 The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage, where they were sorted in four ties played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament.The six teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stage played another separate knockout tournament for a berth to the Copa Sudamericana.On the other hand, the "Torneo Clausura" was played in the second half of the year under a double round-robin system, with all teams playing each other twice for a total of 26 matches.