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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

San Lorenzo  2–1  Deportivo La Guaira
Belluschi   10'
Blandi   41'
Report Lucena   51'

Deportivo La Guaira  0–2  San Lorenzo
Report Más   18'
Blandi   32'

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

Match C edit


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

Match D edit


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

Match E edit

Coritiba  1–2  Belgrano
Leandro   75' (pen.) Report Bieler   3'
Luján   49'

Belgrano  1–2  Coritiba
Bieler   29' Report Iago   42'
Bareiro   64'
Penalties
Suárez  
Bieler  
Lema  
Luna  
Álvarez Suárez  
3–4   Leandro
  Bernardo
  Juan
  González
  Wilson

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

Match F edit

Montevideo Wanderers  0–0  Junior
Report

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

Match G edit

Palestino  0–1  Flamengo
Report Emerson   78'

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit


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

Match S2 edit

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

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

Match S3 edit


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 edit

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 edit

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 edit


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

Match F2 edit

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 edit

Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín (left) and Estadio Couto Pereira in Curitiba were scheduled to host the series. Couto Pereira venue was chosen due to Chapecoense's stadium, Arena Condá in Chapecó, did not have a capacity for 40,000 spectators, as 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 edit

  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.

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