Pincha will participate in the group stage draw this Thursday night, on a key day for their international future.
This Thursday, March 19, at 8 p.m., the draw for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2026which will take place at the Conmebol headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.
In that context, Students of La Plata He will join Pot 2 and will know his rivals for the next stage of the continental competition.
The ceremony will take place after the draw for the Copa Sudamericana and can be followed live through digital platforms and sports signals. It will be a key moment to define the path of the team led by Alexander Medina.
Possible rivals and format
The La Plata team shares a ball with teams such as Libertad, Cerro Porteño, Lanús, Corinthians, Bolívar, Cruzeiro and Universitario, so they will not be able to face them in this instance.
In the draw, each group will be made up of a team from each pot, which opens up a range of possible important rivals, especially from Pot 1, where clubs such as Flamengo, Palmeiras and Boca appear.
The group stage will begin on April 7 and will be played until the end of May, in a tight schedule that will set the course of the teams in the competition.
The Pincha calendar
After the draw, Estudiantes will know not only their rivals, but also the trips and the order of the matches. The initial phase will have six dates, distributed between April and May, before the break prior to the eliminatory stages.
In this way, Pincha is preparing for a new participation in the most important tournament in South America, with the expectation of advancing to the phase and once again being a protagonist at the international level.
