First Stage
In the First Stage, twelve teams played a two-legged tie (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. Team #1 played the second leg at home.
| Teams | Scores | Tie-breakers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team #1 | Points | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | AG | Pen. |
| Peñarol | 1:4 | Indepen. Medellín | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| Estudiantes | 3:3 | Sporting Cristal | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0:0 | 1:0 | — |
| Nacional | 4:1 | El Nacional | 5–0 | 3–3 | — | — | — |
| Deportivo Cuenca | 3:3 | Deportivo Anzoátegui | 0–2 | 3–0 | +1:−1 | — | — |
| Real Potosí | 0:6 | Palmeiras | 1–5 | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| Pachuca | 3:3 | Universidad de Chile | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0:0 | 0:1 | — |
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