2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages

The 2016 Copa Sudamericana final stages were scheduled to be played from 20 September to 7 December 2016. A total of 16 teams competed in the final stages to decide the champions of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.[1]

Qualified teams

The 15 winners of the second stage (eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) and the defending champions qualified for the final stages.[2][3]

Winners of the second stage Defending champions
Winners of the first stage Brazil Argentina
Winner O9:    Santa Fe

Seeding

The qualified teams were seeded in the final stages according to the draw of the tournament, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 by draw.[1][4]

Seed Team Round of 16
1 Santa Cruz Match A
2 Deportivo La Guaira Match B
3 Chapecoense Match C
4 Atlético Nacional Match D
5 Belgrano Match E
6 Junior Match F
7 Flamengo Match G
8 Cerro Porteño Match H
9 Santa Fe Match H
10 Palestino Match G
11 Montevideo Wanderers Match F
12 Coritiba Match E
13 Sol de América Match D
14 Independiente Match C
15 San Lorenzo Match B
16 Independiente Medellín Match A

Format

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:[1]

  • Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 3.2).
  • In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, 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 5.1).
  • In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.2).

CONMEBOL confirmed that the bracket would remain the same as the draw of the tournament regardless of the nationality of the semifinalists. In previous seasons, if there were two semifinalists from the same association, they had to play each other.[5]

Bracket

The bracket of the final stages was determined by the seeding as follows:[1]

  • Round of 16:
    • Match A: Seed 1 vs. Seed 16
    • Match B: Seed 2 vs. Seed 15
    • Match C: Seed 3 vs. Seed 14
    • Match D: Seed 4 vs. Seed 13
    • Match E: Seed 5 vs. Seed 12
    • Match F: Seed 6 vs. Seed 11
    • Match G: Seed 7 vs. Seed 10
    • Match H: Seed 8 vs. Seed 9
  • Quarterfinals:
    • Match S1: Winner A vs. Winner H
    • Match S2: Winner B vs. Winner G
    • Match S3: Winner C vs. Winner F
    • Match S4: Winner D vs. Winner E
  • Semifinals:
    • Match F1: Winner S1 vs. Winner S4
    • Match F2: Winner S2 vs. Winner S3
  • Finals: Winner F1 vs. Winner F2
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                    
16 Independiente Medellín (a) 2 1 3
1 Santa Cruz 0 3 3
16 Independiente Medellín 0 0 0
8 Cerro Porteño 0 2 2
9 Santa Fe 2 1 3
8 Cerro Porteño 0 4 4
8 Cerro Porteño 1 0 1
4 Atlético Nacional (a) 1 0 1
12 Coritiba (p) 1 2 3 (4)
5 Belgrano 2 1 3 (3)
12 Coritiba 1 1 2
4 Atlético Nacional 1 3 4
13 Sol de América 1 0 1
4 Atlético Nacional 1 2 3
4 Atlético Nacional
3 Chapecoense (awd.)
15 San Lorenzo 2 2 4
2 Deportivo La Guaira 1 0 1
15 San Lorenzo 2 0 2
10 Palestino 0 1 1
10 Palestino (a) 0 2 2
7 Flamengo 1 1 2
15 San Lorenzo 1 0 1
3 Chapecoense (a) 1 0 1
11 Montevideo Wanderers 0 0 0 (3)
6 Junior (p) 0 0 0 (4)
6 Junior 1 0 1
3 Chapecoense 0 3 3
14 Independiente 0 0 0 (4)
3 Chapecoense (p) 0 0 0 (5)

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 20–22 September, and the second legs were played on 27–29 September 2016.[6]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente Medellín 3–3 (a) Santa Cruz 2–0 1–3
San Lorenzo 4–1 Deportivo La Guaira 2–1 2–0
Independiente 0–0 (4–5 p) Chapecoense 0–0 0–0
Sol de América 1–3 Atlético Nacional 1–1 0–2
Coritiba 3–3 (4–3 p) Belgrano 1–2 2–1
Montevideo Wanderers 0–0 (3–4 p) Junior 0–0 0–0
Palestino 2–2 (a) Flamengo 0–1 2–1
Santa Fe 3–4 Cerro Porteño 2–0 1–4

Match A

Independiente Medellín 2–0 Santa Cruz
Hechalar 38'
Cortés 87'
Report

Santa Cruz 3–1 Independiente Medellín
Grafite 13', 30', 70' Report Ibargüen 76'

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Independiente Medellín won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Match B

San Lorenzo 2–1 Deportivo La Guaira
Belluschi 10'
Blandi 41'
Report Lucena 51'
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

San Lorenzo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match C

Independiente 0–0 Chapecoense
Report

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match D

Sol de América 1–1 Atlético Nacional
Velázquez Ramos 88' Report Mosquera 13'

Atlético Nacional 2–0 Sol de América
Bocanegra 57'
Berrío 82'
Report
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

Atlético Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match E

Coritiba 1–2 Belgrano
Leandro 75' (pen.) Report Bieler 3'
Luján 49'
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Coritiba won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S4).

Match F

Montevideo Wanderers 0–0 Junior
Report
Referee: Julio Quintana (Paraguay)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S3).

Match G

Palestino 0–1 Flamengo
Report Emerson 78'
Attendance: 6,995
Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Flamengo 1–2 Palestino
Alan Patrick 64' (pen.) Report Cereceda 32'
Valencia 45'

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S2).

Match H

Santa Fe 2–0 Cerro Porteño
Gómez 14' (pen.), 74' Report

Cerro Porteño 4–1 Santa Fe
Domínguez 4' (pen.), 9', 88'
Torales 43'
Report Gómez 77' (pen.)

Cerro Porteño won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (Match S1).

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 18–20 October, and the second legs were played on 25–27 October 2016.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente Medellín 0–2 Cerro Porteño 0–0 0–2
San Lorenzo 2–1 Palestino 2–0 0–1
Junior 1–3 Chapecoense 1–0 0–3
Coritiba 2–4 Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–3

Match S1


Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Match S2

San Lorenzo 2–0 Palestino
Cauteruccio 6'
Blandi 33'
Report

Palestino 1–0 San Lorenzo
Valencia 69' Report
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S3


Chapecoense 3–0 Junior
Ananias 35'
Gil 43'
William Thiego 76'
Report

Chapecoense won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F2).

Match S4

Coritiba 1–1 Atlético Nacional
Iago 85' Report Borja 13'

Atlético Nacional 3–1 Coritiba
Borja 51', 59', 72' (pen.) Report González 43'

Atlético Nacional won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (Match F1).

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 1–2 November, and the second legs were played on 23–24 November 2016.[8]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cerro Porteño 1–1 (a) Atlético Nacional 1–1 0–0
San Lorenzo 1–1 (a) Chapecoense 1–1 0–0

Match F1


Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the finals.

Match F2

San Lorenzo 1–1 Chapecoense
Cauteruccio 29' Report Ananias 61'

Chapecoense 0–0 San Lorenzo
Report

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on away goals and advanced to the finals.

Finals

Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín (left) and Estadio Couto Pereira in Curitiba were scheduled to host the series. Couto Pereira venue was chosen since Chapecoense's stadium, Arena Condá in Chapecó, did not have the minimum capacity of 40,000 spectators required by CONMEBOL.[9]

The final would be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.[1]

The first leg was scheduled to be played on 30 November, and the second leg was scheduled to be played on 7 December 2016.

The finals were suspended on 29 November following the crash of LaMia Flight 2933.[10][11] CONMEBOL awarded the title to Chapecoense on 5 December 2016.[12]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Nacional awd. Chapecoense Cancelled Cancelled
Atlético Nacional Cancelled Chapecoense

Chapecoense Cancelled Atlético Nacional

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Copa Sudamericana 2016 – Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  2. ^ "Develado el camino de los 47 equipos en la Copa Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 12 July 2016.
  3. ^ "La Dirección de Competiciones recuerda el cuadro de la fase final de la Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 23 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Así será el sorteo de la Copa Sudamericana 2016". CONMEBOL.com. 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Copa Sudamericana: Cruces establecidos en el sorteo en Chile se mantendrán hasta la final". CONMEBOL.com. 21 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Programación de los Octavos de Final de la Copa Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 17 September 2016.
  7. ^ "El calendario de partidos de la fase de cuartos de final de la Copa Sudamericana 2016". CONMEBOL.com. 2 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Programación de las Semifinales de la Copa Sudamericana". CONMEBOL.com. 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Copa Sudamericana: Chapecoense hará de local en la final en el estadio "Couto Pereira", de Curitiba". CONMEBOL.com. 25 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Brazil football team Chapecoense in Colombia plane crash". BBC. 29 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Comunicado a la opinión pública" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 November 2016.
  12. ^ "CONMEBOL otorga el título de Campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del Centenario de la Conmebol al Fair Play" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.