These would be the drums of Nacional and Pereira in the Libertadores 2023

This Friday, December 16, Conmebol announced the ranking of clubs that will govern next year. A key list to define the drums for the draw for the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana in 2023. River Plate leads the ranking ahead of Palmeiras, Flamengo and Boca Juniors.

Atlético Nacional, ranked 17th, is the best positioned Colombian team. Junior, Independiente Santa Fe, América, Deportivo Cali and Deportes Tolima are the other clubs in the BetPlay League that are in the top 50.

Due to its position in the Conmebol ranking and according to the regulations of international competitions, It can be determined in which drum the qualifiers for Libertadores and Sudamericana would be in the draws of group stage.

This would be the drums of Nacional and Pereira in Libertadores

Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Pereira, League champions in 2022, qualified directly to the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2023. Independiente Medellín (first in the reclassification) and Millonarios (winner of the BetPlay Cup) go to the previous phases (round 2).

The groups for the tournament will be defined in the draw (8 zones of 4 teams each). According to the Conmebol regulations, the only one that has a guaranteed place is Flamengo, current champion, who will be the seed of A.

To prepare the drums, the ranking of clubs is taken into account. The remaining 7 teams of bolillero 1 will be the ones with the best position in the ranking, excluding Flamengo. Those from bolillero 2 will be the next best 8 on the list that have qualified and so on for drums 3 and 4.

The teams coming from the previous phases will go, regardless of their ranking, to bolillero 4. That is, if Millonarios and Independiente Medellín exceed their commitments in rounds 2 and 3, they will be in that hype.

Bomb 1: (Flamengo) River Plate, Palmeiras, Boca Juniors, Nacional (Uruguay), Paranaense, Independiente del Valle and Olimpia.

Bomb 2: Freedom (Paraguay), National AthleticInternational, Barcelona, ​​Racing Club, Corinthians, Colo-Colo and Fluminense.

Bomb 3: Bolivar, The Strongest, Melgar, Alianza Lima, Argentinos Jr., Metropolitanos, Aucas and Monagas.

Bomb 4: Liverpool, Deportivo PereiraÑublense and Patronato + the four teams from the previous phases (possibly millionaires y Medellín).

Copa Sudamericana: Teams to be defined for the group stage

In the second most important tournament on the continent, the same modality exists to elaborate the groups (by Conmebol ranking). Nevertheless, the difference is that the 16 teams from phase 1 (previous) will not go to bolillero 4, your place will be determined by your position on the ladder. Those who arrive from round 3 of the Libertadores will be in that last hype.

It remains to define the winners of phase 1 to be able to establish the drums. It should be remembered that The representatives of Colombia in the South American 2023 will be Tolima, Junior, Santa Fe and Águilas Doradas.

This is how the Colombian clubs are in the Conmebol ranking