ADVISORY/Mexican Teams Enter the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores with High Expectations as Tournament Gets Underway on Tuesday, February 3.Entertainment Editors/Sports Editors ADVISORY... LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004 Telecasts of the Most Important South American Club Soccer Tournament Returns to Nation's Premier Spanish-language Sports Network Fox Sports en Espanol will open its coverage of the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores soccer competition with three back-to-back telecasts. Colo Colo (Chile) and Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali is one of the football (soccer) teams from Cali, Colombia. Deportivo Cali was the first Colombian team to be in the Copa Libertadores de América final in 1978 finishing second against Boca Juniors from Argentina. (Colombia) will kick off the network's first set of live telecasts on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. (ET)/4:00 p.m. (PT), followed by Santos Santos (sän`t  s), city (1996 pop. 412,288), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic just off the mainland. Laguna
(Mexico) and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) at 9:30 p.m. (ET)/6:30
p.m. (PT). The third telecast of the day will be played between Libertad
(Paraguay) and Deportes Tolima Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 31,000. (Colombia) at 12:30 a.m. (ET-Wednesday
morning)/9:30 p.m. (PT). Fox Sports en Espanol will telecast all 142
matches of the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores, exclusively, including all
playoffs and the climactic cli·mac·tic also cli·mac·ti·caladj. Relating to or constituting a climax. cli·mac  ti·cal·ly adv.Adj. 1. finals in July. For the first time in the history of the tournament, Mexican teams were guaranteed two automatic berths following their participation in January's InterLiga qualifying tournament. Representing Mexico in the 2004 Copa Toyota Libertadores are Santos Laguna and America. Returning to defend their title is 2003 Copa Toyota Libertadores and Toyota Cup champions, Boca Juniors (Argentina). Their first match is against Bolivar (Bolivia) on Wednesday, February 18 at 5:30 p.m. (ET)/2:30 p.m. (PT). A total of 36 club teams representing ten Latin American countries List of American countries Nations:
COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES 2004 PARTIAL TELECAST SCHEDULE
ON FOX SPORTS EN ESPANOL
Date Teams Eastern Time(a)
Tuesday, Feb. 3 Colo Colo (Chi) vs.
Dep. Cali (Col) 7:00 p.m.(b)
Tuesday, Feb. 3 Santos Laguna vs.
U. Concepcion (Chi) 9:30 p.m.(b)
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Libertad (Par) vs.
Dep. Tolima (Col) 12:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 4 Cruzeiro (Bra) vs.
Caracas (Ven) 11:00 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 5 J. Wilstermann (Bol) vs.
Santos (Bra) 11:00 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6 Olimpia (Par) vs.
Rosario Central (Arg) 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 7 Sao Caetano (Bra) vs.
The Strongest (Bol) 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 8 Guarani (Par) vs.
Barcelona (Ecu) 2:00 p.m.
(a) Programming subject to change
(b) Live broadcast
For more information visit Fox Sports en Espanol online at
www.fse.terra.com.
COPA TOYOTA LIBERTADORES 2004
Group 1 Group 2
Penarol (Uruguay) UA Maracaibo (Venezuela)
Sao Caetano (Brazil) Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
America (Mexico) Fenix (Uruguay)
The Strongest (Bolivia) Once Caldes (Colombia)
Group 3 Group 4
Santos Laguna (Mexico) Cobreloa (Chile)
Cruzeiro (Brazil) Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Caracas (Venezuela) Liga Dep. Universitaria (Ecuador)
Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) Alianza Lima (Peru)
Group 5 Group 6
Nacional (Uruguay) Libertad (Paraguay)
El Nacional (Ecuador) River Plate (Argentina)
Independiente (Argentina) Deportes Tolima (Colombia)
Peruvian team #3 Deportivo Tachira (Venezuela)
Group 7 Group 8
Guarani (Paraguay) Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Barcelona (Ecuador) Bolivar (Bolivia)
Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia) Colo Colo (Chile)
Santos (Brazil) Deportivo Cali (Colombia)
Group 9
Coritiba (Brazil)
Olimpia (Paraguay)
Sporting Cristal (Peru)
Rosario Central (Argentina)
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