December 19, 2024, 7:45 AM
December 19, 2024, 7:45 AM
In the year of its Centennial (2025), Bolívar will play for the third consecutive season in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, the most important tournament at the Conmebol club level. After winning the Clausura, the academy assured its presence in the tournament and was also awarded at least the 3 million dollars that the South American entity grants to the teams that participate in the group stage.
After beating Oriente in Tahuichi, Bolívar reached 64 points, a mark that is unattainable by his guard The Strongest (60), in the absence of a date for the tournament to end.
In this way, the light blues ‘grabbed’ Bolivia 2 and will accompany San Antonio de Bulo Bulo in the group stage, which is Bolivia 1 for being the winner of the Apertura.
This new victory allows Bolívar to secure three million dollars, a figure that can increase if it defeats San Antonio in the grand final of the 2024 season, which will be played on Sunday at the Félix Capriles stadium. Very unrelated to this match, it must be added that with each victory in the group stage of the Libertadores, the teams receive a juicy economic incentive.
It is the third consecutive year that the light blue team has entered the group stage directly. In 2023 they had a great participation after reaching the quarterfinals, while this year they advanced to the round of 16.
To these achievements we must add that since 2018, Bolívar has not been missing in this competition; Although it did not start from the group stage, it had to advance from the different phases.