2020 Copa Sudamericana
The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana is the 19th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]
Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020 | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 4 February 2020 – TBC January 2021 |
Teams | 44+10 (from 10 associations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 96 (2.18 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (3 goals each) |
On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the final will be played at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina on 7 November 2020.[2] The winners of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. Independiente del Valle are the defending champions, but since they qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions, they will only play in this edition if they finish third in their group.
On 21 May 2019, CONMEBOL announced that clubs must pass certain eligibility requirements in order to compete in the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[3] One of the original requirements was that teams must be in the top division of their member association, but this was removed after many associations stated that they had not adapted the regulations of their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[4]
The tournament have been suspended after first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will resume on 27 October 2020, with the final rescheduled to be played in late January 2021.[5]
Teams
The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:[6]
- Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
- All other associations: 4 berths each
Association | Team (Berth) | Qualification method |
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Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 1) | 2019 Copa de la Superliga best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] |
Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 2) | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] | |
Independiente (Argentina 3) | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] | |
Unión (Argentina 4) | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] | |
Huracán (Argentina 5) | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] | |
Lanús (Argentina 6) | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 5th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[7] | |
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Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 1) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[8] |
Blooming (Bolivia 2) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[8] | |
Always Ready (Bolivia 3) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[8] | |
Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 4) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[8] | |
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Fortaleza (Brazil 1) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] |
Goiás (Brazil 2) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] | |
Bahia (Brazil 3) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] | |
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 4) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] | |
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 5) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] | |
Fluminense (Brazil 6) | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[9] | |
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Unión La Calera (Chile 1) | 2019 Primera División best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[10] |
Coquimbo Unido (Chile 2) | 2019 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[10] | |
Huachipato (Chile 3) | 2019 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[10] | |
Audax Italiano (Chile 4) | 2019 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[10] | |
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Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1) | 2019 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[11] |
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 2) | 2019 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[11] | |
Millonarios (Colombia 3) | 2019 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[11] | |
Deportivo Pasto (Colombia 4) | 2019 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[11] | |
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Universidad Católica (Ecuador 1) | 2019 Serie A classification table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[12] |
Aucas (Ecuador 2) | 2019 Serie A classification table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[12] | |
Emelec (Ecuador 3) | 2019 Serie A classification table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[12] | |
El Nacional (Ecuador 4) | 2019 Serie A classification table 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[13] | |
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Sol de América (Paraguay 1) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores |
Nacional (Paraguay 2) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores | |
River Plate (Paraguay 3) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores | |
Sportivo Luqueño (Paraguay 4) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores | |
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Sport Huancayo (Peru 1) | 2019 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[14] |
Melgar (Peru 2) | 2019 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[14] | |
Cusco (Peru 3) | 2019 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[14] | |
Atlético Grau (Peru 4) | 2019 Copa Bicentenario champions[14] | |
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Liverpool (Uruguay 1) | 2019 Intermedio winners[15] |
Plaza Colonia (Uruguay 2) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[15] | |
River Plate (Uruguay 3) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[15] | |
Fénix (Uruguay 4) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[15] | |
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Zamora (Venezuela 1) | 2019 Copa Venezuela champions[16] |
Mineros (Venezuela 2) | 2019 Apertura runners-up[16] | |
Llaneros (Venezuela 3) | 2019 Clausura classification table best team not qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores[16] | |
Aragua (Venezuela 4) | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[16] |
A further 10 teams eliminated from the 2020 Copa Libertadores will be transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.
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Third-placed teams in group stage |
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[17][18]
On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no date had been set for its resumption.[19] On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.[5][20]
Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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First stage | 17 December 2019[21] |
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Second stage | 24 October 2020 (originally 13 May 2020) |
27–29 October 2020 (originally 19–21 May 2020) |
3–5 November 2020 (originally 26–28 May 2020) |
Round of 16 | 24–26 November 2020 (originally 21–23 July 2020) |
1–3 December 2020 (originally 28–30 July 2020) | |
Quarter-finals | 8–10 December 2020 (originally 18–20 August 2020) |
15–17 December 2020 (originally 25–27 August 2020) | |
Semi-finals | 5–7 January 2021 (originally 22–24 September 2020) |
12–14 January 2021 (originally 29 September – 1 October 2020) | |
Final | 23, 24 or 30 January 2021 (originally 7 November 2020) at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba |
Draws










Argentinos Juniors
Huracán
Independiente
Lanús
Vélez Sarsfield
Montevideo teams:
Fénix
Liverpool
River Plate



(L) Teams transferred from the 2020 Copa Libertadores
The draw for the first stage was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[22][23][24] For the first stage, the teams were divided into two pots according to their geographical zones:[25]
- Pot A (South Zone): 22 teams from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay
- Pot B (North Zone): 22 teams from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
The 44 teams were drawn into 22 ties (E1–E22) between a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the teams from Pot B hosting the second leg in odd-numbered ties, and the teams from Pot A hosting the second leg in even-numbered ties. This distribution ensured that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.
First stage
In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[1]
The 22 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Coquimbo Unido ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Vasco da Gama ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Blooming ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–2 |
Zamora ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Nacional Potosí ![]() |
2–2 (3–4 p) | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–0 |
Atlético Grau ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Unión ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
Bahia ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 |
Fénix ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–2 |
Atlético Nacional ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Sol de América ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Mineros ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–2 |
Vélez Sarsfield ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Millonarios ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Lanús ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–2 |
Deportivo Cali ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–1 |
Argentinos Juniors ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
Fluminense ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
Huachipato ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Cusco ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–3 |
Independiente ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Llaneros ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–5 |
Second stage
Qualified teams
The following are the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).
Match | Best teams eliminated in third stage | Second stage draw |
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Pot 1 |
G4 | ![]() | |
Group | Third-placed teams in group stage | Second stage draw |
A | ![]() |
Pot 1 |
B | ![]() | |
C | ![]() | |
D | ![]() | |
E | ![]() | |
F | ![]() | |
G | ![]() | |
H | ![]() |
The following are the 22 winners of the first stage from the Copa Sudamericana. Matches in the first stage were considered for the ranking of teams for the second stage draw.
Pos | Match | First stage winners | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Second stage draw |
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1 | E22 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Pot 1 |
2 | E8 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | E3 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | |
4 | E16 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
5 | E6 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
6 | E19 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
7 | E11 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Pot 2 |
8 | E10 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
9 | E12 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
10 | E9 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
11 | E2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | |
12 | E1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | |
13 | E4 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | |
14 | E15 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | |
15 | E20 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | |
16 | E7 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | |
17 | E14 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
18 | E5 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | |
19 | E21 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | |
20 | E13 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | |
21 | E17 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | |
22 | E18 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.
Notes:
- CONMEBOL ranking: Huachipato 98, Sol de América 109.
- CONMEBOL ranking: Coquimbo Unido 191, Plaza Colonia unranked.
- CONMEBOL ranking: Lanús 26, Audax Italiano 137, Unión unranked.
- Away goals scored: Melgar 2, Independiente 1, Vélez Sarsfield 1. CONMEBOL ranking: Independiente 20, Vélez Sarsfield 32.
- CONMEBOL ranking: Sport Huancayo 198, Unión La Calera unranked.
Final stages
Statistics
- As of 27 February 2020
Top scorers
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See also
- 2020 Copa Libertadores
- 2021 Recopa Sudamericana
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