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Botafogo and Argentinos Juniors Debut in the Second Phase of the Copa Libertadores

A new edition of the Libertadores
The sixty-seventh edition of the most important club tournament in America will have sixteen teams in this stage: two from Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, and one from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
With the debut of two champions, Argentinos Juniors and Botafogo, the second preliminary phase of the 2026 Copa Libertadores begins this Tuesday.
These will join the three winners of phase one, which are the Uruguayan Juventud, the Venezuelan Deportivo Táchira, and the Paraguayan 2 de Mayo, who eliminated the Ecuadorian Universidad Católica, the Bolivian The Strongest, and the Peruvian Alianza Lima, respectively.




