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]

2020 Copa Sudamericana
Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2020
The Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba will host the final
Tournament details
Dates4 February 2020 – TBC January 2021
Teams44+10 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored96 (2.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gilberto
Rodrigo Holgado
(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
 Argentina
(6 berths)		 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]
 Bolivia
(4 berths)		 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]
 Brazil
(6 berths)		 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]
 Chile
(4 berths)		 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]
 Colombia
(4 berths)		 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]
 Ecuador
(4 berths)		 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]
 Paraguay
(4 berths)		 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
 Peru
(4 berths)		 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]
 Uruguay
(4 berths)		 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]
 Venezuela
(4 berths)		 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.

Best teams eliminated in third stage
Atlético Tucumán
Deportes Tolima
Third-placed teams in group stage

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
First stage 17 December 2019[21]
  • 4–6 February 2020
  • 11–13 February 2020
  • 18–20 February 2020
  • 25–27 February 2020
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
Location of teams of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana.
(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
Main article: 2020 Copa Sudamericana 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
Coquimbo Unido 3–1 Aragua 3–0 0–1
Vasco da Gama 1–0 Oriente Petrolero 1–0 0–0
Blooming 0–5 Emelec 0–3 0–2
Zamora 1–3 Plaza Colonia 1–0 0–3
Nacional Potosí 2–2 (3–4 p) Melgar 0–2 2–0
Atlético Grau 1–3 River Plate 1–2 0–1
Unión 3–2 Atlético Mineiro 3–0 0–2
Bahia 6–1 Nacional 3–0 3–1
Fénix 3–2 El Nacional 1–0 2–2
Atlético Nacional 4–1 Huracán 3–0 1–1
Sol de América 2–0 Goiás 1–0 1–0
Mineros 4–5 Sportivo Luqueño 2–3 2–2
Vélez Sarsfield 2–2 (a) Aucas 1–0 1–2
Millonarios 2–1 Always Ready 2–0 0–1
Lanús 3–2 Universidad Católica 3–0 0–2
Deportivo Cali 5–2 River Plate 2–1 3–1
Argentinos Juniors 1–1 (a) Sport Huancayo 1–1 0–0
Fluminense 1–1 (a) Unión La Calera 1–1 0–0
Huachipato 2–0 Deportivo Pasto 1–0 1–0
Cusco 2–3 Audax Italiano 2–0 0–3
Independiente 2–2 (a) Fortaleza 1–0 1–2
Llaneros 0–7 Liverpool 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
G3 Atlético Tucumán Pot 1
G4 Deportes Tolima
Group Third-placed teams in group stage Second stage draw
A Third place Group A Pot 1
B Third place Group B
C Third place Group C
D Third place Group D
E Third place Group E
F Third place Group F
G Third place Group G
H Third place Group 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
1 E22 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Pot 1
2 E8 Bahia 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
3 E3 Emelec 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
4 E16 Deportivo Cali 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
5 E6 River Plate 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
6 E19 Huachipato 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6[lower-alpha 1]
7 E11 Sol de América 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6[lower-alpha 1] Pot 2
8 E10 Atlético Nacional 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
9 E12 Sportivo Luqueño 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 4
10 E9 Fénix 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
11 E2 Vasco da Gama 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
12 E1 Coquimbo Unido 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3[lower-alpha 2]
13 E4 Plaza Colonia 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3[lower-alpha 2]
14 E15 Lanús 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3[lower-alpha 3]
15 E20 Audax Italiano 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3[lower-alpha 3]
16 E7 Unión 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3[lower-alpha 3]
17 E14 Millonarios 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
18 E5 Melgar 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3[lower-alpha 4]
19 E21 Independiente 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3[lower-alpha 4]
20 E13 Vélez Sarsfield 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3[lower-alpha 4]
21 E17 Sport Huancayo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 5]
22 E18 Unión La Calera 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 5]
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.
Notes:
  1. CONMEBOL ranking: Huachipato 98, Sol de América 109.
  2. CONMEBOL ranking: Coquimbo Unido 191, Plaza Colonia unranked.
  3. CONMEBOL ranking: Lanús 26, Audax Italiano 137, Unión unranked.
  4. Away goals scored: Melgar 2, Independiente 1, Vélez Sarsfield 1. CONMEBOL ranking: Independiente 20, Vélez Sarsfield 32.
  5. CONMEBOL ranking: Sport Huancayo 198, Unión La Calera unranked.

Final stages

Statistics
As of 27 February 2020

Top scorers
Rank Player Team 1S1 1S2 2S1 2S2 ⅛F1 ⅛F2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Gilberto Bahia 12 3
Rodrigo Holgado Audax Italiano 3
3 Facundo Barceló Emelec 2 2
Richard Blanco Mineros 2
Martín Correa Liverpool 2
Élber Bahia 11
Juan Manuel Olivera River Plate 11
Nicolás Orsini Lanús 2
Agustín Palavecino Deportivo Cali 2
Dionisio Pérez River Plate 11
Nicolás Royón Nacional Potosí 2
Facundo Waller Plaza Colonia 2

See also

References
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