The 2016 Copa Sudamericana ( pt, Copa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 15th edition of the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

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's secondary club football tournament organized by

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. The

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were originally to be played between Brazilian team Chapecoense and Colombian team

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. However, on 28 November 2016,

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 ...

, which was carrying the Chapecoense squad to the first leg, crashed on the way to the

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. There were 71 fatalities, including 19 of the 22 Chapecoense players on the plane. CONMEBOL immediately suspended all activities, including the scheduled final matches, in the early morning of 29 November. In light of these events,

requested that CONMEBOL award the title to Chapecoense. As requested, CONMEBOL awarded Chapecoense the title of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, their first continental title, on 5 December, while Atlético Nacional received the "CONMEBOL Centenario Fair Play" award for their gesture. As winners of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, Chapecoense earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores in the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana, and the winners of the 2016 J.League Cup in the 2017 Suruga Bank Championship. They also automatically qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage. Santa Fe were the defending champions, but were eliminated by

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in the Round of 16.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament: *Title holders *Brazil: 8 berths *Argentina: 6 berths *All other associations: 4 berths each The entry stage is determined as follows: *Round of 16: Title holders *Second stage: 14 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil) *First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)

Draw

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed are Wednesdays, but matches may be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well). ;Notes

Elimination stages

First stage

Second stage

Final stages

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

References

External links

Copa Sudamericana 2016
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