# 1970 Copa Libertadores

The 1970 Copa Libertadores de América was the 11th edition of CONMEBOL's top Association football club tournament. Estudiantes successfully defended their title for the second straight year by defeating Peñarol in the finals. Teams from Brazil did not participate in this year's tournament due to CBF still disagreeing with the format.

## Qualified teams

| Country | Team | Qualification method |
| CONMEBOL 1 berth | Estudiantes | 1969 Copa Libertadores winners |
| Argentina 2 berths | Boca Juniors | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Argentina 2 berths | River Plate | 1969 Primera División runner-up |
| Bolivia 2 berths | Universitario de La Paz | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Bolivia 2 berths | Bolívar | 1969 Primera División runner-up |
| Brazil 2 berths | (None) | – |
| Chile 2 berths | Universidad de Chile | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Chile 2 berths | Rangers | 1969 Primera División runner-up |
| Colombia 2 berths | Deportivo Cali | 1969 Campeonato Profesional champion |
| Colombia 2 berths | América de Cali | 1969 Campeonato Profesional runner-up |
| Ecuador 2 berths | LDU Quito | 1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A champion |
| Ecuador 2 berths | América de Quito | 1969 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A runner-up |
| Paraguay 2 berths | Guaraní | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Paraguay 2 berths | Olimpia | 1969 Primera División runner-up |
| Peru 2 berths | Universitario | 1969 Descentralizado champion |
| Peru 2 berths | Defensor Arica | 1969 Descentralizado runner-up |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Nacional | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Peñarol | 1969 Primera División runner-up |
| Venezuela 2 berths | Deportivo Galicia | 1969 Primera División champion |
| Venezuela 2 berths | Valencia | 1969 Primera División runner-up |

## Draw

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 as Estudiantes were the champions of the 1969 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the semifinals.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Argentina  Bolivia | Uruguay  Venezuela | Colombia  Chile  Paraguay | Ecuador  Peru |

## Group Stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOC | RIV | BOL | UNI |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 | Qualified to the Second phase | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | River Plate | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 7 | | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Bolívar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Universitario de La Paz | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAC | PEÑ | VAL | GAL |
| 1 | Nacional | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Qualified to the Second phase | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Peñarol | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 | | 0–0 | | 11–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Valencia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 5 | | 2–5 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Deportivo Galicia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GUA | UCH | OLI | CAL | AME | RAN |
| 1 | Guaraní | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | Qualified to the Second phase | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 13 | Qualified to the Second phase | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 12 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 12 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| 5 | América de Cali | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 5 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Rangers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 3 | | 0–1 | 1–7 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | LDU | DEF | CDA |
| 1 | Universitario | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Qualified to the Second Phase | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Second Phase | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Defensor Arica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| 4 | América de Quito | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

## Second phase

From this phase onwards, the team that advanced from groups that had two teams (including the winner of the finals) had to decided by points (two for a win, one for a draw). If after two games, no one team had the most points, a single-game playoff was to be played on neutral grounds to determine who advanced (or wins as is the case for the finals). If the playoff game ended in a draw, goal difference will be used a tie-breaker.

### Zone 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIV | BOC | UNI |
| 1 | River Plate | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Qualified to the Third phase | | 1–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Universitario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | |

### Zone 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | GUA | LDU |
| 1 | Peñarol | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Qualified to the Third Phase | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Guaraní | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| 3 | LDU Quito | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | |

### Zone 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UCH | NAC |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 | Qualified to the Third Phase | | 3–0 |
| 2 | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | | 2–0 | |

## Third phase
### Semi-final A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | UCH |
| 1 | Peñarol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | Qualified to the Finals | | 2–0 |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | | 1–0 | |

### Semi-final B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | RIV |
| 1 | Estudiantes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Qualified to the Finals | | 3–1 |
| 2 | River Plate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | | 0–1 | |

## Champion

* Copa Libertadores de América 1970 Champions
* Estudiantes Third Title