 0 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0
Barcelona 0 - 1 0 - 0 3 - 0
Universitario 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1
Alianza Lima 2 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Colo-Colo 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 9
Unión Española 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 7
Defensor Sporting 6 1 3 2 3 5 -2 5
Nacional 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3 3
  DEF NAC UES COL
Defensor Sp. 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0
Nacional 1 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 0
UE 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2
Colo-Colo 2 - 0 4 - 2 3 - 1

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bolívar 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 9
The Strongest 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 7
Minervén 6 2 1 3 10 17 -7 5
Marítimo 6 1 1 4 7 13 -6 3
  BOL STR MIN SMA
Bolívar 0 - 0 4 - 0 2 - 1
The Strongest 0 - 0 7 - 1 5 - 0
Minervén 1 - 1 5 - 0 2 - 1
Sport Marítimo 0 - 2 1 - 1 4 - 1

Final Phase

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
I. Medellín 1 2 3
Universitario 2 0 2
I. Medellín 0 0 0
Junior 2 0 2
Colo-Colo 1 2 3 (3)
Junior (p) 1 2 3 (4)
Junior 2 1 3 (4)
Vélez Sarsfield (p) 1 2 3 (5)
Emelec 0 3 3 (2)
Minervén 2 1 3 (4)
Minervén 0 0 0
Vélez Sarsfield 0 2 2
Vélez Sarsfield (p) 1 0 1 (4)
Defensor Sporting 1 0 1 (2)
Vélez Sarsfield (p) 1 0 1 (5)
São Paulo 0 1 1 (3)
Olimpia 1 2 3
Barcelona 0 1 1
Olimpia 1 2 3
Bolívar 0 0 0
Bolívar 2 4 6
The Strongest 1 0 1
Olimpia 1 1 2 (3)
São Paulo (p) 2 0 2 (4)
São Paulo 0 2 2
Palmeiras 0 1 1
São Paulo 1 4 5
Unión Española 1 3 4
Cruzeiro 0 0 0
Unión Española 0 1 1

Finals

24 August 1994 Vélez Sársfield 1 – 0 São Paulo Estádio José Amalfitani, Liniers
Asad 35' Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Torres (COL)


Champion

Copa Libertadores 1994:

Vélez Sarsfield
First Title