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Overview
- Palmeiras secured qualification with a 4-1 win over Junior Barranquilla on May 28 and finished second in Group F, placing the club in Pot 2 for the round of 16.
- The May 29 draw in Luque paired Pot 1 group winners with Pot 2 runners-up and produced key ties including Palmeiras v Cerro Porteño and Flamengo v Cruzeiro.
- Six Brazilian clubs advanced to the Libertadores knockouts — Flamengo, Corinthians, Fluminense, Mirassol, Palmeiras and Cruzeiro — and rules allow same-country matchups in the round of 16.
- Sul‑Americana playoff pairings were defined after the group stage and will pit Sul‑Americana runners‑up against Libertadores third‑placed teams in two-legged matches in July, with winners joining the August oitavas draw.
- CONMEBOL’s calendar pauses club knockouts for the 2026 World Cup and reconvenes with Libertadores round‑of‑16 ties in August and the final in Montevideo on November 28, shaping transfer and squad plans ahead of the knockout phase.