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2021 Copa Sudamericana
The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 20th 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] Starting from this season, teams must be in the top division of their member association to play in South American club competitions,[2] except for teams which are champions of the qualifying tournaments or cups.[3] On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals.[4][5] On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 6 November 2021,[6] but on 27 July 2021 the final was eventually confirmed to have been rescheduled to 20 November 2021.[7] Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense defeated fellow Brazilian club Red Bull Bragantino by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second tournament title.[8] As winners of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana, Athletico Paranaense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage. Defensa y Justicia were the defending champions, but did not play this edition since they qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage. Format changesOn 2 October 2020, CONMEBOL's Council approved the implementation of format changes to the Copa Sudamericana starting from this edition, aimed at ensuring that each of the countries is better represented in the different stages of the competition. The following changes were implemented:[9][10]
TeamsThe following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:[11]
The entry stage is determined as follows:[9]
A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2021 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage (four teams) and the round of 16 (eight teams).
ScheduleThe schedule of the competition will be as follows:[9][23]
Draws  Buenos Aires Rosario  Bolívar (L) Cochabamba  Grêmio (L)  Santos (L) Cali Junior (L) Guayaquil Quito Asunción Sporting Cristal (L) Montevideo Dep. Táchira (L)  Cali teams  América de Cali (L) Deportivo CaliQuito Metro Area teams  Aucas Indep. del Valle (L) LDU Quito (L)Guayaquil teams  Emelec Guayaquil CityMetro Cochabamba teams Atl. Palmaflor J. WilstermannGran Asunción teams  12 de Octubre Libertad (L) Nacional River PlateMontevideo teams Fénix Montevideo City Torque Nacional (L) PeñarolRosario teams Newell's Old Boys Rosario CentralGran Buenos Aires teams Arsenal Independiente Lanús San Lorenzo (L)Location of teams of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana. Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: First stage; Turquoise: Round of 16 entrants.(L) Teams transferred from the 2021 Copa Libertadores. The draw for the first stage was held on 5 February 2021, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[24][27] For the first stage, the 32 teams involved were divided into eight pots according to their national association. The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties, with the four teams from each national association drawn against each other into two ties per association (e.g., the four teams from Bolivia were drawn into ties BOL 1 and BOL 2), and the first team drawn in each tie hosting the second leg. The draw for the group stage was held on 9 April 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[25][28] Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 1 February 2021 (shown in parentheses),[29][30] taking into account the following three factors:[31]
For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage, which were seeded in Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[26] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a Copa Libertadores group third-placed (Pot 2), with the Copa Sudamericana group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).[1] First stageIn the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[1] The 16 winners of the first stage advanced to the group stage to join the 12 teams directly qualified for that stage (six from Argentina and six from Brazil), and four teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (the four teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying).
Group stageIn the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[1] The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Final stagesStarting from the round of 16, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[1]
SeedingStarting from the round of 16, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners (Pot 1) seeded 1–8, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.
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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[1] BracketThe bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 1 June 2021.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
FinalStatisticsTop scorers
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