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
The 2016 Copa Sudamericana ( pt, Copa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 15th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Ch ...
.
Qualified teams
The 15 winners of the
second stage
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(eight from winners of the first stage, four from Brazil, three from Argentina) and the defending champions qualified for the final stages.
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.
Format
In the final stages, the 16 teams played a
single-elimination tournament
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, with the following rules:
*Each tie was played on a home-and-away
two-legged
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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
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
would be used. If still tied,
extra time
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would not be played, and the
penalty shoot-out
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would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 5.1).
*In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the
away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...
would not be used, and 30 minutes of
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
would be played. If still tied after extra time, the
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
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.
Bracket
The bracket of the final stages was determined by the seeding as follows:
Round of 16
The first legs were played on 20–22 September, and the second legs were played on 27–29 September 2016.
Match A
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''Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Independiente Medellín won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S1).''
Match B
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''San Lorenzo won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S2).''
Match C
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''Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S3).''
Match D
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''Atlético Nacional won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S4).''
Match E
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''Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Coritiba won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S4).''
Match F
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''Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S3).''
Match G
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''Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Palestino won on away goals and advanced to the quarterfinals (
Match S2).''
Match H
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''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.
Match S1
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''Cerro Porteño won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (
Match F1).''
Match S2
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''San Lorenzo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (
Match F2).''
Match S3
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''Chapecoense won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the semifinals (
Match F2).''
Match S4
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''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.
Match F1
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''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on away goals and advanced to the
finals
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
.''
Match F2
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''Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Chapecoense won on away goals and advanced to the
finals
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
.''
Finals
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
LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad a ...
.
CONMEBOL awarded the title to
Chapecoense on 5 December 2016.
References
External links
Copa Sudamericana 2016 CONMEBOL.com
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